Scion Tree Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
463070098
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2017–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Mount Pleasant, SC, USA
Phone
4408230664
Rating
59
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Adoption

Reported finances

Revenue
$46,509
Expenses
$3,574
Assets
$49,390

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

Leadership & pay

2 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Stephen Bittinger (President)
  • Jennifer Bittinger (Vice President)

People named in this filing

  • Stephen Bittinger (President)
  • Jennifer Bittinger (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

Support adoption and orphan care.

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

MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up and revenue comfortably covers expenses. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 23
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 81
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 4.2%; rating input score 4
  • Program expense ratio: 54.6%; rating input score 55

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 92.3%; rating input score 99; 99th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 13.82; rating input score 94; 94th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -14.1% per year; rating input score 0; 24th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 19% per year; rating input score 100; 89th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 18.1% per year; rating input score 100; 82nd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 4.2% of revenue deployed · 54.6% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $2K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 2 people listed
  • Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 8 filing years from 2017 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.

  • High — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 4/100.
  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 55/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.