Cascade Champion Band Boosters Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
464423914
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2021–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024
Location
Bell Buckle, TN, USA
Phone
9313899394
Rating
58
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Youth Development N.E.C.

Reported finances

Revenue
$72,757
Expenses
$85,248
Assets
$12,214
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

  • Leteta Toney (President)
  • Natasha Whitehead (Vice President)

People named in this filing

  • Leteta Toney (President)
  • Natasha Whitehead (Vice President)
  • Mark Kilpatrick (Treasureer)

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

Part III - What is the organization's primary exempt purpose? 1) To create and maintain enthusiastic and positive interest in all related band programs. 2) To encourage and cultivate positive participation in band activities by all students, parents and other individuals or groups interested in developing the quality of the band programs. 3) To maintain dignified and supportive relationships between those who are interested in developing the quality of the band programs and boosting school spirit. 4) To engage in fund-raising activities to help meet the financial needs of the band program. 5) Cascade Champion Band Booster Club is organized exclusively for charitable and educational purposes, including, for such purpose, the making of the distribution to organizations that qualify as exempt organizations under section 501(c)(3) of the internal revenue code or corresponding section of any future tax code.

What it reported doing in 2024

1) Cascade Jazz Dinner - Conducted in April to raise funds to pay general expenses of band operations such as instruments, uniforms, travel to away games and competitions. ENTIRE BAND BENEFITTED 2) Tshirt Sales- Conducted to raise funds to pay general expenses of band operations such as instruments, uniforms, travel to away games and competitions. ENTIRE BAND BENEFITTED 3-5) Sales conducted to pay general expenses of band operations, instruments uniforms and offset travel cost entire band benefitted

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 program spending has grown recently. 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: 40
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 30
  • Growth: 80

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 42.1%; rating input score 42
  • Program expense ratio: 35.9%; rating input score 36

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -17.2%; rating input score 25; 25th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.14; rating input score 14; 14th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 68; 68th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 7.1% per year; rating input score 100; 67th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 4.1% per year; rating input score 100; 68th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -19.5% per year; rating input score 0; 10th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 42.1% of revenue deployed · 35.9% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $31K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 6 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 4 filing years from 2021 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.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 42/100.
  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 36/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 25/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 14/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.