The Sarofim Foundation

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
237065248
IRS 990-PF coverage
2011–2023
Forms available
Form 990-PF 2023
Location
Houston, TX, USA
Phone
7136544484
Rating
65
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Standard

Reported finances

Revenue
$1,389,259,579
Expenses
$8,978,117

Source: IRS Form 990-PF. Selected filing: tax year 2023. Amounts in USD.

Overview

Mission

The Sarofim Foundation is a nonprofit. Location: Houston, TX. EIN 237065248. Tax year 2023 Form 990-PF reports $1.4B revenue and $9M expenses.

What it reported funding in 2023

The foundation reported 5 grants totaling $7,973,681. The stated grant purposes included general charitable purposes and gifts made by transferee foundation - the sarofim foundation (fein: 37-2090276) in satisfaction of 2022 undistributed income requirement - details available upon request.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 99% of the foundation's positive operating resources came from contributions.
Distribution model
Grant intermediary. The foundation distributed 96% of its reported charitable disbursements as grants.
  • Includes asset-sale income: Asset-sale income is shown separately from recurring resources when classifying the revenue model.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - The filing identifies who received its grants and the filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of available resources goes to charitable grants and assets provide a limited cushion relative to annual grants.

Rating breakdown

  • Grant Deployment: 26
  • Cost Efficiency: 89
  • Transparency: 100
  • Compliance: 94
  • Endowment Health: 7

Detailed rating inputs

Grant Deployment

  • Grant deployment ratio: 25.7%; rating input score 26; 15th percentile among comparable filings

Cost Efficiency

  • Grant expense ratio: 88.8%; rating input score 89; 70th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency

  • Grant recipient disclosure: Yes; rating input score 100

Compliance

  • Part VII-B activity disclosures: 17 of 19 controls in place; rating input score 89
    • Property sale or exchange with a disqualified person: Pass
    • Borrowing from or lending to a disqualified person: Pass
    • Goods, services, or facilities involving a disqualified person: Pass
    • Compensation paid to a disqualified person: Fail
    • Assets transferred to a disqualified person: Pass
    • Payment to a government official: Pass
    • Uncorrected prior self-dealing: Pass
    • Prior-year undistributed income: Pass
    • Excess business holdings: Pass
    • Investments that may jeopardize charitable purposes: Pass
    • Uncorrected prior-year jeopardizing investments: Pass
    • Attempt to influence legislation: Pass
    • Attempt to influence an election: Pass
    • Grants to individuals: Pass
    • Grants to organizations: Fail
    • Spending for a noncharitable purpose: Pass
    • Funds received for a personal-benefit contract: Pass
    • Premiums paid on a personal-benefit contract: Pass
    • Prohibited tax-shelter transaction: Pass
  • Filing consistency checks: 9; rating input score 100

Endowment Health

  • Endowment-health comparison: 0; rating input score 7; 7th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
  • Grants: 100% of grant recipient detail disclosed
  • Payout: 25.7% grant deployment rate
  • Trustees: Filed trustees detail
  • Self-dealing: 100% of reviewed questions answered “No”
  • Investments: 7th percentile for endowment coverage
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 1 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 13 filing years from 2011 to 2023
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 11 filed money-flow records
  • 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.

  • High — Grant Deployment: Grant deployment ratio scored 26/100.
  • High — Endowment Health: Endowment-health comparison scored 7/100.
  • Review — Compliance: Part VII-B activity disclosures: 2 of 19 not reported.