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Helps adoptive families, medical patients, and foster children overcome financial obstacles. For fiscal year 2024 it reported $244K in revenue, $173K in expenses, and $354K in net assets.Pt I

Founded
2017
Type
Public charity (501(c)(3)) · Human Services
Location
Fayetteville, TN
Website
www.alwaysendure.com
Filings
5 on file (2021–2024)
Revenue
$244KFY2024
Expenses
$173K
Net assets
$354K
People
5
Filings
5
Updates
0
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EIN  82-0961656 Public charity (501(c)(3)) Fayetteville, TN Founded 2017
Form 990 (PDF)
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Size
$100K–1M
What they do
Helps adoptive families, medical patients, and foster children overcome financial obstacles.
Leadership
Corey Buckner · President/Executive Director · $60K
Money in and out
$244K revenue, $173K expenses
Bottom line
83% program efficiency
Where the money goes · FY2024
Total revenue
$244K
Pt VIII · Ln 12
Total expenses
$173K
Pt IX · Ln 25
Net assets
$354K
Pt X · Ln 32
Revenue less expenses (Pt I · Ln 19): $71K
Where spending went · Part IX cols B–D
Program services $0.83 Management & general $0.16 Fundraising $0.02
Program efficiency
83%
of spending reaches programs
Operating runway
5.2mo
months of highly liquid reserves at operating expense rate
Surplus margin
+29%
revenue over expenses, this year

Summary of the Filing

Part I · fiscal year 2024 · Form 990
Revenue
$244K
FY2024▼ -20%
Expenses
$173K
FY2024▼ -0.8%
Total assets
$355K
FY2024▲ +41%
Total liabilities
$1K
FY2024
Total revenue
$244K
Pt VIII · Ln 12
Total expenses
$173K
Pt IX · Ln 25
Net assets
$354K
Pt X · Ln 32
Revenue less expensesPt I · Ln 19$71K
Total assetsPt X · Ln 16$355K
Program-expense ratioPt IX · col B83%
Voting members of governing bodyPt I · Ln 35
Independent voting membersPt I · Ln 43

Identity & Classification

Form 990 Header · IRS Business Master File
Legal nameHdr · item CAlways Endure
EINHdr · item D82-0961656
Principal addressHdr · item CFayetteville, TN
WebsiteHdr · item Jwww.alwaysendure.com
Year of formationHdr · item L2017
State of legal domicileHdr · item MTN
Exempt statusHdr · item I501(c)(3) · active
NTEE classificationIRS BMFHuman Services (P12)
Ruling yearIRS BMFJun 2017

Governance & Policies

Part VI
Voting members of the governing bodyPt VI · Ln 1a5
Independent voting membersPt VI · Ln 1b3
Conflict-of-interest policyPt VI · Ln 12aYes
Whistleblower policyPt VI · Ln 13No
Document retention policyPt VI · Ln 14No
CEO/top-official compensation independently reviewedPt VI · Ln 15aYes
Family or business relationships among officers/directorsPt VI · Ln 2Yes

Officers, Directors & Key Employees

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
President/Executive Director
$60,000Pt VII · Sec A
Secretary/Treasurer
$19,858Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Corey Buckner’s $60K as President/Executive Director is at the 50th percentile of top reported officer pay among 2165 $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 · 2 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021
Corey Buckner$60,000$60,000$57,500$50,000$4,808
Brittany Buckner$24,387$19,858$19,047$6,321

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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Mission & Programs · Part III

Where the work happens

3 program services account for $143K of program spending, described in the organization's own filed words · FY2024.
01

House of hope foster care

$90Kprogram expense
02

Benevolence for cancer patients

$27Kprogram expense
03

Adoption grants

$27Kprogram expense

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Statement of Revenue

Part VIII
Contributions & grants$237K · 97%
Other revenue$7K · 3%
Contributions & grants97%$237K
Other revenue3%$7K
Total revenueLn 12$244K

Statement of Functional Expenses

Part IX · allocated across program, management, and fundraising
Allocation · columns B–D
Program services $0.83 Management & general $0.16 Fundraising $0.02
Program services83%$143K
Management & general16%$27K
Fundraising2%$3K
Total functional expensesLn 25$173K

Balance Sheet

Part X · end of year
CashLn 1$73K
Total assetsLn 16$355K
Total liabilitiesLn 26$1K
Total net assetsLn 32$354K
Months of cash on handcomputed5.0

Financial Metrics

Form 990 · FY2024 · each ratio shown with the dollars behind it
Liquidity & Payout
Operating runway
Highly liquid reserves $73K · Operating expenses (Pt IX) $173K · Less non-cash grants $5K · Cash operating expenses/yr $168K
5.2 months
Where the money goes
Program services
Program services $143K · Total expenses $173K
83%
Management & General
Management & general $27K · Total expenses $173K
16%
Fundraising
Fundraising $3K · Total expenses $173K
2%
Cost to raise $1
Fundraising expense (3-yr avg) $4K · Solicited contributions (3-yr avg) $271K
$0.02 to raise $1 (3-yr avg)
Where the money comes from
Contribution dependence
Contributions & grants $237K · Total revenue $244K
97%
Government reliance
Government grants — · Total revenue $244K
Earned-income share
Program service revenue $0 · Total revenue $244K
0%
Investment reliance
Investment income $0 · Total revenue $244K
0%
Program self-sufficiency
Program service revenue $0 · Total expenses $173K
0%
Growth & trend
Revenue growth (YoY)
This year $244K · Prior year $307K
-20%
Net-asset trend (YoY)
End of year $354K · Beginning of year —
Beginning net assets not meaningfully positive — showing dollar change
Balance sheet
Surplus Margin
Revenue $244K · Expenses $173K
+29%
Liabilities-to-Assets
Total liabilities — · Total assets $355K
Net-asset ratio
Net assets $354K · Total assets $355K
100%
Marketable Investment Share
Publicly traded securities (Pt X, ln 11) — · Other securities (Pt X, ln 12) — · Total assets (Pt X, ln 16) $355K
Excludes program-related investments (Pt X, ln 13)
People & payroll
Highest Reported Total Compensation
Individual Corey Buckner · Reported title PRESIDENT/EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR · Highest reported compensation $60K · Total expenses $173K
35%
Personnel share
Salaries, benefits & payroll (Pt IX 5-10) $94K · Total expenses $173K
54%
Peer comparison

Same NTEE category, revenue band, and state where available. Descriptive — not a grade.

MetricThis orgPeer medianPercentile
Program ratio 83%
Overhead ratio 16%
Fundraising cost ratio 1%
Revenue growth -20%
Investment management fee ratio 0%
Legal fee ratio 0%
Accounting fee ratio 2%

Straight from the Form 990 — descriptive, not an evaluation. A ratio is hidden when its base is zero or too small to be meaningful; the dollars are always shown.

Grants

Schedule I · received and paid
Grants received · FY2024
Total grants receivedfrom 2 funders$25K
Grants paid · 10 grants · $165K · 2022–2025
Russell Hill Cancer FoundationFY2025$24,000
Unitemized GrantFY2024$23,427
Unitemized GrantFY2024$23,000
Unitemized GrantFY2024$2,000
Unitemized GrantFY2023$23,935
Unitemized GrantFY2023$6,000
Unitemized GrantFY2023$443
Unitemized GrantFY2022$32,527
Unitemized GrantFY2022$27,500
Unitemized GrantFY2022$2,540

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Filings & Schedule Manifest

Part IV
III · Programs I · Grants R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons A · Public support F · Foreign M · Noncash
FY2025 (Latest)$255K revenue · ⤓ 990 PDF
FY2024$244K revenue · viewing · ⤓ 990 PDF
FY2023$307K revenue · ⤓ 990 PDF
FY2022$269K revenue · ⤓ 990 PDF
FY2021$78K revenue · ⤓ 990 PDF

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Sources

Every figure above is drawn from these filings
Form 990 e-file (XML) · FY2024IRS
Classification, formation year, addressIRS Business Master File
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