Teddy Bear Party
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 463164486
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2015–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2014
- Location
- Frisco, TX, USA
- Phone
- 8182165096
- Rating
- 96
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Public Foundations
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $128,096
- Expenses
- $170,549
- Assets
- $36,626
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
9 people listed
People named in this filing
- JASON HANNA (FOUNDER)
- JOE RIGGS (COFOUNDER)
- STEVE RAHHAL (MEMBER)
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 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
To protect children, to support and advocate for equality and protections for lgbtq families and communities, and celebrate family all while continuing the battle against cancer. The teddy bear party started in 2009 as a small christmas house party of seventy-five friends in which we could all get together, have a few cocktails, laughs, and spread the holiday cheer. The annual event originated as a tree trimming party for the first year but transformed into a toy drive for toys for tots the following year.
What it reported doing in 2024
Every attendee is required to bring a new teddy bear. In addition to the teddy bear, there is currently a suggested donation of $75 per person. The attendees enjoy an evening which includes an open bar, DJ, dance floor, and photo booth. To date, the event has benefitted the below: 1.Toys for Tots 2.Childrens Medical Center - Teddy bears are donated to a local childrens hospital 3.Monetary beneficiaries have included Equality Texas, Family Equality Council, Rainbow Roundup and The Trevor Project.
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. Expenses are high relative to revenue and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 100
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 24
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
- Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -33.1%; rating input score 4; 4th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.21; rating input score 20; 20th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 76; 76th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 17.2% per year; rating input score 100; 73rd percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 10.1% per year; rating input score 100; 67th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 11.5% per year; rating input score 100; 65th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $171K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 9 people listed
- Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 9 filing years from 2015 to 2024
- 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 — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 4/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 20/100.