The Golden Scoop Llc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 843863269
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2021–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024, Form 990-N 2020
- Location
- Overland Park, KS, USA
- Phone
- 9132838044
- Rating
- 83
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Standard
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $1,163,806
- Expenses
- $1,036,249
- Assets
- $586,238
- Liabilities
- $68,341
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
9 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- AMBER SCHREIBER (PRESIDENT)
Highest reported compensation
- AMBER SCHREIBER (PRESIDENT): $60,000 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Provide meaningful employment for uniquely abled individuals 18 & up by fostering an environment where employees are mentored, inspired & equipped to succeed in their jobs & their lives by offering made-from-scratch products & an inclusive customer experience
What it reported doing in 2024
As we reflect on 2024, we are incredibly proud of the growth weve achieved togetherthe golden scoop welcomed 20 new associates and 29 shift managers and opened our second location at 10460 w.103rd st. Overland park ks, on september 5, 2024 we also made strides with the golden scoop university, our workforce development program. Thomas, one of our associates, is a shining example of this programs standout success. He worked with our program director to pitch and close his first wholesale account deal with david ball of balls food stores. Thomass efforts led to our ice cream debut selling pints of ice cream at the hen house at 117th and roe in leawood, Kansas. Golden scoop university curriculum centers on four core components of being a good worker: (1)interpersonal skills;(2)professionalism; (3)hard skills to do the job; and (4)health and wellness. It includes formal orientation before an associates first shift, as well as on-the-job training.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 63% 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 - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 69
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Accountability: 90
- Sustainability: 48
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 67.1%; rating input score 67
- Program expense ratio: 75.4%; rating input score 75
- Fundraising efficiency: $22.63 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 62; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: Limited
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: Limited
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 6 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 75
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: Pass
- 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: 11%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.57; rating input score 26; 26th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.12; rating input score 40; 40th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 5.8%; rating input score 51; 51st percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 19.8% per year; rating input score 100; 82nd percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 22.3% per year; rating input score 100; 88th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 41.3% per year; rating input score 100; 95th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 67.1% of revenue deployed · 75.4% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 8 of 8 board members independent · 6 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $781K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $60K · 9 people listed
- Consistency: 28 of 28 current checks pass
- Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors
- Filing history: 4 filing years from 2021 to 2024
- 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.
- Staff and benefit plans: Retirement and health plans the organization files with the Department of Labor, and the people in them.
Key Signals
Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Independent financial-statement audit not reported.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 26/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 40/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 51/100.