Tennessee Operation Lifesaver Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
621780445
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2012–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Franklin, TN, USA
Phone
6159152618
Rating
68
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Safety Education

Reported finances

Revenue
$96,394
Expenses
$116,378
Assets
$11,086
Liabilities
$54

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

Leadership & pay

8 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • TERESA JILL MCCLINTOCK (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

People named in this filing

  • TERESA JILL MCCLINTOCK (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
  • LT TEDDY DOUGLAS (CHAIRPERSON)
  • CHARLES TURNER (VICE CHAIRPERSON)

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 purpose of the organization is to promote safety at highway-rail grade by disseminating information to the public, conducting meetings and training sessions, coordinating efforts among public agencies and private corporations with interests in safety at highway-rail grade crossings, and fostering programs that enhance education, engineering and law enforcement to reduce the number of collisions at highway-rail grade crossings and incidents of trespassing on railroad rights of way in Tennessee.

What it reported doing in 2025

Increased awareness through 24 training programs - individuals incl. Pre-k-high school, bus drivers, driver education, malls, etc. Reached 416 people; several special projects including general ol train, conferences, and model railroad exhibits. Reached 3,761 people.

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

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and program spending has grown recently. 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: 47
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 17
  • Growth: 80

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 49.8%; rating input score 50
  • Program expense ratio: 41.2%; rating input score 41

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -20.7%; rating input score 21; 21st percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.1; rating input score 13; 13th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 27; 27th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 46.2%; rating input score 4; 4th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 6.2% per year; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 0.1% per year; rating input score 100; 50th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -9.2% per year; rating input score 0; 18th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 49.8% of revenue deployed · 41.2% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $48K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 8 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 14 filing years from 2012 to 2025
  • 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 — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 50/100.
  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 41/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 21/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 13/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 4/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 27/100.