Bowling Centers of Southern California
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 951403316
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2013–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2015, Form 990-EZ 2024
- Location
- Arlington, TX, USA
- Phone
- 8173858466
- Rating
- 51
- Verdict
- MIXED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $168,188
- Expenses
- $88,160
- Assets
- $378,974
- Liabilities
- $50,610
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
11 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- JOHN KARABATSOS (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
- TONY SANDS (PRESIDENT)
- CHARLES KINSTLER II (VICE PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- JOHN KARABATSOS (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
- TONY SANDS (PRESIDENT)
- CHARLES KINSTLER II (VICE PRESIDENT)
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
To leverage the buying power of the membership and to promote bowling by offering a myriad of entertaining bowling products and services to enhance the profitability of its members.
What it reported doing in 2024
Provide conferences and seminars for the purpose of promoting and educating the public about bowling.
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
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: 28
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 81
- Growth: 0
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 21.1%; rating input score 21
- Program expense ratio: 40.8%; rating input score 41
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 47.6%; rating input score 92; 92nd percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 4.3; rating input score 95; 95th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.13; rating input score 22; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: -9.8% per year; rating input score 0; 15th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -1.9% per year; rating input score 0; 14th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -2% per year; rating input score 0; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 21.1% of revenue deployed · 40.8% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $36K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 11 people listed
- Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 9 filing years from 2013 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Related organizations: 1 filed related-organization link
- 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 21/100.
- Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 41/100.
- High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 22/100.