The Kelly Gibson Foundation

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
203413020
IRS 990 coverage
2014–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025
Location
Mandeville, LA, USA
Phone
5044008013
Rating
78
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Human Service Organizations

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$857,044
Expenses
$647,666
Assets
$1,664,633
Liabilities
$92,534

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

14 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • JAMES HINGLE (PRESIDENT)
  • STEVE SAWYER (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • TAYLOR CAPOUCH (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

Highest reported compensation

  • TAYLOR CAPOUCH (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $115,500 total reported compensation
  • MICHAEL BRYAN DAY (DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS): $62,161 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The kelly gibson foundation is a community driven charity dedicated to improving the lives of those who live in new orleans and the surrounding areas with an emphasis on supporting children's athletic programming, first responders and military initiatives.

What it reported doing in 2025

Through junior golf programming, the kelly gibson foundation produced 23 junior golf tournaments spanning from lake charles, baton rouge, the greater new orleans area to the gulf coast region, and Alabama.the kelly gibson junior golf tour is an introduction to competition and is open to both male and female junior golfers ages 7-22. Members of the tour compete in up to nine one-day tournaments during the summer from june to july.the oscar j tolmas mentorship program provides a positive learning experience for boys ages 7-10 and girls ages 7-13. Mentors are juniors in high school through 5th year seniors in college [cont'd on sch o] who walk with their mentees during their 9-hole round. They teach etiquette, pace of play, basic rules and course management to provide a more enjoyable experience.the allstate sugar bowl fall series are two-day junior golf tournaments produced from august to december spanning from lake charles to the gulf coast region and Alabama. These events provide more local playing opportunities for boys ages 13-18 and girls ages 13-18 who want to take their game to the next level.the allstate sugar bowl tommy moore memorial is an annual international junior golf tournament featuring 84 top-ranked junior golfers from across the country and world each holiday season in new orleans at tpc Louisiana, home of the pga tour's zurich classic.

Operating model

Revenue model
Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 85% 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

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 66
  • Transparency & Controls: 87
  • Accountability: 86
  • Sustainability: 63
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 66.2%; rating input score 66
  • Program expense ratio: 79.3%; rating input score 79
  • Fundraising efficiency: $6.93 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 24; 24th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 93.3%; rating input score 93; 24th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 88.6%; rating input score 89; 42nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 6 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 67
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: Pass
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 24.4%; rating input score 77; 77th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.57; rating input score 71; 71st percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.06; rating input score 42; 42nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 27.4%; rating input score 9; 9th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 5.1% per year; rating input score 100; 37th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 6.9% per year; rating input score 100; 48th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 16.5% per year; rating input score 100; 73rd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 66.2% of revenue deployed · 79.3% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 12 of 12 board members independent · 6 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $513K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $116K · 14 people listed
  • Consistency: 31 of 32 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes major donors and grants
  • Filing history: 12 filing years from 2014 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 — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 24/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 8 not reported.
  • Review — Transparency & Controls: Domestic grant itemization did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 9/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 42/100.