Beyond the Lines Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
383837667
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2011–2013
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2013, Form 990-N 2011
Location
Lakewood, NJ, USA
Phone
9089100682
Rating
87
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Basketball

Reported finances

Revenue
$22,195
Expenses
$22,195
Assets
$0
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2013. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

5 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Rodney Sheridan (Director/President)

People named in this filing

  • Rodney Sheridan (Director/President)
  • Gay Dickey (Board Chair)
  • Phil Swaun (Treasure)

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 2013. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Beyond the Lines is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization dedicated to serving youth in inner city communities through a comprehensive program of basketball and academic tutoring that promotes the physical, educational, and life skills necessary to prepare and empower them for leadership in their communities, and success in their personal lives.

What it reported doing in 2013

Our purpose is to strengthen a player's game as well as their spirit. We offer year round programs in the form of challenging training academies, competitive leagues and popular camps. It's a place where boys and girls come to receive plenty of "Perspiration and Inspiration." Children progress through the High School Game, College Game, and Pro Game levels of the program earning certificates with each graduation. The administrators follow weekly lesson plans that can be delivered in 30-45 minutes on the basketball court or the classroom. The program uses a three step skills curriculum to "empower young people' by providing local youth and schools with a life skills program that promotes positive values, healthy habits, and education through the game of basketball-resulting in real life power, on and off the court. * High School Game curriculum: The focus is on understanding Rules, Practicing Proper Hygiene, talking with others, and appreciating diversity. * College Game Curriculum: Is geared on embracing fitness. Understanding Nutrition, and Improving Stud Skills. Staying Calm and Focused, dealing with Peer Pressure, and resolving conflicts. * Pro curriculum: Deals with Speaking in front of others, making good decisions, setting personal goals, planning to attain personal goals, overcoming challenges, and giving and receiving help. Beyond the Lines mission is dedicated to serving youth in inner city communities through a comprehensive program of basketball and academic tutoring that promotes the physical, educational, and life skills necessary to prepare and empower them for leadership in their communities, and success in their personal lives. Our Keys to Success has been to Utilizing the school system to promote the sports program and recruiting team coaches. Minimize field maintenance and facility costs with the school and city park systems, as well as maintaining the City Council's support to provide grant funds used for scholarship for needy youth who want to participate in sports. * Recruiting more corporate support for the sports program. * Maintaining a high approval rate with the area's parents and youth.

Operating model

Revenue model
Membership-supported. 72% of the money available for current operations came from membership dues.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 87% 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. Total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 98
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 28
  • Growth: 80

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 95.6%; rating input score 96

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 0%; rating input score 45; 45th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0; rating input score 1; 1st percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 57; 57th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 27% per year; rating input score 100; 84th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 28.6% per year; rating input score 100; 91st percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -100% per year; rating input score 0; 2nd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 95.6% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $21K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 1 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2011 to 2013
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • 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.

Grant-readiness screening is separate from the live rating, not a measure of program quality. Review the source records before making a grant decision.

  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 1/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 45/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 57/100.
  • High — Grant Readiness: Automatic revocation: this organization had its federal tax-exempt status automatically revoked.