Be the Difference Nil Inc

What it reported doing in 2025

Be the difference nil works with non-profit organizations and supporting community-minded events to positively impact the community while enabling personal growth with the athletes that sign with us. Be the difference nil makes investments in our non profit partners to support their missions and impact in the community. We do that through our organization including player engagement activities. In addition, the organizations encourages players to pursue opportunities to positively impact the community beyond be the difference nil non-profit partners. Big brothers big sisters of metro milwaukee is a nonprofit organization that our student-athletes at marquette university work with frequently. Today's youth face a variety of challenges, and a role model like the ones we provide them with on the men's and women's basketball team at marquette university can help them navigate these challenges so they can reach their full potential. Various events such as basketball clinics, speaking engagements, and back to school luncheons provide an opportunity for our student-athletes to engage with the boys and girls of big brothers big sisters of metro milwaukee. The boys and girls that attend these events get to hear about the importance of education and the benefits of organized sports from student-athletes that are examples of this at the highest level. The macc fund is another nonprofit organization that we partnered with in the milwaukee community. The goal of the macc fund is to find a cure for childhood cancer and related blood disorders. Our student-athletes at marquette university have benefited the macc fund by running basketball camps for children who battled cancer. In addition, our student-athletes have made hospital visits to help provide joy to kids that are going through difficult times. In addition to big brothers big sisters and the macc fund, sharp literacy is another nonprofit organization that our student-athletes spend time with throughout the year. The goal of sharp literacy is to help students become lifelong learners. Sharp literacy serves 8,500 students in 51 urban schools in milwaukee, waukesha, and racine counties. Our student-athletes help promote the mission of sharp literacy by attending schools in milwaukee county and reading to children. In addition, they share their college experience and encourage kids to stay in school and continue to get their education. Children's hospital of Wisconsin is another nonprofit organization that we partner with. At children's Wisconsin, they care for all aspects of a child's health. We're proud to partner with one of the nation's leading children's hospitals to help bring joy to kids going through difficult times. Our student-athletes visit with kids at children's Wisconsin in hopes of uplifting a child who may be battling a life-threatening illness.

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
• Program expense ratio: 96%; rating input score 96
• Fundraising efficiency: $10.74 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 39; 39th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

• Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
• Pay-setting controls: Limited
• Foreign activity oversight: Limited
• Grant itemization coverage: Limited
• Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
• Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

• Independent voting board: 83.3%; rating input score 83; 24th percentile among comparable filings
• Governance controls: 5 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 62
  • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
  • Whistleblower policy: Pass
  • Document-retention policy: Fail
  • CEO compensation review process: Pass
  • 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: -477%; rating input score 0; 0th percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.01; rating input score 2; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.21; rating input score 16; 16th percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 4.1%; rating input score 31; 31st percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: 30.8% per year; rating input score 100; 90th percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: -16.7% per year; rating input score 0; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: -24.4% per year; rating input score 0; 3rd percentile among comparable filings