Smart Choices Texas

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
464404119
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2021–2022
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2022, Form 990-N 2020
Location
Dallas, TX, USA
Phone
2145263600
Rating
39
Verdict
REVIEW
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Human Services N.E.C.

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$121,034
Expenses
$99,434
Assets
$181,379

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

Leadership & pay

6 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Tiera McKinley (Executive Director)
  • Robert Estrada (Vice President)

People named in this filing

  • Christine Winston (Director)
  • Tiera McKinley (Executive Director)
  • John Hoffman (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

Our mission is to banish poverty and nourish underserved communities through emergency food relief, education, counseling, street outreach for homeless youth, domestic disaster relief, and small business development. We also provide free life essentials such as clothing, shoes, coats, toiletries, & baby care items to those in need.

What it reported doing in 2022

We purchase food from the Food Bank, collect donated food from local businesses, and distribute donations from our partners to feed 200-330 people per month and provide clothing, shoes, coats, toiletries, and household supplies.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
No current program activity. The filing reports no program spending for the current year.

The verdict

REVIEW - 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: 0
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 58
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 0%; rating input score 0
  • Program expense ratio: 0%; rating input score 0

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 17.8%; rating input score 70; 70th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.82; rating input score 77; 77th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 12.1%; rating input score 22; 22nd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -200% per year; rating input score 0; 1st percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 19.5% per year; rating input score 100; 81st percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 12.7% per year; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 0% of revenue deployed · 0% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 6 people listed
  • Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2021 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.

Grant-readiness screening is separate from the live rating, not a measure of program quality. Review the source records before making a grant decision.

  • High — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 0/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 22/100.
  • High — Grant Readiness: Automatic revocation: this organization had its federal tax-exempt status automatically revoked.