Anacostia Community Boathouse Association

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
522238072
IRS 990 coverage
2013–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025, Form 990-EZ 2018, Form 990-N 2007
Location
Washington, DC, USA
Phone
7609367196
Rating
78
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Community Recreational Centers

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$219,792
Expenses
$121,740
Assets
$407,750
Liabilities
$3,139

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

Leadership & pay

8 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Brandon DuBois (President (Capital Rowing Club))
  • Jim Connolly (Vice President (Anacostia Watershed Society))

People named in this filing

  • Brandon DuBois (President (Capital Rowing Club))
  • Jim Connolly (Vice President (Anacostia Watershed Society))
  • Robert Reichart (Treasurer (Capital Rowing Club))

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

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

Overview

Mission

Anacostia Community Boathouse Association (ACBA) is a volunteer-run organization that provides opportunities for non-motorized recreational water activities such as rowing and paddling through its member organizations, which include three high schools, a university, four community-based clubs and an environmental organization.

What it reported doing in 2025

In 2025, ACBA's eight clubs and organizations of over 1,100 members participated in nearly 3,300 organized practices and 2,400 individual outings at and from the boathouse On our racks and docks, ACBA stored over 240 non-motorized watercraft and 30 motorized launches. ACBA held seven major regattas, and 21 special events (e.g scrimmages with area teams, celebrations) at the site, bringing over 1500 visitors to our river. Cumulatively, ACBA's organizations introduced rowing and paddling on the Anacostia River to over 350 individuals through camps, "learn to" classes, and one day events. ACBA organizations sponsored and supported inclusivity on the Anacostia River with the following programs: DC Strokes is one of only two LGBTQ plus rowing clubs in the US; Capital Juniors (serves diverse DC and Area Youth), Capital Adaptive Rowing Program in partnership with Medstar Hospital National Rehabilitation Rowing (serves adults and youths with physical and intellectual disabilities), We Can Row (serves breast cancer survivors and patients), GOPink! DC dragon boat team (serves breast cancer survivors), and Howard University ROTC's informal Learn to Row program. ACBA hosted ten community work sessions (five specifically for youth, one with Anacostia Watershed Society for Earth Day, with 65 volunteers contributing), to enhance the biological diversity and storm water capturing capacity of the bioswale on site which helps to protect the Anacostia River.

Operating model

Revenue model
Other-operating. 76% of the money available for current operations came from other operating revenue.
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

SUPPORTED - A large share of total spending goes to programs and the filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 65
  • Transparency & Controls: 84
  • Accountability: 88
  • Sustainability: 75
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 53.4%; rating input score 53
  • Program expense ratio: 91.6%; rating input score 92
  • Fundraising efficiency: $12.08 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 42; 42nd percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 90%; rating input score 90; 10th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 5 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 71
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 44.6%; rating input score 88; 88th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 3.35; rating input score 71; 71st percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.01; rating input score 41; 41st percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 67; 67th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 9.4% per year; rating input score 100; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 12.8% per year; rating input score 100; 76th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 10.3% per year; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 53.4% of revenue deployed · 91.6% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 8 of 8 board members independent · 5 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $112K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 8 people listed
  • Consistency: 38 of 39 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 11 filing years from 2013 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
  • Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
  • 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.

  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 53/100.
  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 42/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Independent financial-statement audit not reported.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 41/100.