American Black Belt Academy Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 391798913
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2018–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2017
- Location
- Oshkosh, WI, USA
- Phone
- 9202329700
- Rating
- 86
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Education N.E.C.
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $80,044
- Expenses
- $86,457
- Assets
- $23,608
- Liabilities
- $596
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
12 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- LILY JUNE (PRESIDENT)
- STEVE BRUSS (VICE PRESIDENT/PRESIDENT ELECT)
People named in this filing
- LILY JUNE (PRESIDENT)
- STEVE BRUSS (VICE PRESIDENT/PRESIDENT ELECT)
- THOMAS SWARTWOOD (VP FACILITIES)
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
American black belt academy is committed to providing quality martial arts training to anyone, four years of age or older, who has the desire to learn and to live the martial arts as exemplified by tae kwon do regardless of income, ethnic or educational background.
What it reported doing in 2025
American black belt academy is committed to providing quality martial arts training to anyone, four years of age or older, who has the desire to learn and to live the martial arts as exemplified by tae kwon do regardless of income, ethnic or educational background. Number of persons benefited this year is approximately 100.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
- 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
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: 94
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 30
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 96.9%; rating input score 97
- Program expense ratio: 89.7%; rating input score 90
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -8%; rating input score 31; 31st percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.27; rating input score 22; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.03; rating input score 21; 21st percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 1.2% per year; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 2.7% per year; rating input score 100; 61st percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 32.2% per year; rating input score 100; 90th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 96.9% of revenue deployed · 89.7% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $78K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 12 people listed
- Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- Filing history: 8 filing years from 2018 to 2025
- 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 — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 31/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 22/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 21/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.