Bedford-euless Soccer Association

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
237432157
IRS 990 coverage
2021–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Euless, TX, USA
Phone
8175058151
Rating
82
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Human Services

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$386,038
Expenses
$348,240
Assets
$418,587
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

19 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Bradford Bowers (President)
  • Karen Owens (1st Vice President)
  • David Tucker (2nd Vice President)

Highest reported compensation

  • Mark Strenger (Director of Officials): $15,070 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

Provide two seasons of youth soccer league programs for the families of Bedford and Euless, TX per year serving almost 1,500 youth in our area. Host two in-house soccer tournaments each year and support a third. Provide scholarships to players entering college. Provide Spring Break and Summer Break skills camps for our registered players, and a skills program during the regular season.

What it reported doing in 2024

Program revenue consists of player registration fees that are payable and due each bi-annual season. Fall season play begins in late August of each year and ends in the middle of November. Registration fees include the players uniform (shirt, shorts, socks) and also help to cover the fees associated with field rentals and referee costs. All teams are slated for 10 games in the Fall season. Most teams are slated for 8 games in the Spring season with a free in-house Tournament for our 4u-8u teams, and a free in-house Tournament for our 9u-12u players. The Spring season games usually begin the last week of February with games finishing within the first two weeks of May. We also provide referees for approved scrimmages and Season Kick-Off "friendlies." BESA hosts on average 1,450 players each season, with continued growth due to the organization working diligently to fundraise to ensure that we maintain our current registration rates while surrounding soccer associations continue to increase their registration costs. We recognize that we serve a population of children who are of a lower average income than our surrounding associations, and we want to make soccer affordable for all children who desire to play the game. Additionally, the organization offers discounts to players whose family documents that they are low income, using the same requirements as our local school districts. Those players receive a discounted registration fee of $50, versus the regular $95. BESA also covers the tournament fee for teams selected to play in the annual Tournament of Champions.

Operating model

Revenue model
Other-operating. 100% of the money available for current operations came from other operating revenue.
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

STRONG - 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 total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 83
  • Transparency & Controls: 90
  • Accountability: 68
  • Sustainability: 55
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 90.2%; rating input score 90
  • Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

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: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 94.7%; rating input score 95; 26th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 2 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 29
    • 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: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 9.8%; rating input score 60; 60th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.2; rating input score 46; 46th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 80; 80th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 4.3%; rating input score 33; 33rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 16.7% per year; rating input score 100; 81st percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 13.3% per year; rating input score 100; 79th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 7% per year; rating input score 100; 55th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 90.2% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 18 of 19 board members independent · 2 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $348K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $15K · 19 people listed
  • Consistency: 42 of 42 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 4 filing years from 2021 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • 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 — Accountability: Governance controls: 4 of 6 not reported.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 46/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 33/100.