Common Goal USA Inc

What it reported doing in 2024

Common goal USA is dedicated to using soccer to create safe and inclusive communities across north america. We enable a network of youth-focused organizations to maximize soccer's impact for youth and communities. We focus on supporting coaches and organizations to advance gender equity, social inclusion, education, and health for young people in disadvantaged areas across the region. In 2024, common goal delivered hundreds of hours of training and capacity-building support for soccer leaders.create the space: in january 2024, common goal USA launched a national mental health initiative called create the space. Over the course of the year, create the space logged 54 hours of immersive training with 45 leaders from across the soccer ecosystem, as well as four virtual trainings and a youth mental health in-person series during copa america, reaching hundreds of youth across three states. The capstone event was the in-person retreat, which garnered near-perfect satisfaction ratings.play proud is a common-goal led, lgbtq+ inclusion program that aims to create a soccer community that actively celebrates diversity and fosters inclusion for lgbtq+ communities. By engaging professional soccer clubs, supporters groups, and soccer for good organizations, the program builds capacities and implements actionable steps to create safer spaces for lgbtq+ communities in soccer. Through tailored in-person training, collaborative action plans, and community-driven initiatives, play proud works to create sustainable change across soccer ecosystems. In 2024, play proud implemented the year-long lgbtq+ inclusion program through 2 in-person residencies hosted by soccer in the streets and real salt lake/Utah royals, online workshops, and actionable-specific inclusion plans for each city group. The cohort was made up of 29 participants from 9 professional soccer clubs, 7 soccer for good organizations, and 3 supporters groups. Switch the pitch is a nationwide initiative focused on inclusive coaching and racial justice within and through soccer. During the year, common goal and partners delivered coach and organizational training in three states, reaching over 200 coaches, educators, and program leaders with interactive and experiential content designed to create inclusive spaces for all people to thrive within and through soccer.

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
• Program expense ratio: 90.2%; rating input score 90
• Fundraising efficiency: $42.21 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 75; 75th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

• Consistency checks: 92.3%; rating input score 92; 16th percentile among comparable filings
• Pay-setting controls: Limited
• Foreign activity oversight: 3 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 38
  • Claims monitoring procedures: Pass
  • Requires narrative reports: Fail
  • Conducts field audits: Fail
  • May suspend future funding: Fail
  • Requires financial reports: Pass
  • Conducts site visits: Fail
  • Requires grant agreements: Pass
  • May require repayment: Fail
• Grant itemization coverage: 95.9%; rating input score 96; 43rd percentile among comparable filings
• Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
• Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

• Independent voting board: 80%; rating input score 80; 18th percentile among comparable filings
• Governance controls: 5 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 62
  • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
  • Whistleblower policy: Pass
  • Document-retention policy: Pass
  • CEO compensation review process: Pass
  • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
  • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
  • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
  • Audit committee oversight: Fail
  • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

• Operating margin: -28.3%; rating input score 6; 6th percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.21; rating input score 10; 10th percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.26; rating input score 27; 27th percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 12.2%; rating input score 30; 30th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: 11.9% per year; rating input score 100; 68th percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: 9.2% per year; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: 17.2% per year; rating input score 100; 77th percentile among comparable filings