The Citizens Committee
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 621667628
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2010–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2015
- Location
- Lebanon, TN, USA
- Phone
- 6156614249
- Rating
- 91
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Religion Related N.E.C.
- Affiliation
- Religious (unspecified)
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $102,695
- Expenses
- $81,183
- Assets
- $81,051
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
5 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- BOB LAWHON (PRESIDENT &)
People named in this filing
- BOB LAWHON (PRESIDENT &)
- THOMAS R BOYD (TREASURER)
- MARLENE TIDWELL (SECRETARY &)
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 citizens committee is a public charity established for religious purposes whose only event is the annual Tennessee prayer breakfast. The purpose of this gathering is to encourage and support the governor, general assembly, the judiciary of Tennessee and other state leaders through prayer. Participants typically include the governor, state and federal representatives, mayors, city council members and many other elected officials as well as top business leaders and everyday citizens.
What it reported doing in 2025
The annual Tennessee prayer breakfast.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 82% 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. Total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 87
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 59
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 79.1%; rating input score 79
- 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: 20.9%; rating input score 72; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1; rating input score 59; 59th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 8.8% per year; rating input score 100; 56th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 8.9% per year; rating input score 100; 61st percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 9% per year; rating input score 100; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 79.1% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $81K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
- Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 11 filing years from 2010 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.
- Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 59/100.