Literacy Council of Garland County Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
710583801
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2009–2022
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2022, Form 990-N 2020
Location
Hot Springs National P, AR, USA
Rating
95
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$84,694
Expenses
$84,484
Assets
$124,532
Liabilities
$31,147

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2022. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

4 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • John Simpson (President)
  • Sarah Richardson (Executive Director)

People named in this filing

  • John Simpson (President)
  • Joyce Kraft (erron)
  • Courtney Post (Treasurer)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2022. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Provide free confidential adulttutoring

What it reported doing in 2022

Adult Learning Resources extended in the community free to all including addtional clients served in the community for basic reading, writing, math, English

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Revenue has declined or grown slowly and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 100
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 40
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 99.8%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 0.2%; rating input score 47; 47th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.47; rating input score 54; 54th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.25; rating input score 13; 13th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 30%; rating input score 6; 6th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 4.9% per year; rating input score 100; 65th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -0.2% per year; rating input score 0; 56th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 3.1% per year; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 99.8% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $84K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
  • Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 7 filing years from 2009 to 2022
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
  • People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 47/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 54/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 6/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 13/100.