At&t Employee Relief Fund

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
822106867
IRS 990 coverage
2018–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025
Location
Dallas, TX, USA
Phone
2102326862
Rating
79
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Philanthropy, Charity, Voluntarism Promotion

Reported finances

Revenue
$991,129
Expenses
$1,273,946
Assets
$0
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

6 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • NICOLE ANDERSON (DIRECTOR AND PRESIDENT)
  • TINA WILLIAMS (VICE PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • JENNIFER ENDERLIN (DIRECTOR AND BOARD CHAIR)
  • JEFF SLADE (DIRECTOR AND SECRETARY)
  • NICOLE ANDERSON (DIRECTOR AND PRESIDENT)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

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

Overview

Mission

The employee relief fund's (the "fund") charitable purpose is to serve as an employee assistance fund. This purpose is accomplished by collecting funds from the public and disbursing them to needy employees, former employees, or members of their immediate families of at&t who have been affected by hardship due to an unexpected event beyond their control. Such an event includes disasters, extended illness/injury, death, domestic violence and other unexpected emergencies. This assistance is intended to help the affected individual meet short-term needs including amounts to help pay for essential expenses, such as housing, utilities, food, clothing, and other basic necessities. The fund may also provide long-term assistance on a case-by-case basis for natural disaster, fire or flood that totally destroys an employees residence.

What it reported doing in 2025

The employee relief fund makes grants to at&t employees, former employees, or members of employees' immediate families who have been affected by hardship due to an unexpected event beyond their control. Such events include natural disasters, extended illness or injury, death, domestic violence, and other emergencies. Grants are disbursed to help affected individuals meet short-term needs, including amounts to help pay for essential expenses, such as housing, utilities, food, clothing, and other basic necessities. The employee relief fund may also provide long-term assistance on a case-by-case basis for natural disaster, fire, or flood that totally destroys an employee's residence. Funding for the employee relief fund primarily comes from employees of at&t services, inc. And its affiliates (at&t). In the future, at&t may make supplemental contributions to the fund or institute a matching program where at&t would match a certain percentage of employee contributions to the fund.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 79% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 100% of its reported program spending out as grants.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. The filing reports few safeguards for money sent abroad and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 87
  • Transparency & Controls: 80
  • Accountability: 82
  • Sustainability: 11
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 93.4%; rating input score 93
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: 2 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 25
    • Claims monitoring procedures: Pass
    • Requires narrative reports: Fail
    • Conducts field audits: Fail
    • May suspend future funding: Fail
    • Requires financial reports: Pass
    • Conducts site visits: Fail
    • Requires grant agreements: Fail
    • May require repayment: Fail
  • Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 78th 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: 4 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 57
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Fail
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -28.5%; rating input score 4; 4th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0; rating input score 1; 1st percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 78; 78th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 15.7% per year; rating input score 100; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -10.1% per year; rating input score 0; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 1.4% per year; rating input score 100; 20th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 93.4% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 3 of 3 board members independent · 4 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $1.2M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 6 people listed
  • Consistency: 21 of 21 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes major donors, foreign activity, and grants
  • Filing history: 8 filing years from 2018 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 — Transparency & Controls: Foreign activity oversight: 6 of 8 not reported.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 3 of 7 not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 4/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 1/100.