Firebirds Athletic Club Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
814885943
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2021–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Gaithersburg, MD, USA
Phone
3013461302
Rating
67
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Amateur Sports

Reported finances

Revenue
$117,840
Expenses
$113,791
Assets
$51,642
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

12 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • CORLISS CLARK (PRESIDENT EMERITUS)
  • ED ABRAMS (PRESIDENT)
  • LATONYA JOHNSON (VICE PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • EUGENE NEAL (HEAD COACH EMERITUS)
  • CORLISS CLARK (PRESIDENT EMERITUS)
  • JAYELEMN ARRIETA (HEAD COACHES)

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 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The firebirds track club is established for the purpose of providing a track and field program for interested youth betwen the ages of six and eighteen. The firebirds track club provides oversight and direction of the track program with a dedicated all volunteer staff. We strive to improve the self-confidence, character and physical performance of every child that competes in our program.

What it reported doing in 2025

Total planning, coordinating, organizing and implementing of a spring, summer, fall and winter track and field programs for boys and girls.

Operating model

Revenue model
Other-operating. 100% of the money available for current operations came from other operating revenue.
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

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and program spending has grown recently. 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: 53
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 46
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 51.8%; rating input score 52
  • Program expense ratio: 53.6%; rating input score 54

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 3.4%; rating input score 41; 41st percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.45; rating input score 35; 35th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 74; 74th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 17% per year; rating input score 100; 71st percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 11.6% per year; rating input score 100; 69th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 14.2% per year; rating input score 100; 69th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 51.8% of revenue deployed · 53.6% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $61K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 12 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 5 filing years from 2021 to 2025
  • 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.

  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 52/100.
  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 54/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 41/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 35/100.