Elizabeth Youth Soccer Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
273853797
IRS 990 coverage
2011–2023
Forms available
Form 990 2023
Location
Elizabeth, NJ, USA
Phone
9737152015
Rating
80
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Human Services

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$160,382
Expenses
$194,435
Assets
$95,327
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2023. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

7 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • CARLOS BASTOS (PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • ANABELA ANTUNES (SECRETARY)
  • CARLOS BASTOS (PRESIDENT)
  • ISABEL BASTOS (TRUSTEE)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2023. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

To provide an organized soccer program for the youth of elizabeth youth soccer, inc., to promote, stimulate and expand public interest and understanding of the soccer in the greater union county area and in the state of New Jersey. The corporation specifically wishes to encourage all the individuals regardless of the sex, race, color, creed, religion, or national origin to participate in the programs, functions and activities of the corporation. In providing this program and opportunity for young people to participate in sports, the corporation shall further the public interest in youth sports and specifically soccer, and shall also help to promote positive social values, physical fitness, and combat juvenile delinquency.

What it reported doing in 2023

The purpose of the teams and the season is to play the game of soccer. The game promotes player self-esteem, teamwork, responsibility, athleticism, conditioning, self-reliance and character. Auditions: each team has a coach, an assistant coach, and sometimes a trainer. The teams select a manger, who administers the team calendar, fields, maps, uniforms, registration and club information. Practices: the teams practice two hours, two to three times per week. Practices include coaching and drills regarding strategy, foot-skills, running, defense, closing and teamwork. Tournaments: tournaments allow the teams to use the skills they have honed during practices. Teams from nj, ny, pa & ct typically enter the tournaments which typically last 2 4 days. The tournaments season runs from september through july. Regular season: the regular soccer season, is broken into fall and spring season. Fall runs from september to november. Spring runs from march to june. Each season consists of 10 scheduled games against other clubs in New Jersey, which are administered by mid-New Jersey soccer association or an equivalent league. State cups: the state cups, which are administered by the mid-New Jersey soccer association, provide the culmination of the years efforts. Teams vie for first place in their age bracket beginning in september to november for age groups u 11 to u14, april/may to june for age groups u15 to u18. Actual fund raising: the club obtains support through the solicitation of interest in youth sports, competition, soccer excellence, physical fitness, and positive social values. The funds come from relatives of participating children as well as individuals, businesses and organizations that are interested in advancing youth soccer. Contributions in the support of the clubs activities are promoted through the use of mailings, the clubs website, and word-of-mouth. Planned fund raising: the club typically will have two to three fundraising events a year. The selling of chocolates by each player member is conducted once a year. Typically there are one to two dinner events to raise funds for additional tournament costs. Upon scheduling the event, each player members as well as family members are invited to participate in such event. When family members accept to attend and participate in the event, a percentage of the revenue received from the chocolates sale and well as dinner event will be credited to an account maintained for the benefit of the club.

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. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 91
  • Transparency & Controls: 81
  • Accountability: 64
  • Sustainability: 32
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 91.7%; rating input score 92
  • Fundraising efficiency: $9.95 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 39; 39th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 90%; rating input score 90; 8th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • 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; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 1 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 14
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -21.2%; rating input score 15; 15th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.49; rating input score 24; 24th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 81; 81st percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 3.3% per year; rating input score 100; 48th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 2.9% per year; rating input score 100; 43rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 3.2% per year; rating input score 100; 40th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 91.7% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 7 of 7 board members independent · 1 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $178K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 7 people listed
  • Consistency: 16 of 17 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 12 filing years from 2011 to 2023
  • 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 — Accountability: Governance controls: 5 of 6 not reported.
  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 39/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 15/100.
  • Review — Transparency & Controls: Schedule G fundraiser detail did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 24/100.