Tarc Foundation

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
481236379
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025, Form 990-T 2025
Location
Topeka, KS, USA
Phone
7852320597
Rating
50
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Single Organization Support

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$266,489
Expenses
$40,859
Assets
$8,073,037
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

17 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • MATTHEW BERGMANN (PAST PRESIDENT)
  • LINDSAY FREEMAN (PRESIDENT)
  • EILEEN DORAN (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR (THRU JULY 2025))
  • JAMES FLETCHER (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR (BEGIN JULY 2025))

Highest reported compensation

  • LAURA MARPLE (FINANCE DIRECTOR): $129,634 total reported compensation
  • EILEEN DORAN (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR (THRU JULY 2025)): $109,617 total reported compensation
  • JAMES FLETCHER (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR (BEGIN JULY 2025)): $87,927 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The purpose of the foundation is to ensure a strong financial base through active community involvement in order to support tarc, inc's mission of enhancing the lives of people affected by developmental and related disabilities through commitment to excellence in service, support and advocacy.

What it reported doing in 2025

The foundation's principal activity is to provide financial support to the operations of the supported organization, tarc, inc, and to assist tarc, inc with fundraising activities. The foundation does this by helping to plan, participate, and solicit support for tarc, inc's fundraising activities, cultivating donor development and managing the foundation's investments.

Operating model

Revenue model
Investment-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from recurring investment income.
Distribution model
No current program activity. The filing reports no program spending for the current year.

The verdict

MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up and most voting board members are independent. 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: 0
  • Transparency & Controls: 90
  • Accountability: 91
  • Sustainability: 85
  • Growth: 20

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 0%; rating input score 0
  • Program expense ratio: 0%; rating input score 0
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 7 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 78
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Fail
    • 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: 84.7%; rating input score 98; 98th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 197.58; rating input score 100; 100th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 77; 77th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 119.3%; rating input score 0; 0th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -32.6% per year; rating input score 0; 4th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -5% per year; rating input score 0; 9th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 11.5% per year; rating input score 100; 67th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 0% of revenue deployed · 0% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 14 of 14 board members independent · 7 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment
  • Leadership: top reported pay $130K · 17 people listed
  • Consistency: 14 of 14 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 15 filing years from 2010 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Related organizations: 1 filed related-organization link
  • 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 0/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 9 not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 0/100.