Firehawks Lacrosse Club

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
274833878
IRS 990 coverage
2011–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
San Jose, CA, USA
Phone
5807470878
Rating
76
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Racquet Sports

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$217,338
Expenses
$253,146
Assets
$67,494
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

8 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • CHAD TYLER (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
  • MICHAEL MCBRIDE (PRESIDENT)
  • MARK DITARGIANI (FORMER EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

Highest reported compensation

  • WILL CASERTANO (BOYS DIRECTOR): $40,000 total reported compensation
  • STEPH SANDERS (GIRLS DIRECTOR): $35,000 total reported compensation
  • MARK DITARGIANI (FORMER EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $27,308 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The firehawks is a youth lacrosse club dedicated to bringing the sport of lacrosse to kids on the peninsula. We are committed to helping kids learn, play and fall in love with lacrosse. The mission of the firehawks is to develop a true and lasting love and passion for the game of lacrosse. The firehawks are dedicated to developing lacrosse skills, good sportsmanship, teamwork, accountability and respect in a healthy and fun environment. The firehawks believe that winning is just a by-product of team character, individual effort and personal growth.

What it reported doing in 2024

The firehawks lacrosse club is committed to growing and developing the sport of lacrosse in the san francisco bay area by providing leagues, teams, clinics, camps and other lacrosse related activities for players of all ages. We do this primarily through our spring recreational lacrosse season with teams competing in the ncjla and other local leagues/events.we also support the growth of lacrosse throughout the united states by working with other like-minded originations and sharing our best practices with the goal of providing better lacrosse experiences for players across the country. With this in mind we work to provide opportunities for our bay area players to experience lacrosse in other regions of the country.we support international lacrosse through equipment donations, fund raising, coaches training and consulting. We create and support opportunities for bay area players to compete abroad and help develop lacrosse in other countries.we strive to use the sport of lacrosse as a means to: bring people together in a positive settingcreate shared cultural experiencesteach life lessonsdevelop self confidence in young playersdevelop fit minds and bodiesprovide a healthy, fun, safe environment for youth to experience competition

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 100% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program 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 - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and program spending has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 85
  • Transparency & Controls: 81
  • Accountability: 77
  • Sustainability: 22
  • Growth: 20

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 89.1%; rating input score 89
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 90%; rating input score 90; 9th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 4 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 44
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: Pass
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -16.5%; rating input score 16; 16th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.27; rating input score 14; 14th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 80; 80th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 48.4%; rating input score 4; 4th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -2.5% per year; rating input score 0; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -0.5% per year; rating input score 0; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 2% per year; rating input score 100; 33rd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 89.1% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 5 of 5 board members independent · 4 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $226K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $40K · 8 people listed
  • Consistency: 19 of 20 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 14 filing years from 2011 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 4 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 — Accountability: Governance controls: 4 of 8 not reported.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 16/100.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 14/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 4/100.