Benjamin Hair Just Swim for Life Foundation
Legal name: Ben Hair Just Swim for Life Foundation
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 273028725
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2016–2024
- Official website data refreshed
- Sep 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2024
- Location
- Charlottesville, VA, US
- Phone
- 4349759967
- Rating
- 46
- Verdict
- MIXED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Swimming & Other Water Recreation
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $108,518
- Expenses
- $79,826
- Assets
- $31,031
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
7 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- GORDON R HAIR (PRESIDENT, DIRECTOR)
- AMANDA BUDD (PRESIDENT ELECT)
People named in this filing
- GORDON R HAIR (PRESIDENT, DIRECTOR)
- RYAN C GIMPLE (SECRETARY, DIRECTOR)
- BOB GARLAND JR (BOARD MEMBER)
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 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
The mission of the BH-JSL is to promote aquatic safety by providing solutions to the problem that impacts minority swimming participation, with a learn-to-swim program for at-risk children.
What it reported doing in 2024
The foundation will also fund the "make a splash" program of the city of charlottesville's parks and recreation department. "make a splash" is a national child-focused water safety initiative created by the USA swimming foundation, with the goal of teaching every child in america how to swim.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 86% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- No current program activity. The filing reports no program spending for the current year.
The verdict
MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up and revenue comfortably covers expenses. 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: 0
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 64
- Growth: 60
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 0%; rating input score 0
- Program expense ratio: 0%; rating input score 0
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 26.4%; rating input score 81; 81st percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.39; rating input score 31; 31st percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 76; 76th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: -27% per year; rating input score 0; 8th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 20.4% per year; rating input score 100; 84th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 4.4% per year; rating input score 100; 43rd percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: 6 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 5 operating locations identified
- Where the money goes: 0% of revenue deployed · 0% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 7 people listed
- Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 8 filing years from 2016 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
- 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: Mission deployment rate scored 0/100.
- High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 0/100.
- High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 31/100.