Carolina Vipers Baseball Academy
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 271659130
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2013–2023
- Official website data refreshed
- Sep 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2022, Form 990-EZ 2023, Form 990-N 2012
- Location
- Waxhaw, NC, USA
- Phone
- 7045783468
- Rating
- 81
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Baseball, Softball
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $1,480
- Expenses
- $42,865
- Assets
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2023. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
1 person listed
Executive titles in this filing
- MICHAEL POLITO (PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- MICHAEL POLITO (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 2023. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
To create a nonprofit 501(c)(3) travel baseball organization focused on total player development, providing superior training, knowledge, and the highest level of competition, with the goal of being an elite travel team competitive with the strongest teams across the country.
What it reported doing in 2023
The youth baseball program accepts youth for traveling baseball and drives character development on and off the field with coordination from parents and coaches. The youth are served by professional and volunteer coaches year round for the benefit of the youth programs.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Earned-program. 100% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
- Distribution model
- Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 79% of its reported program spending out as grants.
The verdict
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and program spending has declined or grown slowly.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 100
- Transparency & Controls: 74
- Sustainability: 8
- Growth: 20
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
- Program expense ratio: 99.9%; rating input score 100
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 90.9%; rating input score 91; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -2,796.3%; rating input score 1; 1st percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0; rating input score 2; 2nd 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: -9% per year; rating input score 0; 30th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -0.5% per year; rating input score 0; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 1% per year; rating input score 100; 43rd percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: 2 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 1 operating location identified
- Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 99.9% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 2 filed program accomplishments · $43K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 1 people listed
- Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 2 filing years from 2013 to 2023
- 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.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 1/100.
- High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 2/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.