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US nonprofit · EIN 731595017 · Tipton, OKiSource and licenceOrganisation record IRS Exempt Organizations Business Master File (EIN 731595017) - NTEE activity code, address.Board and officers IRS Form 990 annual filings, Part VII (directors, trustees, officers, key employees), read year by year to observe tenure.Latest return IRS Form 990 series e-file data - 990 for the year to 30 September 2025: assets, liabilities, staff, website, telephone, pay, grants paid (Schedule I).Finances by year IRS Form 990 e-file data - total revenue and total expenses by tax year.Renewal outlook Computed by Governance Register from the observed filing history and filed revenue (us-approach-v4-clean). Not a statement that the organisation is recruiting.Deductibility IRS Publication 78 data (code PC), downloaded 18 October 2026.Licence US Federal Government public domain.How we handle data

Tipton Charitable Foundation

Donations deductible
Revenue
$1.1m
year to 30 September 2025
Expenses
$1.2m
year to 30 September 2025
Total assets
$20.6m
$0 liabilities
Net assets
$20.6m
assets less liabilities
Directors and trustees
6
6.9y av
Staff
0
employees, year to 30 September 2025
Left since last filing
0
no seats appear to have opened
Voting members
6
reported in Part VI
How am I connected?

Tipton Charitable Foundation's network

6 people3 organisationsi6 people and 3 organisations on this map.The large node is the subject of this page. Solid lines are what the register itself records (6). Violet dotted lines (4) are likely: the same full name sits on the current board of another organisation in the same register and region. Form 990 filings give names without a person identifier; SEC insider filings carry a CIK. It may be a different person.

The board

6 listediTime on the board is observed from the annual filings: the IRS files no appointment date, so the bar counts years from the first filing the person appears on - a lower bound, not a filed start date. Names are exactly as filed. The IRS publishes no person identifier, so this edition does not yet link a person across organisations in the tables. The network map shows same-name matches as likely links only, never as confirmed.Tenure and departures are observed across annual filings. Observed tenure is a lower bound - a member may have joined before the first year on record. The organisation reported 6 voting members of its governing body on its latest Form 990 Part VI, which matches the board listed here.
NameRole as filedSinceOn the board
Ernest HawkinsTrustee2019
7 yrs
Jimmie SmithPresident2019
7 yrs
Joe WaughCompany secretary2019
7 yrs
Kent WalkerTrustee2019
7 yrs
Ryan SmithTrustee2021
5 yrs
Teddy WhiteVice Preside2020
6 yrs
Under 5 years5 to 6 years6 years or more

Pay and hours

year to 30 September 2025iFrom Part VII of the Form 990: compensation reported for each officer, director, trustee, key employee and highest-paid staff member, and the average hours a week they report. Most board members are unpaid; a blank means nothing was reported. Pay from related organisations is shown separately.
NameTitle as filedHours a weekPay from the organisationRelated organisationsOther
Ernest HawkinsTrustee$0
Jimmie SmithPresident$0
Ryan SmithTrustee$0
Kent WalkerTrustee$0
Joe WaughSecretary$0
Teddy WhiteVice Preside$0

No pay was reported for anyone in Part VII on this return.

About

Legal name
Tipton Charitable Foundation
EIN
731595017
Address
1000 N Broadway St, Tipton, OK, 73570-9642
State
Oklahoma
Mission
The tipton charitable foundation is established to provide support to the tipton children's home and in the future other projects to support children. (as filed on the Form 990)
Activity (NTEE)
B82 Education
IRS classification
501(c)03 (tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) where shown)
Classified purpose
Education
Size band
8 (IRS master file code)
Principal officer
Joe Waugh (as named on the Form 990)
IRS ruling date
1 July 2001
Status
Code 01 (unconditional exemption)
Form 990 filings on record
6, latest 2025
IRS Publication 78
PC (contributions deductible)

Most connected

Longest observed on the filings

≥7years on the filingsErnest Hawkins
≥7years on the filingsJimmie Smith
≥7years on the filingsJoe Waugh
≥7years on the filingsKent Walker

Latest return

year to 30 September 2025iFigures from the newest Form 990 or 990-EZ in the IRS e-file releases of 2025 and 2026, for the year ending 30 September 2025. US dollars, as filed.
Total assets
$20.6m
Total liabilities
$0
Net assets or fund balances
$20.6m
Contributions and grants received
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Grants and similar paid out
$1.1m
Employees
0

Filed finances

1 yeariTotals as filed on the IRS Form 990 (revenue and expenses), by tax year.
Tax yearTotal revenueTotal expensesSurplus or deficit
2024$1.1m$1.2mDeficit $176k

As filed on the IRS Form 990. US dollars.

Grants paid

2 listediFrom Schedule I of the Form 990: grants and assistance to organisations in the United States, largest first (up to 25). Schedule I is filed only by organisations that gave more than $5,000 to any one recipient.
RecipientPurposeAmount
Tipton Children Home$1.1m
Tipton Church of Christ$8k