East Bay Pickleball Association

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
863713619
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2024–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2023
Location
Kensington, CA, USA
Phone
5106122001
Rating
46
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Amateur Sports Competitions

Reported finances

Revenue
$85,171
Expenses
$110,485
Assets
$49,653

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

Leadership & pay

8 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Darlene Drapkin (President)
  • Cathy Taruskin (Vice President)

People named in this filing

  • Darlene Drapkin (President)
  • Cathy Taruskin (Vice President)
  • Tiger Whittemore (Treasurer)

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

The East Bay Pickleball Association is a diverse and inclusive community group of hundreds of individuals who play and enjoy pickleball and seek to grow our wonderful sport here in the East San Francisco Bay Area. Our fund raising provides programs and community resources including the creation and maintenance of locations to play pickleball such as: Oakland: Bushrod ParkAlbany: Ocean View ParkBerkeley: Cedar Rose ParkEl Cerrito: Castro ParkRichmond: Booker T Anderson Park

What it reported doing in 2024

Summer Camp Achieve CoachingCamp Achieve is a program that uses trained and certified staff to deliver an extensive 8-week summer program to help curb summer learning loss. Academic support focuses on literacy and STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics), while physical activity is offered with a focus on fun and healthy fitness.The East Bay Pickleball Association set up temporary pickleball courts, supplied the students with paddles and balls and provided experienced pickleball coaches to offer introductory lessons in playing pickleball. These were well received.The camp was offered at four sites including the Booker T. Anderson, Nevin, Parchester Village and Shields Reid community centers. All camp sites were located near public housing in Richmonds highest-need neighborhoods.

Operating model

Revenue model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent revenue detail to tell how this nonprofit funds its work.
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

MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up. 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: 9
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 23
  • Growth: NotEnoughData

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 10.1%; rating input score 10
  • Program expense ratio: 7.8%; rating input score 8

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: -29.7%; rating input score 18; 18th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.45; rating input score 28; 28th 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: Limited
  • Revenue growth: Limited
  • Asset growth: Limited

Details

  • Where the money goes: 10.1% of revenue deployed · 7.8% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 2 filed program accomplishments · $9K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 8 people listed
  • Consistency: 6 of 7 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • 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.

  • High — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 10/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 8/100.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Part III transfer expenses within program total did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 18/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 28/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.