Boys Elite Clubs National League Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
820924897
IRS 990 coverage
2017–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2016
Location
Henrico, VA, USA
Phone
8047500135
Rating
69
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Soccer

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$8,094,332
Expenses
$7,308,402
Assets
$3,212,991
Liabilities
$493,550

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

Leadership & pay

18 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • CHRISTIAN LAVERS (PRESIDENT)
  • DOUGLAS BRACKEN (VICE PRESIDENT)

Highest reported compensation

  • JASON KUTNEY (COMMISSIONER): $165,096 total reported compensation
  • CHRISTIAN LAVERS (PRESIDENT): $121,691 total reported compensation
  • DOUGLAS BRACKEN (VICE PRESIDENT): $107,271 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The ecnl boys was founded to become the undisputed top competition in american male youth soccer by providing better competition, showcasing, opportunity and service to the clubs, teams, coaches and players than any other organization in the game.

What it reported doing in 2024

The ecnl boys is a competition and development platform consisting of hundreds of top clubs across the country in multiple tiers of competition. Ecnl boys programming improves player development and coaching, increases the opportunity for top players to compete with and against each other, encourages better and more frequent training opportunities to improve development, provides more and better opportunities to be identified by u.s. Soccer for inclusion in national team programs, and increases collegiate exposure and opportunity for top players.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 83% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
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.
  • Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Few specific pay-setting methods are documented in the filing; unanswered boxes are not proof of absence and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 77
  • Transparency & Controls: 62
  • Accountability: 62
  • Sustainability: 45
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 76.4%; rating input score 76
  • Program expense ratio: 85.8%; rating input score 86
  • Fundraising efficiency: $17.71 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 93.8%; rating input score 94; 20th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 0 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 0
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Missing
    • Board or committee approval: Missing
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 82.4%; rating input score 82; 15th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 3 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 33
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: Fail
    • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Fail
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 9.7%; rating input score 62; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.44; rating input score 15; 15th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.15; rating input score 50; 50th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 5.7%; rating input score 49; 49th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 32.2% per year; rating input score 100; 93rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 31.9% per year; rating input score 100; 95th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 36.4% per year; rating input score 100; 95th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 76.4% of revenue deployed · 85.8% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 14 of 17 board members independent · 3 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $6.3M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $165K · 18 people listed · 0 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 1 contractor listed · $1.2M reported
  • Consistency: 34 of 34 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes major donors and executive pay
  • Filing history: 8 filing years from 2017 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 6 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.

  • High — Transparency & Controls: Pay-setting controls scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Accountability: Governance controls: 6 of 9 not reported.
  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 56/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 15/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 49/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 50/100.