Shelby County Tennessee Sheriffs Assistance Corporation

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
824625036
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2022–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Memphis, TN, USA
Phone
9012225591
Rating
87
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Law Enforcement

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$26,556
Expenses
$24,947
Assets
$30,886
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

3 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Cliff Lafferty (President)

People named in this filing

  • Alicia Lindsey (Corporate Officer)
  • Gordon Olswing (Secretary)
  • Cliff Lafferty (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

To support our sponsored schools with the objective of assisting the students attending, education students as to the efforts and operations of Shelby County Sheriff's Office while increasing relations with the students and the local community as a whole.

What it reported doing in 2025

Northaven Elementary School - Test scores/Achievement significant increase - Pizza Party Celebration for the Students Support Events related to Breast Cancer Awareness Pipe & Drum for Ceremonial Supplies Support to Vollentine Elementary to support students needs in the classroom

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

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Program spending has declined or grown slowly and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 96
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 56
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 93.9%; rating input score 94
  • Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 6.1%; rating input score 55; 55th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.24; rating input score 53; 53rd 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 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -27.8% per year; rating input score 0; 15th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 0.2% per year; rating input score 100; 50th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 6% per year; rating input score 100; 59th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 93.9% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $25K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 4 filing years from 2022 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 — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 55/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 53/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.