Taylor McKeen Shelton Foundation

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
463231345
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2017–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Rogers, AR, USA
Phone
5014544633
Rating
65
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Private Independent Foundations

Reported finances

Revenue
$7,516
Expenses
$3,945
Assets
$83,030

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

Leadership & pay

3 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Wes Shelton (President, Dir.)

People named in this filing

  • Wes Shelton (President, Dir.)
  • Ella Shelton (Vice Pres, Dir.)
  • Gary Bebow (Sec, Treas, Dir)

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

The mission of the organization is to raise awareness for SUDC (Sudden Unexplained Death in Childhood)and to provide sponsorship for SUDC research, assistance to grieving families, and projects benefitting youth in the community through other 501c3 programs.

What it reported doing in 2025

In 2025, our accomplishments included:- The Taylor McKeen Shelton Foundation donated $3,000 to the Ronald McDonald House Charities of Arkoma. Ronald McDonald Houses provide a home away from home for families with seriously ill or injured children receiving treatment at nearby hospitals. These houses offer comfortable lodging, meals, and support, often at little to no cost, so families can stay close to their hospitalized child.

Operating model

Revenue model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent revenue detail to tell how this nonprofit funds its work.
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: 54
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 77
  • Growth: 20

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 39.9%; rating input score 40
  • Program expense ratio: 76%; rating input score 76

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 47.5%; rating input score 89; 89th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 21.05; 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: -29.9% per year; rating input score 0; 14th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -27.1% per year; rating input score 0; 12th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 10.1% per year; rating input score 100; 70th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 39.9% of revenue deployed · 76% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $3K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
  • Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 9 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.

  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 40/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.