American Outlaws Baseball Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN: 873447263
IRS 990-EZ coverage: 2024–2025
Forms available: Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2023
Location: Martinez, CA, USA
Phone: 9258124047
Rating: 82
Verdict: STRONG
Rating confidence: Moderate
Sector: Baseball, Softball

Reported finances

Revenue: $68,315
Expenses: $60,767
Assets: $26,450

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

Leadership & pay

3 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

BEN MECHLING (CEO)

People named in this filing

BEN MECHLING (CEO)
ALICIA CARR (SECRETARY)
RHYANNA MECHLING (CFO)

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

The american outlaws organization was established in 2021 in martinez, ca. It is home to 5 teams which include 8u, 10u,11u, 13u baseball and a 10u girls softball team. Our organization prides itself on providing a safe environment for kids to learn and develop, all while competing at a high level. Our mission is to keep the cost for families as low as possible so we rely heavily on donations and fundraising.

What it reported doing in 2025

To develop advanced baseball skills, build teamwork, and compete at a higher level of play and fostering personal growth through travel and discipline.

Operating model

Revenue model: Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
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. 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%; 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: 11%; rating input score 62; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.44; rating input score 29; 29th 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: -58.8% per year; rating input score 0; 7th percentile among comparable filings
Revenue growth: -47.7% per year; rating input score 0; 6th percentile among comparable filings
Asset growth: 33.3% per year; rating input score 100; 91st percentile among comparable filings

Details

Where the money goes: 89% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
Governance: Filed governance answers
Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $61K in reported program spending
Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
Schedules: 2 filed schedules
Filing history: 2 filing years from 2024 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.

High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 29/100.
Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.