FAIRNESS IN YOUTH SPORTS INC Dba West Hartford Little League

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
412057802
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2012–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024
Location
West Hartford, CT, USA
Phone
8608362781
Rating
94
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Baseball, Softball

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$88,996
Expenses
$107,917
Assets
$123,228

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

Leadership & pay

25 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Eric Caines (President)
  • Scott Franklin (President - Emiritus)
  • Mike Michaud (President - Emiritus)
  • Brian Lee (President - Emiritus)
  • Gary Druckinmiller (President - Emiritus)
  • Brian Coco (President - Emiritus)

People named in this filing

  • Eric Caines (President)
  • Mark Baral (Treasurer Founder)
  • Danielle Weiss (Admin)

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

Little League Baseball League

What it reported doing in 2024

Non-profit organization that provides uniforms, equipment, field supplies and maintenance, clinics, instruction and games for 471 players on 40 teams.

Operating model

Revenue model
Membership-supported. 62% of the money available for current operations came from membership dues.
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

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Some filed totals do not add up and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 100
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 26
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100

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: -21.3%; rating input score 22; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.14; rating input score 50; 50th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 17.1%; rating input score 8; 8th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 2.9% per year; rating input score 100; 57th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -3.8% per year; rating input score 0; 38th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 7.3% per year; rating input score 100; 65th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $151K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 25 people listed
  • Consistency: 5 of 6 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 13 filing years from 2012 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 3 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.

  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Part III program expenses within total did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 22/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 50/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 8/100.