Childrens Charities of the Midlands
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 562184916
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2022–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2021
- Location
- Columbia, SC, USA
- Phone
- 8438617879
- Rating
- 93
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Public Foundations
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $147,804
- Expenses
- $151,012
- Assets
- $38,782
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
5 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- GARY MATTHEWS (PRESIDENT)
- BRYAN PAYNE (VICE PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- GARY MATTHEWS (PRESIDENT)
- MARY MATTHEWS (SECRETARY)
- BRYAN PAYNE (VICE 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-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Childrens charity of the midlands is a non-profit 501c3 organization whose mission is to attract support from contributions directly or indirectly from persons and entities in the community in which it operates it was formed specifically to promote charitable endeavors and causes and to raise funds and contributions primarily for the betterment and improvement of the health welfare and education of children and youth in the South Carolina community
What it reported doing in 2025
Camp cole to serve children and teens who are navigating serious illnesses disabilities and complex life challenges through transformative summer camps programs and year-round experiences
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 100% 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
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 93
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 35
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 94%; rating input score 94
- Program expense ratio: 92%; rating input score 92
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: -2.2%; rating input score 25; 25th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.26; rating input score 23; 23rd 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: 20.2% per year; rating input score 100; 75th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 15.3% per year; rating input score 100; 76th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 16% per year; rating input score 100; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 94% of revenue deployed · 92% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 18 filed program accomplishments · $139K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
- Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
- Schedules: 4 filed schedules
- Filing history: 4 filing years from 2022 to 2025
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
- 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 — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 25/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 23/100.