Chair The Love Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
822698591
IRS 990 coverage
2019–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025, Form 990-EZ 2018
Location
Longwood, FL, USA
Phone
4077892020
Rating
75
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Human Service Organizations

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$1,159,822
Expenses
$1,111,968
Assets
$341,043
Liabilities
$4,505

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

Leadership & pay

5 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Augie Byllott (President)

Highest reported compensation

  • James Jay Laurens (Executive Dir.): $30,208 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

The specific purpose of the organization is to provide wheelchairs and related mobility devices for children and adults in need of assistance, both domestically and internationally.

What it reported doing in 2025

2025 was an inspiring year of accomplishment for Chair the Love, providing mobility, freedom, and dignity to thousands of people around the world. Thanks to the generosity of our supporters and our ongoing partnership with the Wheelchair Foundation, Chair the Love provided 4,200 children and adults with the life changing gift of a free wheelchair. Each wheelchair was hand delivered and individually fitted by volunteers, ensuring that every recipient received the mobility solution best suited to their needs. These deliveries took place across 13 countries Mexico, the Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Belize, Nicaragua, Jamaica, the United States, the Philippines, Nepal, Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, and Ukraine spanning five continents: North America, South America, Asia, Africa, and Europe. The distribution of vital wheelchairs in war-torn Ukraine was made possible through our partnership with AdventHealth Global Missions. The impact of this work extends far beyond each individual. A wheelchair not only transforms the daily life of the recipient, but also provides relief and new opportunities for caregivers, strengthens families, and uplifts entire communities. We are especially grateful for the dollar for dollar matching funds provided through the Wheelchair Foundation. Because of this generous support, we were able to double the number of lives changed in 2025 multiplying hope, independence, and possibility for thousands of people.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 86% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 92% of its reported program spending out as grants.
  • Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.

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: 82
  • Transparency & Controls: 72
  • Accountability: 69
  • Sustainability: 38
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 85%; rating input score 85
  • Program expense ratio: 88.5%; rating input score 89
  • Fundraising efficiency: $14.89 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 47; 47th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 93.8%; rating input score 94; 25th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: 0 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 0
    • Claims monitoring procedures: Fail
    • Requires narrative reports: Fail
    • Conducts field audits: Fail
    • May suspend future funding: Fail
    • Requires financial reports: Fail
    • 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: 2 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 25
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 4.1%; rating input score 42; 42nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.31; rating input score 16; 16th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.01; rating input score 57; 57th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 2.7%; rating input score 54; 54th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 32.2% per year; rating input score 100; 89th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 30.1% per year; rating input score 100; 90th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 17.5% per year; rating input score 100; 74th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 85% of revenue deployed · 88.5% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 4 of 4 board members independent · 2 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $984K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $30K · 5 people listed
  • Consistency: 32 of 33 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 8 filed schedules · includes major donors, foreign activity, and grants
  • Filing history: 7 filing years from 2019 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 1 filed related-organization link
  • 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: 8 of 8 not reported.
  • High — Accountability: Governance controls: 5 of 7 not reported.
  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 47/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 42/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 16/100.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 54/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 57/100.