Tangram Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 351661813
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2009–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Indianapolis, IN, USA
- Phone
- 3175711042
- Rating
- 85
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $11,277,346
- Expenses
- $11,512,579
- Assets
- $11,232,493
- Liabilities
- $941,257
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
19 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- SHANNON SAMUEL CRISS (CEO)
Highest reported compensation
- SHANNON SAMUEL CRISS (CEO): $143,819 total reported compensation
- JANNEKA PAYNE (DIRECT SUPPORT PROFESSIONAL): $128,714 total reported compensation
- FAVOR TRIUMPHANIAN (DIRECT SUPPORT PROFESSIONAL): $125,749 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Tangram, inc. Supports people with disabilities by designing services to meet their specific needs and desires. We assist them to live full, meaningful, and happy lives, at home and as members of their community. [continue to schedule o][continue from page 2] tangram joins with community partners to create inclusive and sustainable solutions to challenges faced by those impacted by disabilities.
What it reported doing in 2024
As part of tangram's holistic approach for serving persons living with disabilities, we provide behavioral consultation and training. We work with a team to develop a uniquely customized behavioral support plan and offer training to help individuals and their support team to implement the plan. Our individualized approach is designed to enhance the behavioral health of each individual and help him or her continue on a path of greater self-determination, independence, and involvement. In the year ended june 30, 2025, tangram provided over 2000 hours of behavioral support and training services to 60 persons living in the community.tangram's applied behavior analysis (aba) services provide individualized support to enhance the quality of life for individuals with autism. Our evidence-based approach focuses on assessing behavior utilizing comprehensive behavioral assessments which identify strengths, needs, and areas to target for skill development. Individualized treatment plans and behavior support plans are intervention strategies developed based on the assessment results. The aba team uses evidence-based techniques such as positive reinforcement, self-advocacy training, and shaping techniques to foster growth in various life areas. The clinicians provide parent/caregiver training to implement the aba interventions effectively and consistently across environments. The plans are reviewed regularly to assess progress and modify interventions as needed.during the fiscal year ending june 30, 2025, tangram aba provided over 17,275 hours of direct therapy (cpt code 97153), 2,690 hours of supervision (cpt code 97155), 275 hours of assessment and supporting assessment (cpt codes 97151/97152), 102 hours of parent/caregiver training (cpt code 97156), 400 hours of 2:1 therapy for intensive, hands-on treatment for challenging behaviors (code 0373t) and 7 hours of group therapy (code 97154).
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Earned-program. 94% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
- 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. Fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised and expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 79
- Transparency & Controls: 92
- Accountability: 95
- Sustainability: 34
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 89%; rating input score 89
- Program expense ratio: 87%; rating input score 87
- Fundraising efficiency: $1.56 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 5; 5th percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 62nd 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; 66th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 8 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 89
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: Pass
- Other executive compensation review process: Fail
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -2.1%; rating input score 23; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.98; rating input score 35; 35th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.08; rating input score 76; 76th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 7.3%; rating input score 34; 34th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 5.6% per year; rating input score 100; 47th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 3.9% per year; rating input score 100; 33rd percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 9.3% per year; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 89% of revenue deployed · 87% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 10 of 10 board members independent · 8 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $10M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $144K · 19 people listed
- Consistency: 34 of 35 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
- Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors
- Filing history: 16 filing years from 2009 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 7 filed money-flow records
- Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
- 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.
- Staff and benefit plans: Retirement and health plans the organization files with the Department of Labor, and the people in them.
Key Signals
Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.
- High — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 5/100.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 23/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 35/100.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Other executive compensation review process not reported.
- Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 34/100.