Fight 4 Life Fitness Boxing Minitries

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
841651197
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2010–2021
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2021
Location
Birmingham, AL, USA
Phone
2055670300
Rating
41
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Amateur Sports Competitions

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$21,420
Expenses
$30,922
Assets
$47,253
Liabilities
$4,623

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2021. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

5 people listed

People named in this filing

  • Gregory Young (Director / Head Boxing Coach)
  • Dorothy Young (Administrative Director)
  • Carolyn Bell (Board Vice- Chair /Volunteered Children Mentor)

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 2021. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Fight 4Life is a faith-based youth program provider, serving at-risk youth and of all nationalities with programs such as: Homework help, Computer Lab, which is a vital service for families without resources to own a computer with internet service. It is a must need for students to do homework and parents apply online for jobs. The use of the fitness and boxing techniques are not only used to teach health, fitness, and boxing skills; it is also used to help train youths and adults practical ways to identify and take control of anger emotions; Through the Physical Fitness and Boxing Program participants learn self-discipline, healthy ways to calm their emotions by channeling undesirable energy to positive energy by way of physical fitness; personal mentoring in group sessions or one-on-one sessions. The Boxing program has an added plus for youth desiring to use their boxing skill for State, National and Olympic Competition with the US Amateur Boxing Federation.

What it reported doing in 2021

Achievements: The Fight 4Life Ministry is devoted to providing programs that will concentrate on academic, spiritual and social growth, health and fitness; reduction of school dropouts, substance abuse, tobacco use, alcohol, and drugs among children and teens between the ages of 9 to 18 years of age. The Ministry was nominated for the 2010 Children Advocate Award and recognized its service to families and communities served by Child Care Resources on March 30, 2010. July 24, 2010, received the Dedication and Excellence Award from RT. Reverend Dr. Williams Wilson of the Southern Fellowship Ministry and Dr. Susan Winchester, F.A.C.S. of the Breast Cancer Care. In 2012 the Fight 4Life Ministry Boxing Program was recognized for it works with teens at high risk of incarceration. The program served about 5 preteens in 2016 as an alternative service to allow preteens a chance to redirect their live to positive and productive citizens in the community. From February 2016 thru December 2017 the Fight 4Life Fight and Boxing Program introduced well over 50 African American young males and 39 Latino/Hispanic males, between the ages of 12 - 19 to life without crime. This was accomplished through fitness and boxing techniques, mentoring, learning skillful ways to discipline one's temper before reacting to anger situations and through boxing competitions sanctioned by the United States Amateur Boxing Federal. 2019 graduating students receive educational study help through the homework assistant program and mentoring program. Four (4) youth through the boxing program after amateur boxing from 2009 t0 2020 are presently professional boxer. This is a great accomplishment. These young men felt there were nothing in life for them. Now they have a career in boxing, two (2) of the young men has started college and feels good about their future with a new outlook on life. Due to lack of funding the ministry could not continue to offer services and has had to closed down.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
No current program activity. The filing reports no program spending for the current year.

The verdict

MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 0
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 24
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 0%; rating input score 0
  • Program expense ratio: 0%; rating input score 0

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -44.4%; rating input score 14; 14th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.53; rating input score 50; 50th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.1; rating input score 18; 18th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 28.5%; rating input score 7; 7th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: -1.8% per year; rating input score 0; 53rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -16.2% per year; rating input score 0; 10th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 0% of revenue deployed · 0% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 12 filing years from 2010 to 2021
  • 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.

  • High — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 0/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 14/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 50/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 7/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 18/100.