The Taylor Family Foundation
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 943262932
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2010–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Alamo, CA, USA
- Phone
- 9254555118
- Rating
- 85
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Camps
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $1,747,513
- Expenses
- $1,827,670
- Assets
- $3,260,873
- Liabilities
- $24,001
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
8 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- ELAINE TAYLOR (PRESIDENT, CHAIRMAN OF THE)
Highest reported compensation
- JEANETTE SOMERS (COO): $110,000 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Founded in 1990, the taylor family foundation (ttff) has helped more than 100,000 children and provided support to nearly 200,000 famiies in northern California living with chronic or life-threatening illnesses and youth at risk by funding wellness programs at no cost. The foundation's wellness programs foster independence, confidence, health, and well-being and helps fill the gap for needs not covered by insurance. The foundation's offices are located in livermore, California and its activities are supported by corporate and personal contributions and through limited fundraising events.
What it reported doing in 2024
Celebrating our 35th year of giving and 25 years of our largest wellness program, camp. The taylor family foundation (ttff) is proud to continue the tradition of providing funding for camp so children and families may enjoy an overnight residential camp experience that willfoster hope, inspiration, friendship and a direct link to a broad community of caring people. In 2024, ttff funded 31 sessions of camp giving nearly 3,300 children and young adults the opportunity to experience the magic of camp. The camp program provides a safe, nurturing environment for children to come and experience specialized programs such as equine therapy, music therapy, climbing wall, swimming, archery and healthy meals. In addition, there is an opportunity for education and resources that will sustain and support them as they mature into young adults. All of our wellness programs are afforded at no cost to the children and families we serve. Children come from all northern California counties and at least 50% come from economically challenged families living near or below the poverty level. Also in 2024, our bt scholarship fund made it possible for more that 35 young adults to continue their postsecondary education at a junior college or trade program.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 73% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 74% of its reported program spending out as grants.
The verdict
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised and revenue has declined or grown slowly.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 91
- Transparency & Controls: 84
- Accountability: 90
- Sustainability: 44
- Growth: 60
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
- Program expense ratio: 90.2%; rating input score 90
- Fundraising efficiency: $16.28 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 53; 53rd percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 84.6%; rating input score 85; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: Limited
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: 92.8%; rating input score 93; 40th 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; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 6 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 75
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Other executive compensation review process: Pass
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Missing
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -4.6%; rating input score 25; 25th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.78; rating input score 61; 61st percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.01; rating input score 71; 71st percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 6%; rating input score 50; 50th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 0.3% per year; rating input score 100; 19th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -0.2% per year; rating input score 0; 14th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 3% per year; rating input score 100; 30th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 90.2% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 7 of 7 board members independent · 6 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $1.6M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $110K · 8 people listed
- Consistency: 20 of 22 current checks pass · 2 findings to review
- Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors and grants
- Filing history: 15 filing years from 2010 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 28 filed money-flow records
- Related organizations: 27 filed related-organization links
- 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: Fundraising efficiency scored 53/100.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 25/100.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Independent financial-statement audit not reported.
- Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.
- Review — Transparency & Controls: Domestic grant itemization did not reconcile in the filed values.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 50/100.