237 Brothers in Taekwondo USA

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
832039550
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2019–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Columbus, OH, USA
Phone
6143234161
Rating
96
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Recreation& Sports N.E.C.

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$138,601
Expenses
$138,601
Assets
$4,750
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

14 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Alfred Nomo (President)
  • Yves Djopa (Executive Vice President (EVP))
  • Dobgima Erick (President & Chief Executive Officer (CEO))

People named in this filing

  • Alfred Nomo (President)
  • Yves Djopa (Executive Vice President (EVP))
  • Bernard Ambe (Global General Secretary (GGS))

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

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

Overview

Mission

237 BROTHERS IN TAEKWONDO USA is established within the meaning of IRS Publication 557 Section 501(c) Organization of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the "Code") exclusively to promote sportsmanship, brotherly and sisterly love in Taekwondo with the desire of helping and contributing to the progress and development of all Taekwondoins in Cameroon, in others African nations, and around the world. We put a great emphasis in charity, education, culture, social, sport exchange, and investment to bring out the best in each individual. We thrive to empower all Taekwondoins and we are determined to invest our time and effort not only to help young athletes succeed in their career and ambitions but also to drive them to a better life and prosperous future. In addition, this Organization has been formed for the purpose of performing all things incidental to, or appropriate in, the foregoing specific and primary purposes.

What it reported doing in 2025

1 Organisation Website Maintenance. $23,000.00 2 Organisation Meetings and Conference Call Service Charges (Zoom Us Charge). $1,500.00 3 Bank Charges (Paper Statement Fees, Overdrafts/Reoccuring, Service Charges, Tier 2 overdrafts). 4 USPS Mailing charges. $236.00 5 OANO (Order # 088860) & Facebook Fees $398.00 6 International Conference Funds (Conference rooms and presentation equipments). $23,650.00 7 International Assignments & Travel Funds $28,875.00 8 2022 Annual Conference Photograher, Video Tapping and Video Costs. $23,568.50 10 2022 Annual Conference Food and Brevages Expenses. $18,650.50 12 2022 Organisation Office Rents and Amenities. $9,600.00 13 Columbus Parking $243.91 14 2022 Organisation Office Supplies, Laptop, Ink, Paper & Other Misc. Expenses $8,879.47

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 96% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 100% of its reported program spending out as grants.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 100
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 28
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 0%; rating input score 30; 30th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.03; rating input score 6; 6th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 74; 74th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 26; 26th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 13% per year; rating input score 100; 65th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 11.9% per year; rating input score 100; 69th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 25.2% per year; rating input score 100; 82nd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 2 filed program accomplishments · $139K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 14 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 6 filing years from 2019 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • 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.

  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 30/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 6/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 26/100.