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THE GUARDIAN FOUNDATION INC

EIN 52-1623898 OOLTEWAH, TN

Largest nonprofits in Tennessee

Revenue 2024
$3,271,493
Expenses 2024
$6,601,325

Program services were 88.8% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
Classification
1000
Street
5243 LITTLE DEBBIE PKWY STE 101

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Group exemption

The central organization of an IRS group exemption (group number 9193), covering 26 subordinate organizations. matched by us

The IRS lists each organization's group exemption number; we match a subordinate to its central organization by that number and the affiliation code the IRS assigns.

All 26 subordinates →

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

TO PROVIDE PROACTIVE ADMINISTRATIVE AND PROFESSIONALS SUPPORT SERVICES THAT ADVANCE THE MISSION OR OUR AFFILIATED ORGANIZATIONS.

Activities or mission (Part I)

THE ORGANIZATION IS A NONPROFIT CORPORATION CREATED UNDER THE NONPROFIT CORPORATION LAWS OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA. THE CORPORATION IS ORGANIZED AND OPERATED EXCLUSIVELY FOR PUBLIC CHARITABLE USES AND PURPOSES. THE CORPORATION'S LONG-TERM CHARITABLE MISSION IS TO PROVIDE SUPPORTING SERVICES TO ITS AFFILIATED ENTITIES, WHICH DEVELOP OR ACQUIRE AND THEREAFTER OWN AND OPERATE NURSING HOMES, HOSPICES, RETIREMENT FACILITIES, AND FACILITIES FOR THE DEVELOPMENTALLY DISABLED. THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE ORGANIZATION HAS THE RIGHT TO APPOINT DIRECTORS OF EACH OF ITS AFFILIATED CORPORATIONS.

  • THE ORGANIZATION PROVIDES CORPORATE ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT FOR AFFILIATED NURSING HOMES, HOSPICES, RETIREMENT FACILITIES, AND FACILITIES FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES.

    Expenses $5,860,867 · Grants $2,809,589 · Revenue $2,218,642

As filed on the 2024 return.

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • Mark A Waldrop

    DIR, PRESIDENT/CEO

    Total calculated
    $749,270
    From this org
    $715,122
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $34,148
    Hours/week
    40 + 10 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $700,000
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $15,122
    Deferred
    $11,500
    Nontaxable benefits
    $22,648
    Filer's total
    $749,270

  • Timothy A Duggan

    DIR, ASST SEC

    Total calculated
    $48,000
    From this org
    $48,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    3 + 1 related

  • William F Rowe III

    DIRECTOR, Asst Secretary, Consultant

    Total calculated
    $460,687
    From this org
    $460,687
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    20 + 2 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $371,894
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $88,793
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $460,687

  • Blair Lake

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • James W Field

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $32,000
    From this org
    $32,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • Richard J Henry

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $44,000
    From this org
    $44,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 2 related

  • Robin E Mitchell

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $10,368
    From this org
    $10,368
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • Jarryd Klaffka

    VP Accounting

    Total calculated
    $205,120
    From this org
    $193,941
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $11,179
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $175,000
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $18,941
    Deferred
    $8,750
    Nontaxable benefits
    $2,429
    Filer's total
    $205,120

  • Kimberly Graham

    VP of Designs

    Total calculated
    $177,264
    From this org
    $160,667
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $16,597
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $150,000
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $10,667
    Deferred
    $15,333
    Nontaxable benefits
    $1,264
    Filer's total
    $177,264

  • Leigh Atherton

    VP COMMUNITY RELATIONS

    Total calculated
    $150,915
    From this org
    $137,383
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $13,532
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $137,383
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $11,250
    Nontaxable benefits
    $2,282
    Filer's total
    $150,915

  • Michael R Wylie

    VP OF OUTREACH

    Total calculated
    $147,215
    From this org
    $129,899
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $17,316
    Hours/week
    40

  • Phil Davis

    VP/SEC/TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $245,247
    From this org
    $203,041
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $42,206
    Hours/week
    40 + 1 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $200,000
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $3,041
    Deferred
    $15,333
    Nontaxable benefits
    $26,873
    Filer's total
    $245,247

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $3,271,493
    Expenses
    $6,601,325
    Contributions
    $172,145
    Grants paid
    $2,809,589
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $10,381,357
    Expenses
    $7,405,447
    Contributions
    $8,515,392
    Grants paid
    $4,708,840
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $8,838,140
    Expenses
    $2,468,851
    Contributions
    $6,703,102
    Grants paid
    $0

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,922,778
    Expenses
    $2,359,497
    Assets (EOY)
    $14,491,995

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,524,812
    Expenses
    $2,038,444
    Assets (EOY)
    $15,363,299

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $3,822,607
    Expenses
    $2,246,360
    Assets (EOY)
    $14,204,935

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,508,095
    Expenses
    $2,497,956
    Assets (EOY)
    $12,490,456

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,984,868
    Expenses
    $2,469,204
    Assets (EOY)
    $12,459,122

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $3,592,989
    Expenses
    $2,218,324
    Assets (EOY)
    $11,906,670

  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,031,954
    Expenses
    $2,098,024
    Assets (EOY)
    $10,361,149

  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,638,543
    Expenses
    $2,139,005
    Assets (EOY)
    $13,929,452

  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,520,661
    Expenses
    $4,956,458
    Assets (EOY)
    $13,264,471

  • 2012 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $1,520,940
    Assets (EOY)
    $11,947,546

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all. Showing the 10 most recent; the API carries the rest.

Grants made

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Where these grants went next →

Grants received

Related organizations

From Schedule R Part II, where a filer lists the tax-exempt organizations it is related to by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

Declared on its 2024 return

  • AICC INC

    501(c)(3) · VACANT LAND · FL · controlled entity

  • PROGRESSIVE REHAB OF PA INC

    501(c)(3) · REHABILITATIVE SERVICES · PA · controlled entity

  • SOMERSET MEADOWS INC

    501(c)(3) · VACANT LAND · PA · controlled entity

  • SOMERSET CARE INC

    501(c)(3) · CARE FOR THE ELDERLY & DEVELOPMENTALLY DELAYED PERSONS. · PA · controlled entity

  • ROLLING MEADOWS CARE INC

    501(c)(3) · CARE FOR THE ELDERLY & DEVELOPMENTALLY DELAYED PERSONS. · PA · controlled entity

  • RBRC INC

    501(c)(3) · CARE FOR THE ELDERLY & DEVELOPMENTALLY DELAYED PERSONS. · KY · controlled entity

  • PENNSYLVANIA LTC INC

    501(c)(3) · CARE FOR THE ELDERLY & DEVELOPMENTALLY DELAYED PERSONS. · PA · controlled entity

  • CHR CONSULTING SERVICES INC

    501(c)(3) · CARE FOR THE ELDERLY & DEVELOPMENTALLY DELAYED PERSONS. · PA · controlled entity

  • NASSAU CARE CENTERS INC

    501(c)(3) · CARE FOR THE ELDERLY & DEVELOPMENTALLY DELAYED PERSONS. · FL · controlled entity

  • LIGHTHOUSE OF REVERE INC

    501(c)(3) · CARE FOR THE ELDERLY & DEVELOPMENTALLY DELAYED PERSONS. · MA · controlled entity

  • HEALTH SYSTEMS INC

    501(c)(3) · MANAGEMENT, RISK MANAGEMENT, AND ACCOUNTING SUPPORT. · GA · controlled entity

  • GUARDIAN HOSPICE OF MA INC

    501(c)(3) · INACTIVE · MA · controlled entity

  • GUARDIAN CENTER INC

    501(c)(3) · CARE FOR THE ELDERLY & DEVELOPMENTALLY DELAYED PERSONS. · MA · controlled entity

  • FLORIDA CARE PROPERTIES INC

    501(c)(3) · CARE FOR THE ELDERLY & DEVELOPMENTALLY DELAYED PERSONS. · FL · controlled entity

  • CENTRAL FLORDIA COMMUNITIES INC

    501(c)(3) · CARE FOR THE ELDERLY & DEVELOPMENTALLY DELAYED PERSONS. · FL · controlled entity

  • NAAMANS CREEK CARE INC

    501(c)(3) · CARE FOR THE ELDERLY & DEVELOPMENTALLY DELAYED PERSONS. · PA · controlled entity

  • GARDEN HEALTH & SUPPORT SERVICES INC

    501(c)(3) · CARE FOR THE ELDERLY & DEVELOPMENTALLY DELAYED PERSONS. · FL · controlled entity

  • HEARTS TO HANDS- GUARDIAN FOUNDATION INC

    501(c)(3) · CARE FOR THE ELDERLY & DEVELOPMENTALLY DELAYED PERSONS. · TN · controlled entity

  • VBP OF PA INC

    501(c)(3) · CARE FOR THE ELDERLY & DEVELOPMENTALLY DELAYED PERSONS. · PA · controlled entity

Declared as related by

Taxable family

From Schedule R Parts I, III and IV: entities that legally are the filer, and taxable partnerships, corporations and trusts it is related to. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money.

Disregarded entities on its 2023 return

  • HOLDING FUND LLC

    ACQUIRE, LEASE AND SALE OF ASSISTED LIVING FACILITY · GA · income $0 · assets $0

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.

Publication 78

Listed as of 13 October 2026, under deductibility GROUP.

These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.

What this page reflects

The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 13 October 2026 and read 1 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.