Reverend Charlie E and Cinderella S Taylor Sr Foundation

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
010872212
IRS 990 coverage
2021–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025, Form 990-N 2017
Location
Arlington, TN, USA
Phone
8003749039
Rating
78
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Scholarships, Student Financial Aid Services, Awards

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$64,429
Expenses
$26,841
Assets
$1,002,428
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

12 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Johnny Poole (Chief Executive Officer)

People named in this filing

  • Shirley C Byers (Trustee)
  • Charlie Taylor Jr (Trustee)
  • Otha Taylor (Trustee)

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 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The Reverend Charlie E and Cinderella S Taylor Sr Foundation provides scholarships to high school graduating seniors entering college, assistance for ministers entering seminary, relief through its Good Samaritan ministry, and outreach to Veterans, First Responders, and their families through personal and professional resilience programs and services.

What it reported doing in 2025

Code 611430: Somervell Guardian Alliance is a beacon of hope, delivering spiritual, emotional, mental health, and resiliency services to America's Veterans, First Responders, and their families. With unwavering support from generous donors, we proudly announce the launch of the Somervell Guardian Alliance. This milestone reflects the Foundation's steadfast commitment to delivering balanced and impartial support to those who protected us in partnership with rural communities. The investment in the launch of the SGA initiative, was made possible by loyal donors and ensures that veterans and first responders living in mental health deserts now have access to spiritual care services and support. But the benefits of our donors' contributions extend far beyond the 600 veteran families in Somervell County, Texas. This innovative initiative empowers military command, corporate, and governmental agencies, enabling them to fulfill their missions more effectively. Donors' unwavering commitment to our cause is transforming lives and creating a brighter, more hopeful future in the communities we are honored to serve. Together, we are fostering resilience, igniting hope, and building a network of support that carries us forward.

Operating model

Revenue model
Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
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 - A large share of total spending goes to programs and the filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and program spending has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 74
  • Transparency & Controls: 86
  • Accountability: 88
  • Sustainability: 83
  • Growth: 20

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 57.6%; rating input score 58
  • Program expense ratio: 97%; rating input score 97
  • Fundraising efficiency: $89.51 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 87; 87th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 92.9%; rating input score 93; 25th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • 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: 5 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 71
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • 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: 58.3%; rating input score 90; 90th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 37.35; rating input score 90; 90th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 58; 58th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -11.1% per year; rating input score 0; 25th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -21.5% per year; rating input score 0; 18th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 16.8% per year; rating input score 100; 86th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 57.6% of revenue deployed · 97% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 11 of 11 board members independent · 5 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $26K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 12 people listed
  • Consistency: 41 of 42 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 5 filing years from 2021 to 2025
  • 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.

  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 58/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Independent financial-statement audit not reported.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 58/100.