To Be Like Me
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 832384204
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2021–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2020, Form 990-N 2018
- Location
- Dallas, TX, USA
- Phone
- 8558256674
- Rating
- 77
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Personal Social Services
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $700,046
- Expenses
- $739,798
- Assets
- $517,365
- Liabilities
- $36,728
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
12 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- TOM ERICKSON (President)
Highest reported compensation
- HOLLIS OWENS (Executive Dir.): $77,493 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 encourage empathy, kindness, and compassion through disability awareness programs led by people living with disabilities.
What it reported doing in 2024
Through meaningful interactions with our leaders (leaders in education and advocacy for disabilities), we create a learning opportunity that fosters empathy and compassion and equips our communities to be more inclusive. A. Field trips for students and teachers - a two-hour interactive program covering at least ten different areas of disability, accommodating up to 150 participants, held at the tolleson family activity center in dallas and greenwood hills learning center in richardson. Students meet, connect with, and ask questions of our leaders in a safe environment. Achievements in 2024-2025: 6,401 students and teachers participated in our programs (in-person) from schools across north Texas.b. Community days/on-site learning for service-based businesses/teachers - two-hour interactive program covering at least ten different areas of disability, accommodating up to 150 participants for community members and service-based business. Achievements in 2024-2025: 300 community members and employees from service-based businesses experienced the two-hour interactive program on-site.c. Off-site or online presentations by leaders - leaders participate in panel discussions and presentations. Achievements in 2024-2025: leaders taught and/or attended outreach events at approximately 24 off-site programs or virtual classes, educating approximately 920 participants and employees from vacation bible schools, colleges, graduate schools, hospitals, organizations, and service-based businesses.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 93% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.
- Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.
The verdict
SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and most voting board members are independent. Fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised and expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 59
- Transparency & Controls: 92
- Accountability: 95
- Sustainability: 30
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 65.5%; rating input score 65
- Program expense ratio: 61.3%; rating input score 61
- Fundraising efficiency: $6.8 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 26; 26th percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: Limited
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: Limited
- 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: 7 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 88
- 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: Fail
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -5.7%; rating input score 23; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.7; rating input score 32; 32nd percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.07; rating input score 47; 47th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 10.5%; rating input score 35; 35th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 42.8% per year; rating input score 100; 94th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 35.2% per year; rating input score 100; 94th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 35.7% per year; rating input score 100; 93rd percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 65.5% of revenue deployed · 61.3% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 11 of 11 board members independent · 7 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $454K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $77K · 12 people listed
- Consistency: 26 of 26 current checks pass
- Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors
- Filing history: 4 filing years from 2021 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 4 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 — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 26/100.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 23/100.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Form 990 shared with the board not reported.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 32/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 35/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 47/100.