Poppys Run for Life

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
882143278
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2022–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024
Location
Houston, TX, USA
Phone
7135011347
Rating
51
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Fund Raising and/or Fund Distribution
Affiliation
Judaism

Reported finances

Revenue
$91,027
Expenses
$91,319
Assets
$6,664
Liabilities
$425

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

6 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Caryn Honig (President and Race Director)
  • Scott Schepps (Vice President and Assistant Race Director)

People named in this filing

  • Caryn Honig (President and Race Director)
  • Scott Schepps (Vice President and Assistant Race Director)
  • Michelle Fredricks (Community Engagement Advisor)

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 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Organize a 5K running race with fundraising with proceeds used to benefit suicide prevention and awareness programs. Third annual race was held on March 9, 2025, had about 500 participants and proceeds from race and associated donations were distributed in April 2025 to two non-profits in Houston, Texas, The Montrose Center and Alexander Jewish Family Services.

What it reported doing in 2024

Poppy's Run for Life was established in 2022 to organize a 5K running race and to collect donations to benefit suicide prevention and awareness. The third annual race was held on March 9, 2025 and had about 500 participants and raised approximately $80,000 in total which has been distributed to two local non-profits for their programs benefiting suicide prevention and awareness. To date, the organization has donated a total of $210,000 to benefit suicide prevention and awareness.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 85% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent spending detail to tell whether the nonprofit works directly or through others.

The verdict

MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up and revenue has grown recently. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 12
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 32
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 12.4%; rating input score 12
  • Program expense ratio: 12.4%; rating input score 12

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -0.3%; rating input score 43; 43rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.07; rating input score 10; 10th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.06; rating input score 20; 20th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -5.6% per year; rating input score 0; 34th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 28.4% per year; rating input score 100; 93rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 22.4% per year; rating input score 100; 88th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 12.4% of revenue deployed · 12.4% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $11K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 6 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 9 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 3 filing years from 2022 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
  • Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
  • 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 — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 12/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 12/100.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Part III transfer expenses within program total did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 43/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 10/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 20/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.