Canfield Little Cardinals

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
341649641
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2014–2020
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2020
Location
Canfield, OH, USA
Phone
3307709634
Rating
88
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Baseball, Softball

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$30,151
Expenses
$37,762
Assets
$69,456

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2020. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

5 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • JIM LITWIN (PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • JIM LITWIN (PRESIDENT)
  • GERALD CHRISTY (1ST VICE PRE)
  • DANIELLE PHILLIPS (2ND VICE PRE)

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 2020. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Canfield little cardinals promotes and encourages the participation in youth football, danceline and cheerleading activities for approximately 250 boys and girls in the canfield community and surrounding area.

What it reported doing in 2020

Promotes the participation in and provides an avenue for youth football, danceline and cheerleading activities for canfield community youth, primarily grades k-7.

Operating model

Revenue model
Membership-supported. 73% of the money available for current operations came from membership dues.
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. Revenue has declined or grown slowly and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 100
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 34
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -25.2%; rating input score 27; 27th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.84; rating input score 51; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 0.5% per year; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -1.4% per year; rating input score 0; 60th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 9.7% per year; rating input score 100; 70th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $38K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
  • Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 7 filing years from 2014 to 2020
  • 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.

Grant-readiness screening is separate from the live rating, not a measure of program quality. Review the source records before making a grant decision.

  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 27/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 51/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.
  • High — Grant Readiness: Automatic revocation: this organization had its federal tax-exempt status automatically revoked.