Tenaciously Teal Incorporated

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
465034403
IRS 990 coverage
2020–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-N 2014
Location
Oklahoma City, OK, USA
Phone
4057534496
Rating
81
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Cancer

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$489,325
Expenses
$494,951
Assets
$721,308
Liabilities
$4,623

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

11 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • TARAH WARREN (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
  • BROOKE UNRUH (PRESIDENT)

Highest reported compensation

  • TARAH WARREN (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $126,327 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Tenaciously teal, inc. Is dedicated to meeting the needs of cancer fighters through encouragement, services, and care packs filled with helpful items for the fight.

What it reported doing in 2024

Brave shave parties: the organization hosted their first brave shave for a male, and provided the experience to 10 cancer fighters and their families. Tenaciously teals brave shave program transforms one of the most difficult moments in a cancer journey- losing your hair-into a powerful act of courage, choice, and community. By providing a safe and supportive space for cancer fighters to shave their heads on their own terms, brave shaves turn what could feel like loss into an experience of empowerment. Each event is surrounded by friends, family, stylists, and volunteers who rally with encouragement, prayer, and celebration, reminding participants that they are not alone. In addition to receiving a compassionate shave from a volunteer stylist, participants are gifted a tenaciously teal care pack filled with comfort items for treatment and often have the option to take part in an empowerment shoot that captures their bravery in striking photographs. More than a haircut, a brave shave is a public declaration of strength and a visible expression of the organizations mission to bring love, community, empowerment, and resources to cancer fighters and their families.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 97% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 59% for direct work, and 41% for grants.
  • Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 74
  • Transparency & Controls: 94
  • Accountability: 79
  • Sustainability: 39
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 79.4%; rating input score 79
  • Program expense ratio: 77.8%; rating input score 78
  • Fundraising efficiency: $10.36 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 40; 40th percentile among comparable filings

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: 100%; rating input score 100; 80th percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 4 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 50
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -1.1%; rating input score 36; 36th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.46; rating input score 51; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.01; rating input score 48; 48th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 25.5%; rating input score 14; 14th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 18.5% per year; rating input score 100; 83rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 20.8% per year; rating input score 100; 88th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 9% per year; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 79.4% of revenue deployed · 77.8% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 10 of 10 board members independent · 4 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 6 filed program accomplishments · $385K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $126K · 11 people listed
  • Highest-paid contractors: 1 contractor listed · $103K reported
  • Consistency: 34 of 34 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes major donors and grants
  • Filing history: 5 filing years from 2020 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • 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.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 3 of 7 not reported.
  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 40/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 36/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 51/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 14/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 48/100.