A Steady Hand Foundation Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
844632744
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2020–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Summerville, SC, USA
Phone
8436708462
Rating
88
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Fund Raising and/or Fund Distribution

Reported finances

Revenue
$163,994
Expenses
$191,109
Assets
$22,605

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

Leadership & pay

5 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • RUSS TOUCHBERRY (PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • RUSS TOUCHBERRY (PRESIDENT)
  • GARY BREWER JR (VICE PRESIDE)
  • KELLY CONE (TREASURER)

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

The current annual activity is two golf tournaments, we call putting for parkinson's and drive fore dementia. The board of directors, the officers and multiple volunteers conduct the annual event. The events raise money for parkinson's research, associated parkinson's related causes, and to support the work being done at the ark of sc. A steady hand foundation was established to support these causes and others within the community as deemed necessary. The activity is funded through donations. The majority of the foundation's expenses are allocated to these two events. We work to minimize the expenses to allow the vast majority of the funds raised to be donated to the causes the board deems appropriate. The time spent on this activity is about 10% of each board members's time. They promote the event throughout the year by word of mouth and social media. The month before the events, significant time is dedicated to putting teams together and finding sponsors. These annual events are curr

What it reported doing in 2025

General expenses and donations not directly allocated or restricted to either main purpose of the organization. Both events are equally responsible for these items.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 85% of its reported program spending out as grants.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 99
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 11
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 96.7%; rating input score 97

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -16.5%; rating input score 9; 9th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.12; rating input score 13; 13th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 2.9%; rating input score 25; 25th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 54.1% per year; rating input score 100; 92nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 40.2% per year; rating input score 100; 93rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 8.1% per year; rating input score 100; 53rd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 96.7% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $185K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
  • Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 6 filing years from 2020 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.

  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 9/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 13/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 25/100.