Beat the Streets Wrestling Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN: 204343247
IRS 990 coverage: 2009–2024
Forms available: Form 990 2024
Location: New York, NY, USA
Phone: 2127775702
Rating: 62
Verdict: SUPPORTED
Rating confidence: Moderate
Sector: Fund Raising and Fund Distribution

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue: $1,674,374
Expenses: $1,577,499
Assets: $500,271
Liabilities: $583,184

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

Leadership & pay

18 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

BRENDAN BUCKLEY (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

Highest reported compensation

BRENDAN BUCKLEY (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $211,410 total reported compensation
JOHN ROLLINS SR DIRECTOR (OF FINANCE & OPS (THRU FEB 2025)): $166,951 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

To provide wrestling programs in nyc for k-12 students who may not otherwise have access to positive outlets for their talents and potential. Bts serves students in the public schools, 82% are children of color and 74% are considered disadvantaged by the nyc department of education. The programs include beginner to advanced wrestling training to prepare capable students to compete at the city, state, and national levels. In addition to wrestling training, bts emphasizes off-the-mat development by drawing parallels between wrestling and life challenges, and by offering college visits, sat prep tutoring, financial skills workshops, internships, and college scholarships.

What it reported doing in 2024

The beat the streets academy is a comprehensive program geared to providing our most engaged student-athletes with a dynamic and holistic experience throughout the school year. Academy members will not only learn valuable wrestling skills from bts staff-coaches but more importantly, the academic, social, and emotional skills that they need to succeed in life. The program runs throughout the school year and is centered around 10 academy days, featuring world-class clinicians and speakers, an annual career day, college visits, life skills workshops, and college / career preparation. Academy has more than tripled in size over the past three years with 200 participants.in 2024-2025, the academy had a 100% graduation and college/military entrance rate for participating high school seniors. 100% of participants increased in at least one social emotional learning capacity such as self-confidence, community, self-management, etc. Throughout the year. Our student-athletes also succeeded on the wrestling mat as we had the first academy member become a two-time nhsca national champion. Academy members also won state titles and all-american honors at various tournaments throughout the year. Off the mat students were successful in their completion of high school as well as continuing their academic and wrestling careers at some of the nation's best universities.bts sends student-athletes to local, regional, and national competitions. By fully funding competition and travel, bts youth from low-income backgrounds can compete with the best athletes in the country and become exposed to college coaches at the d1, d2, and d3 levels. They are also able to visit different parts of the country and different college campuses as a part of the experience.

Operating model

Revenue model: Donor-supported. 89% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model: Direct operator. The filing allocates 97% 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.

Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and most voting board members are independent. 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: 37
Transparency & Controls: 79
Accountability: 95
Sustainability: 31
Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

Mission deployment rate: 37.8%; rating input score 38
Program expense ratio: 40.1%; rating input score 40
Fundraising efficiency: $5.59 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 21; 21st percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
Pay-setting controls: 2 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 33
- Compensation committee: Missing
- Independent consultant: Missing
- Other Form 990s reviewed: Pass
- Written employment contract: Missing
- Compensation survey or study: Missing
- Board or committee approval: Pass
Foreign activity oversight: Limited
Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 76th percentile among comparable filings
Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd 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: Pass
- Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

Operating margin: 5.8%; rating input score 52; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.32; rating input score 15; 15th percentile among comparable filings
Liabilities to assets ratio: 1.17; rating input score 4; 4th percentile among comparable filings
Officer compensation ratio: 24%; rating input score 11; 11th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

Program expense growth: -6.1% per year; rating input score 0; 7th percentile among comparable filings
Revenue growth: 0.4% per year; rating input score 100; 16th percentile among comparable filings
Asset growth: 2.6% per year; rating input score 100; 28th percentile among comparable filings

Details

Where the money goes: 37.8% of revenue deployed · 40.1% of spending went to programs
Governance: 16 of 16 board members independent · 7 of 8 filing controls reported
Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $633K in reported program spending
Leadership: top reported pay $211K · 18 people listed · 2 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
Consistency: 39 of 39 current checks pass
Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, and executive pay
Filing history: 16 filing years from 2009 to 2024
Contacts: How to reach this organization
Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
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.
Staff and benefit plans: Retirement and health plans the organization files with the Department of Labor, and the people in them.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 38/100.
Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 40/100.
High — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 21/100.
High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 15/100.
Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 52/100.
Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Form 990 shared with the board not reported.
High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 4/100.
High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 11/100.