Athletes Without Limits

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
264327889
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2014–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2022, Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2013
Location
Bend, OR, USA
Rating
64
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Developmentally Disabled Centers

Reported finances

Revenue
$147,120
Expenses
$140,333
Assets
$25,028
Liabilities
$10,786

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

Leadership & pay

4 people listed

People named in this filing

  • Julie Holman (Nonprofit Management Consultant)
  • Barry Holman (Board of Directors)
  • Ian Conyers (Board of Directors)

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

As the USA Member of Virtus which represents athletes w intellectual impairment in Paralympic sport we organize US National Teams & Trips to Virtus World Championships in 10+ sports including Virtus Global Games every 4 years. We manage the Virtus Eligibility Paralympic Classification process for athletes with Autism Down syndrome and IDD competing in Virtus U.S. Paralympics USRowing USGA and others through partnerships that promote inclusion in mainstream sports.

What it reported doing in 2024

Partnerships and Advocacy for US Athletes with Intellectual Impairment: In January 2024 we partnered with Mt. Bachelor Ski Education Foundation to host a training camp for our National Downhill Ski Team and then in Jan-March we partnered with MBSEF Stevenson Youth to include youth with intellectual impairment in their learn to cross country ski and mountain bike programming. In April 2024 we partnered with the Arc of Detroit to promote athletes at an April event. In June 2024 we partnered with the University of Michigan Adaptive Track Program to support inclusion of athletes with Intellectual Impairments at their Inaugural Annual Miller Family Adaptive Track Meet in June. In July 2024 we continued our partnership with the USGA and their third annual U.S. Adaptive Open Golf Championships in Kansas. In Nov 2024 we partnered with USA Down Syndrome Swimming to host a National Meet in Orlando.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 71% 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

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and program spending 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: 43
  • Transparency & Controls: 93
  • Sustainability: 30
  • Growth: 80

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 41.9%; rating input score 42
  • Program expense ratio: 43.9%; rating input score 44

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 90.9%; rating input score 91; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 4.6%; rating input score 47; 47th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.18; rating input score 17; 17th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.43; rating input score 12; 12th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 29.9%; rating input score 11; 11th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 8.2% per year; rating input score 100; 57th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 9.2% per year; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -1.2% per year; rating input score 0; 24th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 41.9% of revenue deployed · 43.9% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $62K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 10 filing years from 2014 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
  • 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 44/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 47/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 17/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 12/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 11/100.