Sgaus Foundation Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 522044140
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2011–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2025
- Location
- Nashville, TN, USA
- Phone
- 6157143436
- Rating
- 61
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Adult, Continuing Education
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $11,564
- Expenses
- $7,851
- Assets
- $165,358
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
3 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- MG DOUG HAYHURST (PRESIDENT/DIRECTOR)
- BGNY DAVID WARAGER (VICE-PRESIDENT/DIRECTOR)
People named in this filing
- MG DOUG HAYHURST (PRESIDENT/DIRECTOR)
- BGNY DAVID WARAGER (VICE-PRESIDENT/DIRECTOR)
- COL J THOMAS SMITH (SECRETARY/TREASURER/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-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
To serve as an educational & informational branch of the state guard of the us; to promote the role & effectiveness of the state militia; to foster relations with the general public and agencies of the government, and with other associations; to professionalism & understanding among the members.
What it reported doing in 2025
Charitable gifts to the state guard association of the us
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Other-operating. 100% of the money available for current operations came from other operating revenue.
- Distribution model
- Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 100% 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 program spending has declined or grown slowly.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 50
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 73
- Growth: 0
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 42.7%; rating input score 43
- Program expense ratio: 62.9%; 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: 32.1%; rating input score 81; 81st percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 21.06; rating input score 96; 96th 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: -11.8% per year; rating input score 0; 26th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -3.7% per year; rating input score 0; 37th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -2.9% per year; rating input score 0; 29th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 42.7% of revenue deployed · 62.9% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $5K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
- Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- Filing history: 12 filing years from 2011 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.
- Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 43/100.
- High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.