Ballstongives Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
475555799
IRS 990 coverage
2015–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Arlington, VA, USA
Phone
7036641194
Rating confidence
Limited
Sector
Corporate Foundations

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$0
Expenses
$35
Assets
$1,000
Liabilities
$23,438

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

Leadership & pay

5 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • SIMON CARNEY (PRESIDENT)
  • BOB WIBERG (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • DANETTE NGUYEN (CEO)
  • TINA LEONE (PAST CEO)

Highest reported compensation

  • TINA LEONE (PAST CEO): $256,566 total reported compensation
  • DANETTE NGUYEN (CEO): $15,833 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The mission of the ballstongives, inc. Is to support the charitable deeds of the ballston business improvement corporation, which serves the geographical area of the ballston neighborhood in arlington, Virginia through fundraising events such as quarterfest.

What it reported doing in 2024

Community events - general events- no events held july 1, 2024 to june 30, 2025.

Operating model

Revenue model
No positive adjusted resources. The filing reports no positive adjusted operating resources.
Distribution model
No current program activity. The filing reports no program spending for the current year.

The verdict

- The available evidence is not sufficient to produce an overall rating for this filing. This is not a warning sign.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 0
  • Transparency & Controls: 60
  • Accountability: 80
  • Sustainability: 25
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: Limited
  • Program expense ratio: 0%; rating input score 0
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 0 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 0
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Missing
    • Board or committee approval: Missing
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 75%; rating input score 75; 24th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 7 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 88
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Fail
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: Limited
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 28.57; rating input score 85; 85th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 23.44; rating input score 1; 1st percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 56,222.9%; rating input score 0; 0th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -33.6% per year; rating input score 0; 10th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -34% per year; rating input score 0; 12th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -10.3% per year; rating input score 0; 13th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 0% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 3 of 4 board members independent · 7 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment
  • Leadership: top reported pay $257K · 5 people listed · 0 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Consistency: 14 of 14 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes executive pay
  • Filing history: 9 filing years from 2015 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Related organizations: 1 filed related-organization link
  • 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 — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 0/100.
  • High — Transparency & Controls: Pay-setting controls scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 1/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: CEO compensation review process not reported.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.