Cookeville Police Athletic League

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
621810684
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2021–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2020
Location
Cookeville, TN, USA
Rating
87
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Youth Development Programs

Reported finances

Revenue
$92,191
Expenses
$89,278
Assets
$65,437

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

8 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • SCOTT WINFREE (PRESIDENT)
  • ANTHONY LEONARD (VICE PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • NADINE SHERA (SECRETARY)
  • SCOTT WINFREE (PRESIDENT)
  • ANN HOLLAND (DIRECTOR)

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 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The specific objectives and purposes of this corporation shall be to promote education and recreational opportunities for children of cookeville and the surrounding community through community based programs that will help the children become productive contributing members of society

What it reported doing in 2025

The Cookeville Human Fund program is designed to provide assistance for those individuals encountered by law enforcement needing immediate relief for short-term problems that can be addressed with a minimum expenditure of funds. While exceptions may exist these situations typically include people needing food baby food shoes diapers fuel prescription medication emergency lodging prescription glasses clothing bedding for children haircuts for job interviews food gift cards transportation services towing minor car repair etc. Even though the recipients normally do not receive cash they are nonetheless carefully vetted. People that receive help normally reside in Putnam County or find themselves in our county at their time of need. The Cookeville Human Fund does not assist with rent utilities or longer-term problems like home repairs e.g. plumbing issues electrical problems roofing HVAC system repair etc..

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
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: 86
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 42
  • Growth: 40

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 84.8%; rating input score 85
  • Program expense ratio: 87.5%; rating input score 88

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 3.2%; rating input score 50; 50th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.73; rating input score 40; 40th 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: 9.6% per year; rating input score 100; 70th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -7.1% per year; rating input score 0; 29th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -16.6% per year; rating input score 0; 12th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 84.8% of revenue deployed · 87.5% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 2 filed program accomplishments · $78K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 8 people listed
  • Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 5 filing years from 2021 to 2025
  • 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 — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 50/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 40/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.