Sweet Sleep INC

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Brentwood, TN501(c)(3)Since 2006Human ServicesEIN 20-5757551

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To disciple and empower women to break the cycle of economic and spiritual poverty for their familes, communities and for generations to come.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
90¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 40 volunteers and 1 employee.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · People: Part I, lines 5–6

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FY2025 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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IRS status
501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
Looks good: listed by the IRS and not on the revocation list.
IRS BMF · Auto-Revocation List
Tax-deductible gifts
Yes
Donations are tax-deductible
Looks good: the IRS lists gifts to it as deductible.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS BMF
Latest return
FY2025
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2025, 1 tax year back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
4 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $12K a year · 3% of revenue · last 6 filings
Fine: a surplus in 4 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
90%
of spending
Looks good: 90% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$132K
to officers and key staff · 25% of spending
Top officer’s pay higher than 95% of similar orgs
Worth a look: pay to officers and key staff is 25% of spending; over 20%.
Pt VII · Sec A
Cash reserves
3 mo
of spending, in cash
Fine: 2.9 months of spending in cash; 1 to 3.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
4
named funders · $32K
Looks good: 4 funders name it on their filings; 3 or more.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$6K
4% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 4% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
5
of 5 voting members
Looks good: 5 of 5 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$531K
+39% vs prior year
Spent
$532K
To programs
90%
Net assets
$155K
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$531K
FY2025▲ +39%
Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$359K
FY2021$434K
FY2022$347K
FY2023$392K
FY2024$383K
FY2025$531K
Expenses
$532K
FY2025▲ +42%
Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$277K
FY2021$366K
FY2022$442K
FY2023$381K
FY2024$375K
FY2025$532K
Net assets
$155K
FY2025▼ -0.7%
Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$163K
FY2021$230K
FY2022$136K
FY2023$148K
FY2024$156K
FY2025$155K

From the FY2025 Form 990 · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Feb 2007.

IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File

Where the money goes

90 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 90% · $479K Management & general 8% · $44K Fundraising 2% · $9K

Form 990 Part IX, line 25, columns B–D. Every line is in By the numbers.

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Who runs it and what they're paid

8 people listed on the 990; $132K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
President
$132,445Pt VII · Sec A
Board Chair
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Treasurer
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Madelene Nye’s $132K as President is at the 95th percentile of top reported officer pay among 2167 $100K–1M human services nonprofits. Peer set: organizations in the same NTEE major field of work and revenue-size band, compared on each org’s own highest-paid officer/key-employee, from Form 990 Part VII / 990-PF Part VIII. Descriptive placement, not a verdict on whether the pay is appropriate.

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 3 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Madelene Nye$132,445$120,060$115,885———
Madelene Metcalf———$109,524$101,339$71,962
Stuart McAlister—————$62,769

Total reportable compensation (Form 990 Part VII column D / Schedule J column E) by filing year, matched by name within this organization. The Schedule J base / bonus / deferred breakdown is not parsed into this dataset.

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Questions the 990 asks

The form asks each of these directly. These are the filed answers.

  • Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2No
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aYes

Programs and updates

Empowers women to break cycles of poverty for their families and communities.

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3 programs · $479K · in their own filed words · FY2025
01

Launched 24 economic development PROJECTS/COOPERATIVES in uganda by training and empowering 263 households who are able to provide for 1,521 dependent household members. Maintained a 2-ACRE plot of land in unyama, gulu uganda that is being used as a training farm, allowing us to train 5 co-op projects in agriculture using our farm.

$390Kprogram expense
02

Sweet sleep provides bedding to children in uganda, typically delivered by a team of volunteers. In 2025 three trips were made to uganda hosting 46 volunteers to serve communities in uganda through bed distribution. These volunteers distributed 360 beds to ugandan children and REFURBISHED/REPLENISHED bedding for 160 more beds.

$74Kprogram expense
03

Provided educational programs to children and teens in U.S. Churches educating them about the needs of orphaned and vulnerable children around the world. Our programs engaged over 1,100 children and teens in U.S. Churches.

$16Kprogram expense

Funders

Who pays for it.

From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.

Grants

Schedule I · funders on record
Grants received · FY2024
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By the numbers

The FY2025 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$531K
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$560K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$589
Investment incomeLn 3$59
Money outPt IX
$532K
Ln 25
Programscol B$479K
Managementcol C$44K
Fundraisingcol D$9K
Owns and owesPt X
$155K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$127K
Total assetsLn 16$161K
LiabilitiesLn 26$6K
PeoplePt VI, VII
8
listed · VII A
PaidVII A1
Voting boardVI 1a5
IndependentVI 1b5
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$560K
Fundraising eventsLn 1c$58K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$589
Investment incomeLn 3$59
Total revenueLn 12$531K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$127K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$127K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$34K
Total assetsLn 16$161K
LiabilitiesLn 26$6K
Net assetsLn 32$155K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 51
VolunteersI 640
Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13Yes
Records policyVI 14Yes
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY25End FY25
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$127K$127K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$36K$34K
Total assetsLn 16$164K$161K
LiabilitiesLn 26$8K$6K
Net assetsLn 32$156K$155K
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsLn 3$286K$286K
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$114K$97K$11K$6K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$18K$16K$2K$919
Payroll taxesLn 10$10K$9K$1K$507
Accounting feesLn 11c$12K$12K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$2K$2K$450
Office expensesLn 13$2K$246$771$756
OccupancyLn 16$3K$3K$300$150
TravelLn 17$4K$4K
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$139$139
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$2K$1K$556$277
InsuranceLn 23$2K$2K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$74K$61K$13K$251
All other expensesLn 24e$2K$1K$785
Total functional expensesLn 25$532K$479K$44K$9K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest Viewing $531K$532K−$1K$155K 990 PDF
FY2024 $383K$375K$9K$156K 990 PDF
FY2023 $392K$381K$12K$148K 990 PDF
FY2022 $347K$442K−$95K$136K 990 PDF
FY2021 $434K$366K$68K$230K 990 PDF
FY2020 $359K$277K$82K$163K 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs I · Grants R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons A · Public support F · Foreign M · Noncash
See the full FY2025 990 (4 parts)
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $531,046 across 7 lines filed
VIII-1c Fundraising events$58,012
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$501,884
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$559,896
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $589$589
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $59$59
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising eventsExcluded from tax −$29,498−$29,498
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $589 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax −$29,439$531,046
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $532,143 across 14 lines filed
IX-3 Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsPrograms $285,650$285,650
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $96,951 · Management $11,406 · Fundraising $5,703$114,060
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $15,627 · Management $1,839 · Fundraising $919$18,385
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $8,613 · Management $1,013 · Fundraising $507$10,133
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $11,964$11,964
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $1,800 · Management $450$2,250
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $246 · Management $771 · Fundraising $756$1,773
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $2,550 · Management $300 · Fundraising $150$3,000
IX-17 TravelPrograms $4,308$4,308
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsManagement $139$139
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $1,417 · Management $556 · Fundraising $277$2,250
IX-23 InsuranceManagement $1,874$1,874
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $60,684 · Management $13,179 · Fundraising $251$74,114
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $1,458 · Management $785$2,243
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $479,304 · Management $44,276 · Fundraising $8,563$532,143
Part X · Balance sheet $160,900 assets, 9 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $126,687$126,662
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $834$12
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $36,476$34,226
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $163,997$160,900
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $7,797$5,797
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $7,797$5,797
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $154,200$155,103
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $156,200$155,103
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $163,997$160,900
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $155,103 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$531,046
XI-2 Total expenses$532,143
XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$1,097
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$156,200
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$155,103

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