West Texas Lemonade Day

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
464486931
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2014–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2013
Location
Lubbock, TX, USA
Phone
8067922723
Rating
87
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Youth Development - Business

Reported finances

Revenue
$135,335
Expenses
$91,483
Assets
$255,749
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

12 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • SIDNEY HOPPER (PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • SIDNEY HOPPER (PRESIDENT)
  • ROBERT TAYLOR (DIRECTOR)
  • ANDY BEAN (DIRECTOR)

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

To address a missing element in many youth education programs. The mission of lemonade day is to help prepare youth for life through fun proactive programs infused with life skills, character education and entrepreneurship. The foremost objective is to help today's youth become the business leaders, social advocates, community volunteers and forward thinking citizens of tomorrow. Every child is introduced to entrepreneurship through real world experience of starting their own business (a lemonade stand).

What it reported doing in 2025

Lemonade day 2025 was an exceptional day for lubbock, tx. Youth registered for the program resulting in roughly 2007 lemonade stands. Many businesses were engaged and over 95 volunteers were active. The average stand reported $408.07 in profit. Children participated in 5 events designed to promote the key lessons in lemonade day and painted the town "yellow". Families reported a major impact on their child's understanding of financial matters and entrepreneurship. By participating in lemonade day, youth learned the importance of three s's - spending, saving, and sharing. 40% of youth reported sharing their proceeds with local non-profit and other organizations.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% 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. Program spending has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 80
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 81
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 67.6%; rating input score 68
  • Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 32.4%; rating input score 83; 83rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.8; rating input score 87; 87th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 74; 74th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -5.5% per year; rating input score 0; 19th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 3.1% per year; rating input score 100; 34th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 28.8% per year; rating input score 100; 85th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 67.6% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $91K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 12 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 12 filing years from 2014 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • 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 — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.