Fantasy of Lights Basketball Tournament

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
201531286
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2009–2023
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2023
Location
Iowa Park, TX, USA
Phone
9405925395
Rating confidence
Limited
Sector
Human Services

Official website

Reported finances

Expenses
$13,111
Assets
$0

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

Leadership & pay

4 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • CARMEN LOZIPONE (PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • CARMEN LOZIPONE (PRESIDENT)
  • BRENT SPRAY (VICE PRES)
  • BRANDON BAXTER (VICE PRES)

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 2023. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Fostering youth sports competition

What it reported doing in 2023

To organize, promote and administer a basketball tournament for the five state area of Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Louisiana, and New Mexico. The goal of the tournament is to provide an opportunity for athletic competition between teams and the development of sportsmanship among the students and schools that participate in the tournament.

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
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

- The available evidence is not sufficient to produce an overall rating for this filing. This is not a warning sign.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 34
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 10
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: Limited
  • Program expense ratio: 92.4%; rating input score 92

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: Limited
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0; rating input score 13; 13th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 51; 51st percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -3.6% per year; rating input score 0; 61st percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -5.6% per year; rating input score 0; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -0.3% per year; rating input score 0; 64th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 92.4% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 2 filed program accomplishments · $12K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
  • Consistency: 2 of 2 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 15 filing years from 2009 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 — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 13/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 51/100.