Barrier Free Divers Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
883817814
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2024–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2024
Location
Arlington, VA, USA
Phone
7033098601
Rating
77
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Swimming & Other Water Recreation

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$36,306
Expenses
$28,837
Assets
$41,214
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

4 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • ROSEMARY CIOTTI (PRESIDENT)
  • KATHERINE PEARSON (VICE PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • ROSEMARY CIOTTI (PRESIDENT)
  • KATHERINE PEARSON (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • NELSY CASANOVA (DIRECTOR)

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 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Barrier free divers facilitates training for divers with disabilities as well as training for "buddy" divers to support safe diving for people with disabilities.

What it reported doing in 2025

The organization sponsors a week long camp - s.e.a.s. Every summer in the Florida keys. S.e.a.s. Stands for science, education and adaptive scuba. Campers are 10 to 18 years of age. The organization raises money to bring a parent and child to work with local not for profit marine biologists to participate in state of the art coral propogation, fish surveys, turtle habitats and shark conservation.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 99% 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 - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown and reported officer compensation is a large share of total spending, which may reflect staffing concentration.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 71
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 65
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 65.1%; rating input score 65
  • Program expense ratio: 82%; rating input score 82

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 20.6%; rating input score 72; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.43; rating input score 57; 57th 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 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 44.8% per year; rating input score 100; 91st percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 10.1% per year; rating input score 100; 81st percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 30.8% per year; rating input score 100; 90th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 65.1% of revenue deployed · 82% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 2 filed program accomplishments · $24K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2024 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
  • Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
  • 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.

  • Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 57/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.