Tim Tebow Foundation

Legal name: Tim Tebow Foundation Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
274345913
IRS 990 coverage
2016–2024
Official website data refreshed
Sep 2026
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Jacksonville, FL, USA
Phone
9043808499
Rating
73
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Standard
Sector
Philanthropy, Charity, Voluntarism Promotion

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$66,602,403
Expenses
$49,640,207
Assets
$69,503,734
Liabilities
$3,955,229

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

12 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • STEVE BIONDO (PRESIDENT (PART YEAR))
  • CHU SOH (PRESIDENT)

Highest reported compensation

  • STEVE BIONDO (PRESIDENT (PART YEAR)): $239,043 total reported compensation
  • JASON MERRYMAN (VP OF FINANCE & ADMIN): $173,916 total reported compensation
  • JENNIFER STRICKLAND (VP OF BRANDING, STRATEGY, & HR): $166,884 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

To bring Faith, Hope and Love to those needing a brighter day in their darkest hour of need.

What it reported doing in 2024

Profound medical needs: through strategic, official ministry partnerships, the tim tebow foundation has helped build and operate medical facilities in the philippines, zimbabwe, ethiopia, mozambique, and the peruvian jungle. By partnering with pioneers in developing countries to provide spiritual hope and medical healing, the foundation is able to meet the needs of thousands of vulnerable people every year. The foundation is also passionate about serving people with life altering medical conditions who wish to meet tim tebow through personalized experiences. In addition, playrooms in children's hospitals around the world allow the foundation to create hope through healing play and community with peers and other families on similar medical journeys.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 99% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 89% of its reported program spending out as grants.
  • Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. The filing reports few safeguards for money sent abroad and fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 66
  • Transparency & Controls: 75
  • Accountability: 77
  • Sustainability: 74
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 61.2%; rating input score 61
  • Program expense ratio: 81.4%; rating input score 81
  • Fundraising efficiency: $11.47 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 45; 45th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 94.4%; rating input score 94; 31st percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 3 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 50
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Pass
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Pass
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • Foreign activity oversight: 2 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 25
    • Claims monitoring procedures: Pass
    • Requires narrative reports: Fail
    • Conducts field audits: Fail
    • May suspend future funding: Fail
    • Requires financial reports: Fail
    • Conducts site visits: Pass
    • Requires grant agreements: Fail
    • May require repayment: Fail
  • Grant itemization coverage: 96.9%; rating input score 97; 31st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Yes; rating input score 100

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 60%; rating input score 60; 16th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 9 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 100
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: Pass
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 25.5%; rating input score 90; 90th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.4; rating input score 51; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.06; rating input score 88; 88th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 2.1%; rating input score 55; 55th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 31.5% per year; rating input score 100; 96th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 30.4% per year; rating input score 100; 97th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 25.5% per year; rating input score 100; 96th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • What they do: 4 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 2 operating locations identified
  • Where the money goes: 61.2% of revenue deployed · 81.4% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 3 of 5 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 6 filed program accomplishments · $40.4M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $239K · 12 people listed · 3 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 5 contractors listed · $24M reported
  • Consistency: 41 of 43 current checks pass · 2 findings to review
  • Schedules: 12 filed schedules · includes major donors, foreign activity, grants, executive pay, and related organizations
  • Filing history: 8 filing years from 2016 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 94 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 90 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.

  • High — Transparency & Controls: Foreign activity oversight: 6 of 8 not reported.
  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 45/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 51/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 55/100.
  • Review — Transparency & Controls: Domestic grant itemization did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Review — Transparency & Controls: Foreign grant itemization did not reconcile in the filed values.