Upshur County Literacy Program

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
752560836
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2010–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Gilmer, TX, USA
Phone
9038433360
Rating
53
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Libraries

Reported finances

Revenue
$56,238
Expenses
$83,868
Assets
$207,852

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

Leadership & pay

4 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • JANICE GAGE (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • PHIL FOWLER (PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • JANICE GAGE (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • PHIL FOWLER (PRESIDENT)
  • CAROLYN DUKE (SECY/TREAS)

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 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Literacy reading and writing

What it reported doing in 2025

Adult basic education, pre-ged testing & study, english asa second language, testing adult & juvenile probationers(approx.250-300 persons)

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 70% 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

MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up and program spending 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: 28
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 27
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 37.6%; rating input score 38
  • Program expense ratio: 11.5%; rating input score 12

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -49.1%; rating input score 12; 12th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.48; rating input score 70; 70th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 35.8%; rating input score 5; 5th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 10.8% per year; rating input score 100; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 1.5% per year; rating input score 100; 56th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 6% per year; rating input score 100; 60th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 37.6% of revenue deployed · 11.5% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $10K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
  • Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 16 filing years from 2010 to 2025
  • 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.

  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 38/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 12/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 12/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 5/100.