Foundation for Safer Athletic Fields for Everyone
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 470839745
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2013–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2012
- Location
- Lawrence, KS, USA
- Phone
- 7858432549
- Rating
- 89
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Research Institutes and/or Public Policy Analysis
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $40,140
- Expenses
- $38,020
- Assets
- $261,341
- Liabilities
- $45,000
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
10 people listed
People named in this filing
- CHAD PRICE (CHAIR)
- MATT ANDERSON (DIRECTOR)
- CHRIS BALL (DIRECTOR)
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
To enrich communities through championing safe, sustainable sports and recreation ffields for all athletes.
What it reported doing in 2024
Safe awards scholarships to 2-year, 4-year and graduate students. In 2023, safe awarded 38,500 to students to fund conference education and research.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
- Distribution model
- Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 92% of its reported program spending out as grants.
The verdict
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and liabilities are high compared with assets.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 97
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 60
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 94.7%; rating input score 95
- 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: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 5.3%; rating input score 55; 55th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 6.87; rating input score 88; 88th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.17; rating input score 15; 15th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 5.6% per year; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 2.2% per year; rating input score 100; 61st percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 2.5% per year; rating input score 100; 48th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 94.7% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $38K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 10 people listed
- Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 11 filing years from 2013 to 2024
- 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 — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 55/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 15/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.