49Er Rugby Foundation

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
272440552
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2024–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2024
Location
Long Beach, CA, USA
Rating
82
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Amateur Sports

Reported finances

Revenue
$74,410
Expenses
$66,484
Assets
$33,218

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

Leadership & pay

3 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • David Aceves (Chief Executive Officer)

People named in this filing

  • David Aceves (Chief Executive Officer)
  • Joseph R McGlinchey (Executive Officer)
  • Brian Culligan (Chief Financial Officer)

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

We are an alumni based charity foundation formed to support the varsity rugby team at California State University Long Beach and its players students to provide them an opportunity of success during their time at the school and with the team. We formed the foundation to support the team with additional resources outside of what they receive from the universitys clubs rec program annual budget. With additional funding we can support with team equipment jerseys and gear as well as support the team with traveling to play other schools and also qualification for national tournaments at the end of the season. We also support the team and students with their bi-annual international playing tours providing financial support and scholarships when we are able to.

What it reported doing in 2025

Additional team and club support with field and equipment maintenance additional team clothing gear award dinners and banquet reservations and events

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 99% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 74% for direct work, 2% for grants, and 24% for member benefits.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Program spending has declined or grown slowly and revenue has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 93
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 44
  • Growth: 20

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 89.3%; rating input score 89
  • Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 10.7%; rating input score 61; 61st percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.5; rating input score 31; 31st percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -27.3% per year; rating input score 0; 15th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -28.7% per year; rating input score 0; 11th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 27.1% per year; rating input score 100; 88th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 89.3% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 5 filed program accomplishments · $66K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
  • Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2024 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
  • 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.

  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 31/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.