Backyard Whidbey Island
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 821592318
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2023–2023
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2023, Form 990-N 2022
- Location
- Langley, WA, USA
- Phone
- 3602153318
- Rating
- 50
- Verdict
- MIXED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Physical Fitness and Community Recreational Facilities
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $63,762
- Expenses
- $62,725
- Assets
- $9,044
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2023. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
7 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Sarah Ruggenberg (Executive Director, Board president, coach)
- Zach Ruggenberg (Vice president, treasurer, coach)
People named in this filing
- Sarah Ruggenberg (Executive Director, Board president, coach)
- Zach Ruggenberg (Vice president, treasurer, coach)
- Sietske Veenman (Board secretary)
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 2023. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
To make indoor play and quality fitness available to all people.
What it reported doing in 2023
Backyard Kettlebells - 78 adults attended a total of 137 strength and conditioning classes throughout the year. These adults had the opportunity to grow in physical strength , balance, agility, and condition, regardless of if they could pay or not. If they had kids and brought them, the kids had full use of the play space, making it enriching for the whole family.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Earned-program. 92% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program 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
MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up. 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: 31
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 37
- Growth: NotEnoughData
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 30.6%; rating input score 31
- Program expense ratio: 31.1%; rating input score 31
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 1.6%; rating input score 50; 50th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.14; rating input score 13; 13th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 15.8%; rating input score 9; 9th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: Limited
- Revenue growth: Limited
- Asset growth: Limited
Details
- Where the money goes: 30.6% of revenue deployed · 31.1% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 4 filed program accomplishments · $20K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 7 people listed
- Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- 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 31/100.
- Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 31/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 13/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 50/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 9/100.