The Idlewild Foundation Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
263267484
IRS 990 coverage
2011–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025, Form 990-N 2008
Location
Lutz, FL, USA
Phone
8132648713
Rating
73
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Community Foundations
Affiliation
Christianity

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$326,164
Expenses
$164,854
Assets
$2,529,171
Liabilities
$381

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

Leadership & pay

20 people listed

People named in this filing

  • MICHAEL BABB (TRUSTEE)
  • TERI BEEBE (TRUSTEE)
  • MIKE BOGHICH (TRUSTEE)

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

To promote christian service through motivating, educating and facilitating those in our community to be faithful stewards of the resources god has entrusted to them.

What it reported doing in 2025

The ministries supported are involved in glorifying god and spreading the gospel message. Examples include 1)conducting seminars on planned giving and other methods of practicing and applying faithful financial stewardship techniques, 2)conducting motivational opportunities around the topic of biblical generosity, 3) providing scholarship opportunities for those in need to complete a higher education and 4) to match those with a desire to be generous with those ministry opportunities that have a need. The grants and ministry donations listed are reviewed by either the scholarship committee or the grant committee according to established procedures. Grants at or above 25,000 are submitted to the full board for approval.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 75% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 64% of its reported program spending out as grants.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of total spending goes to programs. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and program spending has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 60
  • Transparency & Controls: 87
  • Accountability: 88
  • Sustainability: 84
  • Growth: 20

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 59.4%; rating input score 59
  • Program expense ratio: 81.7%; rating input score 82
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 92.3%; rating input score 92; 24th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 90.7%; rating input score 91; 55th 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; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 5 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 71
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • 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: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 49.5%; rating input score 90; 90th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 15.34; rating input score 93; 93rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 53; 53rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 67; 67th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -7.1% per year; rating input score 0; 13th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -6% per year; rating input score 0; 8th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 6.1% per year; rating input score 100; 49th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 59.4% of revenue deployed · 81.7% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 20 of 20 board members independent · 5 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $135K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 20 people listed
  • Consistency: 25 of 26 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors and grants
  • Filing history: 15 filing years from 2011 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • Related organizations: 1 filed related-organization link
  • 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 59/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Independent financial-statement audit not reported.
  • Review — Transparency & Controls: Domestic grant itemization did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Review — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 53/100.