Dd & J Junior Tennis Foundation
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 571031121
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2023–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2022
- Location
- Columbia, SC, USA
- Phone
- 8035308436
- Rating
- 74
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Single Organization Support
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $76,789
- Expenses
- $69,171
- Assets
- $107,250
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
11 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- DELANO DOMINO BOULWARE (PRESIDENT)
- JACQUELINE BOULWARE (VICE PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- URICA FLOYD (DIRECTOR)
- SHERRI HAZEL (DIRECTOR)
- GERARD DASH (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
To teach young people of all ages and economic circumstances, the skills of tennis competition, to use the power of the game to build character, support, & educational achivement, & to reduce juvenile issues that lead to delinquency & other social ills.
What it reported doing in 2025
Dd&j junior tennis foundation hosted year-round tennis, education, and youth development programming for children and youth in the columbia, South Carolina community. Program services included saturday morning tennis clinics, summer tennis camps, introductory tennis courses, junior team tennis opportunities, and after-school or community-based enrichment programs.these programs provided youth with consistent access to tennis instruction, physical fitness, sportsmanship, teamwork, character development, mentorship, and supportive learning experiences in a structured and positive environment. Programming also helped participants build confidence, discipline, leadership skills, and healthy habits through tennis and educational activities.across all programs, the organization served more than 300 youth during 2025, providing access to tennis, mentorship, educational support, and positive youth development opportunities.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 63% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Direct operator. The filing allocates 98% 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
SUPPORTED - 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: 55
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 54
- Growth: 80
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 53.3%; rating input score 53
- Program expense ratio: 59.1%; rating input score 59
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: 9.9%; rating input score 60; 60th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.55; rating input score 59; 59th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 49.3%; rating input score 3; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 38.1% per year; rating input score 100; 89th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 3.3% per year; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -3.1% per year; rating input score 0; 28th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 53.3% of revenue deployed · 59.1% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 2 filed program accomplishments · $41K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 11 people listed
- Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 3 filing years from 2023 to 2025
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
- Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
- 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.
- Review — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 53/100.
- Review — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 59/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 59/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 3/100.