United Cerebral Palsy of Middle Tennessee Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
581663741
IRS 990 coverage
2009–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Nashville, TN, USA
Phone
6152424091
Rating
86
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$1,144,526
Expenses
$1,312,165
Assets
$2,654,258
Liabilities
$696,893

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

Leadership & pay

13 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • ALAN WORTHY (PRESIDENT)

Highest reported compensation

  • DEANA CLAIBORNE (EXECUTIVE DI): $86,895 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

Each year, united cerebral palsy of middle Tennessee serves Tennessee with programs targeted at our mission to advance the independence and full citizenship of people with disabilities. We provide services to individuals of all ages who have a variety of disabilities with focus on disabilities that primarily affect mobility. United cerebral palsy of middle Tennessee serves as the area clearinghouse for information about the condition known as cerebral palsy, and we advocate for sound public policy to advance the rights of the citizens we serve with all forms of disabilities. Our vision is a fully inclusive community, where people with disabilities have access and opportunity to achieve their fullest potential; a community where all persons realize the promise of integration, self-direction, and quality of life choices. Our consumers have a wide variety of physical disabilities-at present, approximately 22% of ucp consumers have cerebral palsy, and 78% have disabilities other than cereb

What it reported doing in 2024

The leadership development program is a joint project with the Tennessee council on developmental disabilities. This fund is non-disability specific, and is available to people with disabilities throughout the state of Tennessee. The fund allows individuals with disabilities and their assistants or family members to attend disability-related educational conferences and workshops, and it promotes and develops self-advocacy skills among individuals with disabilities and their families. In fiscal year 2024-25, the program supplied services to 460 individuals, including people with disabilities and the parents of children with disabilities. Sports and recreation: the ucp sports and recreation program is a volunteer-spearheaded seasonal activity for people with disabilities and their families that takes place on designated thursday evenings and weekends. Activities include wheelchair basketball, bowling, picnics and special outings. In fiscal year 2024-25, the program encompassed services to 35 individuals with disabilities as well as a number of volunteer program participants. Holiday giving: each year volunteers gather and distribute gifts for families caring for individuals with disabilities in our existing programs whose resources and family supports are severely limited. Ucp volunteers provide gift certificates and/or essentials such as staple, nonperishable food items, warm clothing, bath and bedding items. In fiscal year 2024-25, the activity encompassed services to 28 individuals with disabilities, including a significant number of seniors with aging-related disabilities. Information and referral services: ucp staff and volunteers annually respond to hundreds of office visits, phone calls, emails and direct requests for information from individuals with disabilities and family members about unmet needs for a variety of disabilities as well as questions about the condition known as cerebral palsy. Public education: ucp staff and volunteers provide public education though a variety of public speaking engagements, online services, news and social media posts, and other activities geared toward education of the general public about disability needs and sound public policy initiatives.

Operating model

Revenue model
Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
Distribution model
Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 74% of its reported program spending out as grants.
  • Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 97
  • Transparency & Controls: 94
  • Accountability: 84
  • Sustainability: 34
  • Growth: 20

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 94.2%; rating input score 94
  • Fundraising efficiency: $160.87 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 90; 90th 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: 100%; rating input score 100; 76th 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: 5 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 62
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -14.6%; rating input score 13; 13th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.02; rating input score 65; 65th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.26; rating input score 27; 27th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 6.6%; rating input score 48; 48th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -0.2% per year; rating input score 0; 17th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -0.6% per year; rating input score 0; 13th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 4.2% per year; rating input score 100; 35th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 94.2% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 12 of 12 board members independent · 5 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $1.2M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $87K · 13 people listed
  • Consistency: 31 of 31 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes major donors and grants
  • Filing history: 16 filing years from 2009 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 8 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 7 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 — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 7 not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 13/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 27/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 48/100.