Ray United FC

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
465381488
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2021–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2017
Location
San Clemente, CA, USA
Phone
4436707158
Rating
90
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Youth Development Programs

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$191,388
Expenses
$193,069
Assets
$957

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

Leadership & pay

14 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Ray Walter Wipfli (President)

People named in this filing

  • Ray Walter Wipfli (President)
  • Ralph Wipfli (Secretary)
  • Heather Lynn Wipfli (Director of Finance and Programs)

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

We believe that when given the opportunity, all youth can succeed and thrive. We use sports and the arts to promote healthy behaviors and help develop concentration, communication, teamwork, creativity, compassion, empathy and leadership in young people. We emphasize positive role modeling, interactivity, and fun in all of our activities. Our programming currently includes public health and drowning prevention camps, a youth public health ambassadors program, service learning trips, impactful community-led research, and more. All our programs are inspired by respect, benefit, sustainability, and joy.

What it reported doing in 2024

Project Elimu: Since 2022, EIA has been supporting Project Elimu's efforts to support menstrual hygiene in Kibera. Most recently, EIA has partnered with Project Elimu to launch the Kibera Young Women Ambassador Program. The program identified 30 young mothers between 18-22 in Kibera to participate in a year long public health awareness and research program. In 2024 we worked with Actress Diane Farr to raise awareness and distributed over 1,000 pairs of menstrual underwear to girls and young women in Kibera

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 100% of its reported program spending out as grants.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 89
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 22
  • Growth: 80

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 89.3%; rating input score 89
  • Program expense ratio: 88.5%; rating input score 89

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: -0.9%; rating input score 30; 30th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0; rating input score 3; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 40.4% per year; rating input score 100; 89th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 42.8% per year; rating input score 100; 94th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -50.9% per year; rating input score 0; 2nd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 89.3% of revenue deployed · 88.5% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 4 filed program accomplishments · $171K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 14 people listed
  • Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 4 filing years from 2021 to 2024
  • 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 — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 30/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 3/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.