Dayton Dragons Foundation
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 821546313
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2019–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2018
- Location
- Dayton, OH, USA
- Phone
- 9372282287
- Rating
- 67
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Human Service Organizations
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $78,322
- Expenses
- $46,894
- Assets
- $46,464
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
6 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Robert Murphy (President)
- Eric Deutsch (Vice President)
People named in this filing
- Robert Murphy (President)
- Eric Deutsch (Vice President)
- Mark Schlein (Secretary/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
To provide assistance and support primarily for charitable and educational purposes within the Greater Miami Valley of Ohio.
What it reported doing in 2025
Provide assistance and support primarily for charitable and educational purposes within the Greater Miami Valley of Ohio.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Other-operating. 65% of the money available for current operations came from other operating revenue.
- Distribution model
- Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 100% of its reported program spending out as grants.
The verdict
SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and revenue comfortably covers expenses. 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: 44
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 69
- Growth: 40
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 34.8%; rating input score 35
- Program expense ratio: 58.1%; rating input score 58
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: 40.1%; rating input score 86; 86th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.99; rating input score 47; 47th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 0.5% per year; rating input score 100; 49th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -4.4% per year; rating input score 0; 35th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -6.7% per year; rating input score 0; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 34.8% of revenue deployed · 58.1% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $27K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 6 people listed
- Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
- Schedules: 4 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.
- Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 35/100.
- Review — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 58/100.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 47/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.