Boosters for Bears Club

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
474354449
IRS 990-PF coverage
2018–2023
Forms available
Form 990-PF 2023
Location
Valley, WA, USA
Phone
5099362285
Rating
30
Verdict
REVIEW
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Secondary, High School

Reported finances

Revenue
$7,445
Expenses
$16,888

Source: IRS Form 990-PF. Selected filing: tax year 2023. Amounts in USD.

Overview

Mission

Secondary, High School

What it reported funding in 2023

The foundation reported 3 grants totaling $6,507. The stated grant purposes included after school events, lunches, and senior projects/trip/granduation.

Operating model

Revenue model
Other-operating. 88% of the foundation's positive operating resources came from other operating revenue.
Distribution model
Grant intermediary. The foundation distributed 100% of its reported charitable disbursements as grants.

The verdict

REVIEW - The filing clearly reports transactions involving insiders. A relatively small share of spending goes to grants and assets provide a limited cushion relative to annual grants.

Rating breakdown

  • Grant Deployment: NotEnoughData
  • Cost Efficiency: 39
  • Transparency: NotEnoughData
  • Compliance: 84
  • Endowment Health: 52

Detailed rating inputs

Grant Deployment

  • Grant deployment ratio: Limited

Cost Efficiency

  • Grant expense ratio: 38.5%; rating input score 39; 50th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency

  • Grant recipient disclosure: Limited

Compliance

  • Part VII-B activity disclosures: 19 of 19 controls in place; rating input score 100
    • Property sale or exchange with a disqualified person: Pass
    • Borrowing from or lending to a disqualified person: Pass
    • Goods, services, or facilities involving a disqualified person: Pass
    • Compensation paid to a disqualified person: Pass
    • Assets transferred to a disqualified person: Pass
    • Payment to a government official: Pass
    • Uncorrected prior self-dealing: Pass
    • Prior-year undistributed income: Pass
    • Excess business holdings: Pass
    • Investments that may jeopardize charitable purposes: Pass
    • Uncorrected prior-year jeopardizing investments: Pass
    • Attempt to influence legislation: Pass
    • Attempt to influence an election: Pass
    • Grants to individuals: Pass
    • Grants to organizations: Pass
    • Spending for a noncharitable purpose: Pass
    • Funds received for a personal-benefit contract: Pass
    • Premiums paid on a personal-benefit contract: Pass
    • Prohibited tax-shelter transaction: Pass
  • Filing consistency checks: 6; rating input score 67

Endowment Health

  • Endowment-health comparison: 1.42; rating input score 52; 52nd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
  • Grants: Filed grants detail
  • Payout: Filed payout detail
  • Trustees: Filed trustees detail
  • Self-dealing: 100% of reviewed questions answered “No”
  • Investments: 52th percentile for endowment coverage
  • Consistency: 6 of 9 current checks pass · 3 findings to review
  • Filing history: 6 filing years from 2018 to 2023
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 3 filed money-flow records
  • 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.

  • Moderate — Cost Efficiency: Grant expense ratio scored 39/100.
  • Review — Endowment Health: Endowment-health comparison scored 52/100.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Assets equal liabilities and net assets did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Balance sheet boy total did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Balance sheet eoy total did not reconcile in the filed values.