Bowls USA

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
680463646
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2010–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024
Location
Covina, CA, USA
Phone
6268591030
Rating
77
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Professional Societies, Associations

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$147,309
Expenses
$127,921
Assets
$343,078
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

6 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Veronica Sum (President)
  • Kane Tobin (Vice President)
  • Scott Roberts (Immediate Past President Board Member)
  • Arthur Stewart (Vice President)

People named in this filing

  • Veronica Sum (President)
  • Kane Tobin (Vice President)
  • Pam Edwards (Secretary)

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

Bowls USA promotes and develops the Sport of Lawn Bowls throughout the USA. I promulgates the rules of the sport. It selects and trains the USA National team for international world wide competition. It unifies and coordinates activities amongst over 100 clubs throughout the USA. It serves as both a training and development forum for minors and also serves as a physical and social outlet for elderly individuals of all ages who can participate past the age of 90 years.

What it reported doing in 2024

Operating a volunteer organization throughout the USA to promulgate and enforce the Rules of the Sport, driving membership development, training umpires and coaches, developing guides and visual materials for training purposes, conducting teaching and skills clinics to assist players in their personal development. There are over 5,000 members in the USA many of whom are over age 65 and benefitting from the social and physical activity offered by the Sport of Lawn Bowls.

Operating model

Revenue model
Membership-supported. 66% of the money available for current operations came from membership dues.
Distribution model
Multi-channel. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 32% for direct work, 20% for grants, and 47% for member benefits.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. No material rating questions were generated from the available inputs.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 72
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 72
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 68.9%; rating input score 69
  • Program expense ratio: 77.5%; rating input score 77

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 13.2%; rating input score 64; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.68; rating input score 87; 87th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 76; 76th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 4.6% per year; rating input score 100; 46th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 6.8% per year; rating input score 100; 56th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 9.4% per year; rating input score 100; 59th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 68.9% of revenue deployed · 77.5% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 4 filed program accomplishments · $99K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 6 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 1 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 6 filing years from 2010 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.