Tennessee Out-reach Center for Homeless

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
454745519
IRS 990 coverage
2018–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025, Form 990-EZ 2018
Location
Oak Ridge, TN, USA
Phone
7062547432
Rating
87
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Personal Social Services

Reported finances

Revenue
$640,966
Expenses
$646,421
Assets
$664,859
Liabilities
$571,277

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

Leadership & pay

10 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • DONALD E OQUINN III (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
  • SHEILA MICHEL (BOARD PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • DONALD E OQUINN III (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
  • SHEILA MICHEL (BOARD PRESIDENT)
  • MASON GUYMON (BOARD TREASURER)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

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

Overview

Mission

Torch offers services to assist the homeless in anderson county. We provide street outreach, rapid rehousing, rapid recover assistance as well as operating a shelter for families with children.

What it reported doing in 2025

Torch provides homeless services in anderson county. Through coordinated assessment we assisted over 1738 individuals with referrals. Homeless street outreach assisted 373 individuals sleeping outside. Rapid rehousing housed over 32 families. Approximately 30 assisted with housing at a drug treatment center. Shelter was provided to over 52 individuals.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 78% 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. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 96
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 70
  • Sustainability: 36
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 98.8%; rating input score 99
  • Program expense ratio: 98%; rating input score 98
  • Fundraising efficiency: $49.22 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 75; 75th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 70%; rating input score 70; 18th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 5 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 71
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -0.9%; rating input score 28; 28th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.03; rating input score 44; 44th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.86; rating input score 6; 6th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 78; 78th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 15.1% per year; rating input score 100; 71st percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 15.4% per year; rating input score 100; 75th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 29.1% per year; rating input score 100; 88th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 98.8% of revenue deployed · 98% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 7 of 10 board members independent · 5 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $633K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 10 people listed
  • Consistency: 22 of 22 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 7 filing years from 2018 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
  • 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: 2 of 7 not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 28/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 44/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 6/100.