Aurora Travel Baseball Association Nfp

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
454116358
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2014–2017
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2017
Location
Naperville, IL, USA
Phone
6305489600
Rating
88
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Baseball, Softball

Reported finances

Revenue
$142,539
Expenses
$152,218
Assets
$14,647

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2017. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

5 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • MATT GRAY (President/Treas)
  • BOB BEST (Vice President)
  • SCOTT PITTS (Vice President)
  • RON HAIN (Vice President)
  • BRIAN NIED (Vice President)

People named in this filing

  • MATT GRAY (President/Treas)
  • BOB BEST (Vice President)
  • SCOTT PITTS (Vice President)

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 2017. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Aurora travel baseball's mission is to fully implant to the youth of the organizaton to develop physically, by learning a sport skill, to improve physical condition, to develop good health habits and avoid injuries. To develop psychologically, by learning to control their emotions and develop feelings of self worth and confidence. To develop socially by learning cooperation in a competitive context and to gain an appropriate standard of behavior.

What it reported doing in 2017

The organization has provided a travel youth baseball program for 9-15 aged youth. The participants compete in over 35 tournaments, including those at the national level with more than 6000 other players.

Operating model

Revenue model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent revenue detail to tell how this nonprofit funds its work.
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: 99
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 19
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 97.7%; rating input score 98

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -6.8%; rating input score 18; 18th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.1; rating input score 10; 10th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 65; 65th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 25.3% per year; rating input score 100; 84th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 20.1% per year; rating input score 100; 86th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 20.6% per year; rating input score 100; 78th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 97.7% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $149K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
  • Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 4 filing years from 2014 to 2017
  • 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 — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 18/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 10/100.