Tyler Foundation
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 204106228
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2010–2020
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2020, Form 990-N 2007
- Location
- Groton, MA, USA
- Phone
- 9782721352
- Rating
- 70
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Private Grantmaking Foundations
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $26,856
- Expenses
- $14,975
- Assets
- $102,589
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2020. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
7 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- HEATHER JANE PLOTKIN (PRESIDENT/TR)
People named in this filing
- HEATHER JANE PLOTKIN (PRESIDENT/TR)
- ERIK ANDREW PLOTKIN (VICE PRES &)
- SUZANNE GILFIX (DIRECTOR)
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 2020. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
To support families of epilectics during and after hospitalization
What it reported doing in 2020
To support families of epileptics during and after hospitalization
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 100% 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 a large share of total spending goes to programs. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and program spending has declined or grown slowly.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 65
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 71
- Growth: 20
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 49.9%; rating input score 50
- Program expense ratio: 89%; rating input score 89
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 44.2%; rating input score 86; 86th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 6.85; rating input score 83; 83rd percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: -1.8% per year; rating input score 0; 57th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -6.6% per year; rating input score 0; 42nd percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 7.7% per year; rating input score 100; 65th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 49.9% of revenue deployed · 89% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $13K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 7 people listed
- Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- Filing history: 11 filing years from 2010 to 2020
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- 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.
Grant-readiness screening is separate from the live rating, not a measure of program quality. Review the source records before making a grant decision.
- Review — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 50/100.
- High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.
- High — Grant Readiness: Automatic revocation: this organization had its federal tax-exempt status automatically revoked.