Tempus Unlimited
Overview
Mission
Tempus Unlimited exists to provide a continuum of community based services that support the efforts of children and adults with disabilities to live as independently as possible in the least restrictive environment. Through personal involvement, individual decision-making is supported and encouraged to enhance the control of a person over their own lives and foster self-sufficiency. The agency through its programs and services encourages the inclusion of people with disabilities into the mainstream of society including social, recreational, family and work activities.
What it reported doing in 2024
Mass health ffs fiscal intermediary program provides payroll services and customer support services.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Earned-program. 100% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
- Distribution model
- Direct operator. The nonprofit carried out 100% of its reported program work directly.
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 042239746
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2010–2024
- Website reviewed
- Jun 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Headquarters
- Stoughton, MA, US
- Rating
- 81
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
The verdict
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and most voting board members are independent. Fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised and expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 89
- Transparency & Controls: 64
- Accountability: 97
- Sustainability: 28
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 99.5%; rating input score 100
- Program expense ratio: 99.7%; rating input score 100
- Fundraising efficiency: $0.87 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 2; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 71st percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: 3 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 50
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: Limited
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Limited
- Public monitoring controls: 0 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 0
- Public policy transparency: 0 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 0
- Public financial transparency: 0 of 5 controls in place; rating input score 0
- Impact reporting controls: 0 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 0
- Public relationship transparency: No; rating input score 0
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 76th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 9 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 100
- Public governance controls: 3 of 4 controls in place; rating input score 75
- Zakat policy transparency: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 0.2%; rating input score 31; 31st percentile among comparable filings
- Operating reserve ratio: 0.11; rating input score 3; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.8; rating input score 17; 17th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0.1%; rating input score 93; 93rd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 19.2% per year; rating input score 100; 91st percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 16.9% per year; rating input score 100; 91st percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 16.4% per year; rating input score 100; 88th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: 2 programs and campaigns described on the official site
- Where the money goes: 99.5% of revenue deployed · 99.7% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 14 of 14 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $2.2B in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $405K · 20 people listed · 3 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
- Consistency: 31 of 31 current checks pass
- Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes major donors and executive pay
- Filing history: 15 annual filings from 2010 to 2024
- Money network: 7 filed money-flow records