Derby City Dragons Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
821639681
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2024–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2023, Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2023
Location
Louisville, KY, USA
Phone
5026672891
Rating
95
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Fund Raising and/or Fund Distribution

Reported finances

Revenue
$176,814
Expenses
$183,981
Assets
$92,795
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

9 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • CLAUDIA JOHNSON (PRESIDENT)
  • CAROL CHALLAS (VICE PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • CLAUDIA JOHNSON (PRESIDENT)
  • CAROL CHALLAS (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • KRISTI THOMPSON (SECRETARY)

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 raise awareness of breast cancer in our community. To restore physical, emotional and spiritual health of survivors. To transform life challenges through encouragement and support. To commemorate those diagnosed with breast cancer who are no longer with us. To "awaken the dragon" in each of us, celebrating life, one stroke at a time.

What it reported doing in 2025

To make a difference in the fight against breast cancer through dragon boat racing and our involvement in community activities.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 92% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent spending detail to tell whether the nonprofit works directly or through others.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Some filed totals do not add up and revenue has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 100
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 37
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -4.1%; rating input score 21; 21st percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.5; rating input score 38; 38th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 74; 74th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 48.7% per year; rating input score 100; 90th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -10.9% per year; rating input score 0; 4th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 11.9% per year; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $190K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 9 people listed
  • Consistency: 7 of 8 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2024 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
  • 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 — Transparency & Controls: Part III program expenses within total did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 21/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 38/100.