Academy Booster Club of Columbus Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
471562175
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2022–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2016
Location
Westerville, OH, USA
Phone
6142262696
Rating
58
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Cultural, Ethnic Awareness

Reported finances

Revenue
$99,270
Expenses
$106,916
Assets
$45,901
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

4 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • JoAnne Neely (President)
  • Jamie Praetzel (Vice President)

People named in this filing

  • JoAnne Neely (President)
  • Jamie Praetzel (Vice President)
  • Jenelle Clark (Treasurer)

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 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The mission of the Academy Booster Club of Columbus is to promote and foster an awareness, understanding, and appreciation of and participation in Irish tradition and culture in the community through Irish dance and to enhance and support the educational and developmental experience of and provide and furnish assistance and support to the dance students of The Academy of Irish Dance ("The Academy").

What it reported doing in 2024

Purchase, maintenance and sale/rental of Irish dance costumes and spirit wear that are an important part of fostering awareness of Irish tradition and culture through dance.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 80% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent spending detail to tell whether the nonprofit works directly or through others.

The verdict

MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up and revenue has grown recently. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 41
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 38
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 41.6%; rating input score 42
  • Program expense ratio: 38.6%; rating input score 39

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -7.7%; rating input score 33; 33rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.43; rating input score 27; 27th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 68; 68th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -37.4% per year; rating input score 0; 11th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 0.2% per year; rating input score 100; 53rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 143.6% per year; rating input score 100; 99th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 41.6% of revenue deployed · 38.6% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $41K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 9 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 3 filing years from 2022 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • 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 — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 42/100.
  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 39/100.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Part III transfer expenses within program total did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 33/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 27/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.