Detroit Pal Fundraising Foundation

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
811513695
IRS 990 coverage
2016–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Detroit, MI, USA
Phone
3138331600
Rating confidence
Limited
Sector
Single Organization Support

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$0
Expenses
$0
Assets
$0
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

6 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • FREDERICK HUNTER (CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER)

Highest reported compensation

  • FREDERICK HUNTER (CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER): $186,785 total reported compensation
  • MONICA DEJESUS (CHIEF DEVELOPMENT OFFICER): $133,061 total reported compensation
  • GERI MANN (CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER): $129,409 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Raise funds to support the charitable mission of detroit police athletic league, inc., an organization described in section 501(c) of the code, whose mission is to build character in at-risk, low-income, disadvantaged detroit area youth through athletic and leadership programs.

What it reported doing in 2024

Detroit pal has initiated the kids at the corner campaign in an effort to expand its programs and organization into more detroit communities, to redevelop the historic tiger stadium into a safe and healthy playing field, to build a prominent, permanent headquarters and training center for detroit pal's 12,000 athletes, their families and 925 volunteers, to strengthen community neighborhoods by bridging the city's youth with dedicated public servants, to positively influence and develop a new generation of leaders for detroit, and to provide additional sustainable revenue from tournaments and special event space. Detroit pal wound down this program as of july 2023.

Operating model

Revenue model
No positive adjusted resources. The filing reports no positive adjusted operating resources.
Distribution model
No current program activity. The filing reports no program spending for the current year.

The verdict

- The available evidence is not sufficient to produce an overall rating for this filing. This is not a warning sign.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: NotEnoughData
  • Transparency & Controls: 54
  • Accountability: 77
  • Sustainability: NotEnoughData
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: Limited
  • Program expense ratio: Limited
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 90%; rating input score 90; 13th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 0 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 0
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Missing
    • Board or committee approval: Missing
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 4 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 44
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Fail
    • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: Limited
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: Limited
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: Limited

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -27.1% per year; rating input score 0; 13th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -43.1% per year; rating input score 0; 9th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -16% per year; rating input score 0; 9th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
  • Governance: 3 of 3 board members independent · 4 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment
  • Leadership: top reported pay $187K · 6 people listed · 0 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Consistency: 7 of 8 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes executive pay
  • Filing history: 9 filing years from 2016 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Related organizations: 1 filed related-organization link
  • 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 — Transparency & Controls: Pay-setting controls scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Accountability: Governance controls: 4 of 8 not reported.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Series filing activity did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.