Bluff City Medical Society Foundation Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 931746107
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2024–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2023
- Location
- Memphis, TN, USA
- Phone
- 9016320603
- Rating
- 62
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Public Health Program (Includes General Health and Wellness Promotion Services)
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $197,000
- Expenses
- $24,578
- Assets
- $176,822
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
3 people listed
People named in this filing
- LaTonya Washington (Chair)
- Lakisha Crigler (Treasurer)
- Claudette Shepard (Secretary)
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 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
The Foundation provides educational programming, mentorship, and supports healthcare policy and research into eradicating healthcare disparities. It seeks ways to improve the access to health care to all people in the Memphis community. The Foundation provides educational programming on health care careers and promotes expanded participation in medical school and health care professions. It conducts medical school recruitment fairs, lectures, and provides educational programs on current health issues and other important topics. These activities further the mission to promote the health and well-being of communities in Memphis and surrounding areas, promote education and research in medicine through financial support of endowments, fellowships, lectures, and research projects, and providing financial support and scholarships focused on increasing broader participation in the medical workforce.
What it reported doing in 2024
Sponsored webinar series discussing the various challenges of persons with rare diseases receiving medical treatment.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 82% 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.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 35
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 92
- Growth: NotEnoughData
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 9.6%; rating input score 10
- Program expense ratio: 77.3%; rating input score 77
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: 87.5%; rating input score 99; 99th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 7.19; rating input score 98; 98th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 76; 76th 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: 9.6% of revenue deployed · 77.3% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $19K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
- Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
- Schedules: 4 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.
- High — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 10/100.