Chimes for Charity Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
621052401
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2012–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Union City, TN, USA
Phone
7318857090
Rating
68
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate

Reported finances

Revenue
$73,610
Expenses
$69,615
Assets
$85,684

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

Leadership & pay

11 people listed

People named in this filing

  • Rachael McKinney (Chairman)
  • Kristi Townes (Coodinator)
  • Alexis Johnson (Treasurer)

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

Charitable Distributions

What it reported doing in 2025

Distribution of clothing, food, toys, and masks to the needy in ObionCounty during the Christmas season. Approximately 250 childrenare clothed and 300 Christmas baskets delivered.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% 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 a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. Program spending has declined or grown slowly and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 61
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 42
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 59.7%; rating input score 60
  • Program expense ratio: 63.1%; rating input score 63

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 5.4%; rating input score 54; 54th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.23; rating input score 53; 53rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 7.2%; rating input score 11; 11th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -0.4% per year; rating input score 0; 46th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 1.4% per year; rating input score 100; 56th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 3.5% per year; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 59.7% of revenue deployed · 63.1% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $44K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 11 people listed
  • Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 13 filing years from 2012 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • 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 — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 54/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 53/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 11/100.