Best Day Ever Foundation Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
332892514
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2025–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Kyle, TX, USA
Rating
63
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Philanthropy, Charity, Voluntarism Promotion

Reported finances

Revenue
$122,854
Expenses
$61,939
Assets
$60,915
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

4 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Matt Worthington (President, Treasurer, Chairman)

People named in this filing

  • Matt Worthington (President, Treasurer, Chairman)
  • Dawson Zabloski (Board Director)
  • Tiny Muggen (Board 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

The Best Day Ever Foundation provides personalized surprise experiences for individuals and families going through difficult circumstances. Recipients may include: * Children battling serious illnesses * Families who lost their homes in fires or natural disasters * Individuals facing terminal or life-altering medical diagnoses * Parents grieving the loss of a child * Children recovering from traumatic accidents or injuries * Families experiencing financial hardship or crisis situations Individuals are nominated through community submissions.

What it reported doing in 2025

The Best Day Ever Foundation provides personalized surprise experiences for individuals and families going through difficult circumstances. Recipients may include: * Children battling serious illnesses * Families who lost their homes in fires or natural disasters * Individuals facing terminal or life-altering medical diagnoses * Parents grieving the loss of a child * Children recovering from traumatic accidents or injuries * Families experiencing financial hardship or crisis situations Individuals are nominated through community submissions. After reviewing each story, the foundation designs and coordinates a customized "Best Day Ever" experience tailored specifically to the recipient's interests, personality, and situation. Experiences may include: * Surprise gifts * Sporting events * Family outings * Spa and wellness experiences * Restaurant experiences * Travel and entertainment activities * Celebrity or athlete meet-and-greets * Acts of kindness and financial support. The organization's mission is to create hope, joy, encouragement, and lasting positive memories for people during some of the most difficult moments of their lives. The foundation operates similarly to organizations like the Make-A-Wish Foundation, but serves people of all ages and situations, not solely children with life-threatening illnesses. The following are some specific highlights: 400+ personalized experiences completed, 2,000+ individuals impacted, 70M+ cumulative social media/video views, 40+ volunteers involved, Partnerships/collaborations with local businesses and organizations Community-focused initiatives supporting children, families, educators, and individuals facing hardship Rapid year-over-year organizational growth and community engagement.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 86% 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

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and revenue comfortably covers expenses. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 52
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 76
  • Growth: NotEnoughData

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 37.9%; rating input score 38
  • Program expense ratio: 75.2%; rating input score 75

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 49.6%; rating input score 92; 92nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.98; rating input score 58; 58th 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: Limited
  • Revenue growth: Limited
  • Asset growth: Limited

Details

  • Where the money goes: 37.9% of revenue deployed · 75.2% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $47K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • 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.

  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 38/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 58/100.