El Grupo Youth Cycling
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 800252901
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2012–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024, Form 990-N 2011
- Location
- Tucson, AZ, USA
- Phone
- 5204296138
- Rating
- 73
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Amateur Sports
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $448,904
- Expenses
- $443,773
- Assets
- $879,857
- Liabilities
- $372,403
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
8 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- DENISE AQUINO (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
Highest reported compensation
- DENISE AQUINO (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $85,899 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Our mission is to empower youth through bicycles.
What it reported doing in 2024
El grupo youth cycling is a youth development organization that empowers youth through bicycling. We provide afterschool and weekend programs to 140 kids, 7-18 years of age from all over tucson at our downtown clubhouse and at manzo elementary school. Of those 140+ in our programs, 27% have free or reduced program fee based on household financials. We also provide services to over 500+ unduplicated youth through outreach programs and community events annually. We also provide 3 weeks of summer bike camp, the first three weeks of june, serving up to 50 different children each week ages 6-13. In 2022, we were recognized as bike club of the year by the league of american bicyclists for being an organization that exemplifies a welcoming space for new cyclists, promotes advocacy and safe riding, as well as grows the sport of cycling. We walk a razors edge of being both community focused and driven and competing on the state and national stage in bicycle races. We strike a balance between teaching youth integrity, leadership, and the importance of a diverse community, while also training some of the best athletes in the us. This well-rounded approach to youth development makes us unique, and far more than a traditional sports team.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
- 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.
- Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.
The verdict
SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 60
- Transparency & Controls: 92
- Accountability: 74
- Sustainability: 41
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 64.5%; rating input score 65
- Program expense ratio: 63.9%; rating input score 64
- Fundraising efficiency: $6.24 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 27; 27th percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: Limited
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: Limited
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 3 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 38
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Fail
- Document-retention policy: Fail
- CEO compensation review process: Fail
- Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Missing
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 1.1%; rating input score 42; 42nd percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.98; rating input score 59; 59th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.42; rating input score 12; 12th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 19.4%; rating input score 20; 20th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 6.4% per year; rating input score 100; 59th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 9.2% per year; rating input score 100; 70th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 19.7% per year; rating input score 100; 84th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 64.5% of revenue deployed · 63.9% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 7 of 7 board members independent · 3 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $284K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $86K · 8 people listed
- Consistency: 29 of 29 current checks pass
- Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors
- Filing history: 13 filing years from 2012 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
- 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 — Accountability: Governance controls: 4 of 7 not reported.
- High — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 27/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 42/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 59/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 12/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 20/100.