Blue Tiger Athletics Club
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 834504769
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2021–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2020
- Location
- Jefferson City, MO, USA
- Phone
- 7705103138
- Rating
- 92
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Single Organization Support
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $102,475
- Expenses
- $101,225
- Assets
- $43,672
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
11 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- JOSEPH KLEBBA (PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- STAN HORN (BOARD MEMBER)
- JOSEPH KLEBBA (PRESIDENT)
- STEPHEN SOKOLOFF (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 blue tiger athletics club (btac) was created by a group of proud and loyal supporters of lincoln university, a historically black college and university (hbcu) in jefferson city, mo with the goal of helping the university grow by creating scholarship opportunities and improving the student experience. The organization raises funds for lincoln university athletic programs and has helped grow enrollment through providing financial support to blue tiger student-athletes. Each of lincoln's athletic programs have seen their roster sizes grow thanks to the backing of the btac, allowing more students the opportunity to receive a valuable college education while continuing to reach their athletic goals.
What it reported doing in 2024
The mission of the blue tiger athletics club (btac) is to support the athletic endeavors of the lincoln university blue tigers. The btac assists our student-athletes by providing additional funding for scholarships, facilities and various programs that enable them to realize their dreams of achieving a quality education while participating in athletics on a nationally-competitive level.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
- 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: 98
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 35
- Growth: 20
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 98.2%; rating input score 98
- Program expense ratio: 99.4%; rating input score 99
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: 1.2%; rating input score 38; 38th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.43; rating input score 34; 34th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: -8.8% per year; rating input score 0; 15th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -11.9% per year; rating input score 0; 4th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 2.2% per year; rating input score 100; 35th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 98.2% of revenue deployed · 99.4% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $101K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 11 people listed
- Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
- Schedules: 4 filed schedules
- Filing history: 4 filing years from 2021 to 2024
- 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.
- High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 38/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 34/100.