2-4-1 Care Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
874014880
IRS 990 coverage
2022–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025, Form 990-N 2021
Location
Hartford, CT, USA
Phone
8602458609
Rating
77
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Amateur Sports

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$1,217,557
Expenses
$1,269,863
Assets
$101,546
Liabilities
$42,455

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

5 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Stephen M Boyle (Board Member Executive Director)

Highest reported compensation

  • Kerry A Boyle (Chief Program Officer): $147,086 total reported compensation
  • Stephen M Boyle (Board Member Executive Director): $134,545 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

To provide all children the opportunity to grow physically and emotionally through the play-filled power of sport.

What it reported doing in 2025

Grant-Funded Programs: Grant-funded programs focus on providing equitable access to play-based opportunities that foster physical, emotional and social development. The 2-4-1 TOP Self programs are designed to help children regulate emotions, develop leadership and teamwork skills, and cultivate self-awareness through sports sampling and social-emotional learning (SEL) activities. Delivered in schools and community settings, these programs target underserved populations, ensuring that all children, regardless of background, can experience the benefits of physical literacy and personal growth. Grant funding allows us to offer these programs at little to no cost, directly supporting youth in overcoming barriers to participation.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 70% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - 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: 81
  • Transparency & Controls: 86
  • Accountability: 67
  • Sustainability: 14
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 92.9%; rating input score 93
  • Program expense ratio: 89.1%; rating input score 89
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 91.7%; rating input score 92; 15th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 75%; rating input score 75; 19th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 5 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 56
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Fail
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -4.3%; rating input score 20; 20th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.08; rating input score 5; 5th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.42; rating input score 14; 14th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 22.2%; rating input score 14; 14th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 20.6% per year; rating input score 100; 80th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 19.2% per year; rating input score 100; 81st percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 35.4% per year; rating input score 100; 92nd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 92.9% of revenue deployed · 89.1% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 3 of 4 board members independent · 5 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $1.1M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $147K · 5 people listed
  • Consistency: 27 of 28 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 4 filing years from 2022 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
  • 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: 4 of 9 not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 20/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 5/100.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 14/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 14/100.