The Shine Foundation
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 873530440
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2022–2025
- Official website data refreshed
- Sep 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2021
- Location
- Tupelo, MS, US
- Phone
- 6623222312
- Rating
- 61
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Human Services N.E.C.
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $170,155
- Expenses
- $96,706
- Assets
- $155,283
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
8 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Audra Winter (Executive Director)
- Greg Mooneyham (President)
People named in this filing
- Audra Winter (Executive Director)
- Greg Mooneyham (President)
- Misty Thompson (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
To support families raising children with special needs by creating inclusive events and programs that foster a judgment-free community of love and support.
What it reported doing in 2025
Events and Activities: Sporting events for individuals with special needs > 1000 participant experiences, Fall Festival- >500 participant experiences, Safari Day for Special Needs Families 172 participants, Birthday Parties for Shine Friends-24, Caregiver Support Activities >90 experiences
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 82% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 100% of its reported program spending out as grants.
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: 40
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 73
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 30.6%; rating input score 31
- Program expense ratio: 53.9%; rating input score 54
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 43.2%; rating input score 89; 89th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.61; rating input score 73; 73rd percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 74; 74th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 38.3%; rating input score 9; 9th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 8.6% per year; rating input score 100; 55th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 28.4% per year; rating input score 100; 89th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 53.5% per year; rating input score 100; 93rd percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: 6 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 1 operating location identified
- Where the money goes: 30.6% of revenue deployed · 53.9% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $52K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 8 people listed
- Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 4 filing years from 2022 to 2025
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 2 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.
- Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 31/100.
- Review — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 54/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 9/100.