The Go Store Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 815065419
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2018–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990 2025, Form 990-EZ 2017
- Location
- Conway, AR, USA
- Phone
- 5016977223
- Rating
- 83
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Thrift Shops
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $459,829
- Expenses
- $529,090
- Assets
- $731,678
- Liabilities
- $486,740
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
5 people listed
Highest reported compensation
- ERICA CASON (CO-DIRECTOR): $69,786 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
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What it reported doing in 2025
In 2025, we purchased and donated items to be shipped in approximately 1200 operation christmas child (occ) shoe box gifts. We also paid shipping for these boxes to be sent, making a donation of $11,940 to samaritans purse organization. We also encourage and help others to pack boxes for occ. We have a room devoted to discount sales of shoe box gift items year round. This room also serves to have groups from churches and other organizations have events for their groups to pack boxes. We educate and assist others to pack gifts for the program. In addition, we offered a $13 pre-packed shoebox that offered a convenient way for individuals to participate in occ. In addition to our projects with occ, we partnered with other non profits in faulkner county to provide free clothing for residents or clients. We offered clothing to any non profit organization in the county. Continued... The organization sent their clients with vouchers to document their need for clothing. The clients came to the store and picked out clothing, shoes, and a bag. They received 5 pairs of pants or shorts, 5 shirts, 1 jacket or coat, 1 hat, 1 bag, 2 pairs of shoes, 2 bras, 2 pairs of underwear, and 2 pairs of socks. We also provided volunteer opportunities for over 60 individuals to participate in service both locally and globally. We offer a welcoming, loving environment for volunteers, employees, and customers. We offered a place for compass academy, a school for students with disabilities, to bring students to improve on work skills. Furthermore, our thrift store offers discount clothing ($5 for a bag of 8-10 pieces), home goods, decor and more to the community.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Earned-program. 97% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
- Distribution model
- Direct operator. The filing allocates 98% 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. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 89
- Transparency & Controls: 90
- Accountability: 70
- Sustainability: 25
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
- Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: Limited
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: Limited
- Major donor itemization: Limited
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 2 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 29
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
- Whistleblower policy: Fail
- Document-retention policy: Fail
- CEO compensation review process: Limited
- Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Missing
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -15.1%; rating input score 14; 14th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.38; rating input score 49; 49th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.67; rating input score 6; 6th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 13.2%; rating input score 24; 24th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 14.5% per year; rating input score 100; 76th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 13.4% per year; rating input score 100; 77th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 32.1% per year; rating input score 100; 91st percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 5 of 5 board members independent · 2 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $529K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $70K · 5 people listed
- Consistency: 27 of 27 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 8 filing years from 2018 to 2025
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
- 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 — Accountability: Governance controls: 4 of 6 not reported.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 14/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 49/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 6/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 24/100.