E E Smith Alumni Sports Hall of Fame Incorporated
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 923656696
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2023–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2023
- Location
- Fayetteville, NC, USA
- Rating
- 87
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Alumni Associations
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $55,500
- Expenses
- $42,874
- Assets
- $19,794
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
11 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Gene McLean (President)
- John Brown (First Vice President)
- Charles Breece (2nd Vice President)
People named in this filing
- Gene McLean (President)
- John Brown (First Vice President)
- Charles Breece (2nd Vice President)
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 organization operates for charitable purposes by preserving the rich tradition of athletic success at E.E. Smith High School Fayetteville North Carolina recognizing the athletic successes of the school and in conducting annual Hall of Fame induction ceremonies honoring and recognizing the athletes teams coaches and supporters who have made significant contributions to the schools tradition of athletic excellence.The corporation also supports the high school by making financial contributions to school administrators to support their educational programs and provides an annual scholarship to graduating high school seniors for tuition and other expenses in college.
What it reported doing in 2025
On May 25 2025 the nonprofit corporation conducted its sports hall of fame banquet ceremony. Ten former athletes one coach and one contributor were inducted into the E.E. Smith Alumni Sports Hall of Fame. Four hundred fifty 450 members of the community attended the annual Hall of Fame induction ceremony. The work performed in organizing and implementing the selection process is charitable work performed to benefit the community. In addition the organization performs an annual sports HOF banquet for the community which furthers the organizations exempt purposes.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
- 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: 98
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 50
- Growth: 60
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 97.4%; rating input score 97
- Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 22.7%; rating input score 74; 74th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.46; rating input score 30; 30th 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: 0.9% per year; rating input score 100; 50th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -3.8% per year; rating input score 0; 37th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 76.3% per year; rating input score 100; 97th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 97.4% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $54K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 11 people listed
- Consistency: 5 of 6 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- Filing history: 3 filing years from 2023 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 — Transparency & Controls: Part III program expenses within total did not reconcile in the filed values.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 30/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.