E-sports Collegiate Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
833901380
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2021–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2020
Location
Cleveland, OH, USA
Phone
2165664622
Rating
85
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Amateur Sports

Reported finances

Revenue
$130,000
Expenses
$135,049
Assets
$172,892
Liabilities
$15,938

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

Leadership & pay

15 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • MICHAEL VURAICH (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
  • DR GREGORY P CRAWFORD (PRESIDENT, MIAMI UNIVERSITY)
  • DR TODD DIACON (PRESIDENT, KENT STATE UNIVERSITY)
  • DR LISA C FREEMAN (PRESIDENT, NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY)
  • DR LORI STEWARD GONZALEZ (PRESIDENT, OHIO UNIVERSITY)
  • MR GEOFFREY MEARNS JD (PRESIDENT, BALL STATE UNIVERSITY)

People named in this filing

  • MICHAEL VURAICH (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
  • KYLE KLEIN (DEPUTY DIRECTOR)
  • DR JON STEINBRECHER (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 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

This organization is a college league comprised of students participating in electronic gaming activities with detailed rules and procedures for play and eligibility consisting of university members with teams. The organization's goal is to foster national amateur sports competition. The organization will be arranging tournaments and competitions among teams that are fielded by each of the member universities. This organization operates exclusively for the promotion of the common good and general welfare of the college communities and the net earnings are devoted exclusively to charitable, educational, or recreational purposes.

What it reported doing in 2024

National amateur sports competition

Operating model

Revenue model
Membership-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from membership dues.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% 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

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Revenue has declined or grown slowly and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 94
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 36
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 94.6%; rating input score 95
  • Program expense ratio: 91.1%; rating input score 91

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -3.9%; rating input score 24; 24th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.28; rating input score 67; 67th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.09; rating input score 25; 25th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 12.6%; rating input score 20; 20th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 23.1% per year; rating input score 100; 79th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -2.1% per year; rating input score 0; 14th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 12.9% per year; rating input score 100; 69th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 94.6% of revenue deployed · 91.1% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $123K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 15 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 1 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 4 filing years from 2021 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
  • 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 — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 24/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 20/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 25/100.