Charlie and Tonja Ward Family Foundation Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 851027572
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2024–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2023, Form 990-N 2022
- Location
- Tallahassee, FL, USA
- Phone
- 7139653955
- Rating
- 63
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Public Foundations
- Affiliation
- Christianity
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $250,540
- Expenses
- $178,900
- Assets
- $189,722
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
17 people listed
People named in this filing
- JIMMIE DAVIS (DIRECTOR)
- MARVIN DAWSON (CHAIRMAN/DIR)
- AYALA DONCHIN (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. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
The charlie & tonja ward family foundation supports community service projects, events, and causes specifically related to christian youth development, youth sports and art, and disaster relief efforts.
What it reported doing in 2024
The ward family foundation is a public charity, rooted in christian principles, supporting youth character development through sports, education, the arts and wellness and supporting disaster relief initiatives. The charlie & tonja ward family foundation launched the multisport shoe drive in 2024 and supported 200 young athletes participating in pop warner and cheer programs. Our goal is to ensure that every child who wants to be part of a team has the footwear they need to compete safely and confidently. By meeting this critical need, we help keep children physically active, build confidence, and foster their growth within the structure and mentorship of team sports. The charlie & tonja ward family foundation also hosts mentor leadership basketball clinics annually. These free clinics are designed to engage youth through a dynamic blend of basketball training, life skills development, and exposure to steam (science, technology, arts, and math) concepts. Through these programs, we are investing in the whole child - body, mind, and spirit - and empowering the next generation of leaders both on and off the court.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 99% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 76% of its reported program spending out as grants.
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 some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 50
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Accountability: 59
- Sustainability: 68
- Growth: 60
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 44%; rating input score 44
- Program expense ratio: 60.4%; rating input score 60
- Fundraising efficiency: $16.11 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 52; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 91.7%; rating input score 92; 19th percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: Limited
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: 69.4%; rating input score 69; 46th percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 70.6%; rating input score 71; 19th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 3 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 43
- 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: Missing
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 28.6%; rating input score 81; 81st percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.06; rating input score 42; 42nd percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 80; 80th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: Limited
- Revenue growth: 44.3% per year; rating input score 100; 96th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 46.5% per year; rating input score 100; 96th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 44% of revenue deployed · 60.4% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 12 of 17 board members independent · 3 of 7 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $108K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 17 people listed
- Consistency: 25 of 26 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
- Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes major donors and grants
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
- Related organizations: 2 filed related-organization links
- 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 44/100.
- Moderate — Accountability: Governance controls: 3 of 6 not reported.
- Review — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 52/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 42/100.
- Review — Transparency & Controls: Domestic grant itemization did not reconcile in the filed values.