Friends of Deep Eddy Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
030453788
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2010–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Austin, TX, USA
Phone
5124613649
Rating
40
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Public Foundations

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$16,694
Expenses
$1,712
Assets
$90,528
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

6 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Paul Bardagjy (President)
  • Chris Flores (Vice President)

People named in this filing

  • Paul Bardagjy (President)
  • Chris Flores (Vice President)
  • Blake Tollett (Secretary)

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

Friends of Deep Eddy ("FODE") a 50(c)(3) charitable organization comprised of swimmers and community members committed to help maintain and improve the unique character of Deep Eddy Pool and adjacent Eilers Park. We collaborate with and support the Aquatics Division of the City of Austin Parks and Recreation Department, which owns, operates and controls the facilities.

What it reported doing in 2025

During fiscal year 2025, FODE cleaned up pool grounds, and completed landscaping projects. Continue working with the City of Austin on water quality issues typical of managing a spring fed public pool. Also working with the City of Austin on new lane lines, and parking issues. FODE is expanding to include adjacent Eilers Park as part of FODE responsibilities through a "Vision" committee to help navigate the many changes to the Austin landscape, and the vicinity near Deep Eddy Pool.

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 and revenue comfortably covers expenses. 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: 82
  • Sustainability: 84
  • Growth: 60

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: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 89.7%; rating input score 98; 98th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 52.88; rating input score 98; 98th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0.1%; rating input score 12; 12th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -11.6% per year; rating input score 0; 26th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 1.2% per year; rating input score 100; 54th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 6% per year; rating input score 100; 60th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 0% of revenue deployed · 0% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 6 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 1 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 16 filing years from 2010 to 2025
  • 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: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 12/100.