Ballers & Bookworms

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
882265859
IRS 990 coverage
2023–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025, Form 990-N 2022
Location
Wall Township, NJ, USA
Phone
6097521021
Rating
70
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Student Services, Organizations of Students

Reported finances

Revenue
$41,854
Expenses
$25,294
Assets
$35,894
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

16 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • TYLER KAZIO (PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • TYLER KAZIO (PRESIDENT)
  • JULIAN VIERA (DIRECTOR OF ACADEMICS)
  • MATT CARROLL (DIRECTOR OF ATHLETICS)

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

Ballers & bookworms exists to assist in the educational and athletic growth of student athletes by providing resources in which they may not have the means of acquiring. Educationally, the organization provides tutors in all class subjects for its athletes as well as career coaching. Athletically, the organization provides training and showcase opportunities. Together we strive to increase student athlete skills on and off the field.

What it reported doing in 2025

Ballers & bookworms continutes to identify several high school programs that lack in equipment they could not provide their athletes who themselves were unable to afford on their own. In 2025 ballers and bookworms assisted in the funding for student athlete travel to tournaments, event entry fees, equipment, test prep, and tutor programs.the student athletes had continued improvement in their grades, had regular meetings with thier tutors to discuss their studies and career goals, given channels to attend numerous athletic training events and showcases for prospective college coaches.the organization has continued to use all donations and grants towards the student athletes. The board, nor any volunteers, do not receive pay for their services.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 95% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 61% of its reported program spending out as grants.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and some filed totals do not add up.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 66
  • Transparency & Controls: 81
  • Accountability: 76
  • Sustainability: 63
  • Growth: 20

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 60.1%; rating input score 60
  • Program expense ratio: 99.5%; rating input score 99
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 90%; rating input score 90; 14th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 3 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 43
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • 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: 39.6%; rating input score 82; 82nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.42; rating input score 32; 32nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 58; 58th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -7.1% per year; rating input score 0; 31st percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -11.7% per year; rating input score 0; 28th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 30.5% per year; rating input score 100; 94th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 60.1% of revenue deployed · 99.5% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 13 of 13 board members independent · 3 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $25K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 16 people listed
  • Consistency: 13 of 14 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 3 filing years from 2023 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
  • 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 — Accountability: Governance controls: 3 of 6 not reported.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 32/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 58/100.