Davis Sr High School Cheer Backers
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 474194960
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2019–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2018
- Location
- Davis, CA, USA
- Phone
- 5302204470
- Rating
- 87
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Recreation& Sports N.E.C.
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $95,449
- Expenses
- $87,785
- Assets
- $21,383
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
2 people listed
People named in this filing
- HEATHER ERHARD (CHEER ADVISOR)
- MARLA DOLCINI (Treasurer)
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 organizations primary exempt purpose is to support and promote high school cheerleading activities that foster school spirit, community engagement, teamwork, and youth development. The organization raises funds and provides financial support for cheerleader participation in school and community events, including athletic events, fundraisers, parades, and other educational and extracurricular activities that encourage leadership, citizenship, and school involvement.
What it reported doing in 2025
The DHS Cheer Backers supported approximately 41 sideline cheerleaders and 27 competition cheerleaders during the season by providing financial and organizational assistance for team activities, events, uniforms, training, and related program expenses. The junior varsity and varsity sideline cheer teams supported school athletic programs throughout the athletic seasons and participated in community service and school spirit activities within the Davis, California community. The organizations support helped promote teamwork, leadership, school engagement, and positive youth development through extracurricular and community-based activities.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent revenue detail to tell how this nonprofit funds its work.
- 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. Total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown and expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 94
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 40
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 90.9%; rating input score 91
- Program expense ratio: 98.8%; rating input score 99
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 8%; rating input score 58; 58th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.24; rating input score 20; 20th 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: 16.3% per year; rating input score 100; 78th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 13.5% per year; rating input score 100; 85th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 4.5% per year; rating input score 100; 54th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 90.9% of revenue deployed · 98.8% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $87K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 2 people listed
- Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 7 filing years from 2019 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 — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 20/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 58/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.