Big Apple Basketball
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 113572205
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2019–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2022, Form 990-EZ 2024
- Location
- Queens, NY, USA
- Phone
- 7185753342
- Rating
- 88
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Human Services
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $15,604
- Expenses
- $15,604
- Assets
- $0
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
16 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Jason Curry (Founder/President)
People named in this filing
- Jason Curry (Founder/President)
- Hannah Vogel (Secretary)
- Robert Lewis Jr (Vice Chair)
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
Big Apple Basketball provided basketball training, mentorship, and community-based programming to youth across New York City during the fiscal year ended October 31, 2025. The organization delivered free and low-cost programming focused on skill development, discipline, teamwork, and leadership. Participants were provided mentorship and guidance related to academics, personal development, and goal setting. Big Apple Basketball also partnered with local schools and community-based organizations to expand access to programming and provide safe, structured environments for youth. These efforts supported youth development, social-emotional growth, and community engagement.
What it reported doing in 2024
Line 28 - Basketball Training and Skill Development Big Apple Basketball provided structured basketball training and skill development programming to youth across New York City during the fiscal year ended October 31, 2025. Programming focused on teaching fundamental skills, game concepts, discipline, and teamwork. Line 29 - Mentorship and Leadership Development Big Apple Basketball provided mentorship and leadership development programming, using basketball as a platform to teach life skills, accountability, and social-emotional development. Line 30 - Community Partnerships and Outreach Big Apple Basketball collaborated with local schools and community-based organizations to expand access to programming and strengthen community engagement.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- 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. Program spending has declined or grown slowly and revenue has declined or grown slowly.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 100
- Transparency & Controls: 91
- Sustainability: 23
- Growth: 0
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
- Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 88.9%; rating input score 89; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 0%; rating input score 45; 45th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0; rating input score 2; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: 5.1%; rating input score 11; 11th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: -5.3% per year; rating input score 0; 35th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -4.5% per year; rating input score 0; 36th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -85.7% per year; rating input score 0; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $16K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 16 people listed
- Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 4 filing years from 2019 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 — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 2/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 45/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 11/100.