Harrisons Playmakers
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 880827702
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2023–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990 2025, Form 990-EZ 2022
- Location
- Elkhorn, NE, USA
- Phone
- 4026187144
- Rating
- 69
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Youth Development Programs
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $181,389
- Expenses
- $176,616
- Assets
- $279,383
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
6 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- TAMMIE PHILLIPS (Vice President)
- HARRISON PHILLIPS (President)
- SHAE SPADY PHILLIPS (Vice President)
Highest reported compensation
- DEBORAH CAVERS (Secretary): $14,000 total reported compensation
- DELANIE PHILLIPS (ASST. TREASURER): $6,000 total reported compensation
- PAUL PHILLIPS (Treasurer): $575 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
The mission of harrison's playmakers is to engage in activities exclusively for charitable or educational purposes within the meaning of internal revenue code section 501(c)(3), as amended. The mission of harrison's playmakers includes the following objectives: (a) to assist developmentally disadvantaged, special needs, and at-risk individuals in the community; (b) to teach at-risk and special needs youth the skills and provide the resources needed to become leaders in the community and to act responsibly in society as the youth develop into adulthood; (c) to promote the social welfare and education; (d) to lessen and relieve the burdens of government by providing services that would otherwise be provided by federal, state, or local government; and (e) to make distributions to other community organizations that share our goals of making a positive impact in our community.
What it reported doing in 2025
Harrison's playmakers held the buffalo free sports day camp at highmark stadium in buffalo, New York on june 21, 2025. This camp offered attendees opportunities to participate in numerous sports and recreational activities allowing them to experience being part of a team, find courage, make friends, and increase their physical fitness. There were 410 attendees, including 233 individuals who are at-risk or have developmental differences from the ages of 5 to 33, and 177 parents or guardians. There were 10 fitness and sports stations for the camp participants, and 110 volunteers present to help make the camp a success. The pay-it-forward recipient of assistance from our organization for this camp was awesome paws rescue. There were also several smaller events held in the buffalo area to promote the organization mission.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Direct operator. The filing allocates 96% 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 most voting board members are independent. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 58
- Transparency & Controls: 81
- Accountability: 72
- Sustainability: 47
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 64.6%; rating input score 65
- Program expense ratio: 66.3%; rating input score 66
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 90%; rating input score 90; 10th 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; 64th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 3 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 33
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Fail
- Document-retention policy: Fail
- CEO compensation review process: Fail
- Other executive compensation review process: Fail
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Missing
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 2.6%; rating input score 42; 42nd percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.58; rating input score 53; 53rd percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 77; 77th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 12%; rating input score 25; 25th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 14.3% per year; rating input score 100; 76th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 14.6% per year; rating input score 100; 80th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 26% per year; rating input score 100; 88th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 64.6% of revenue deployed · 66.3% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 6 of 6 board members independent · 3 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 28 filed program accomplishments · $117K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $14K · 6 people listed
- Consistency: 20 of 20 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- Filing history: 3 filing years from 2023 to 2025
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 5 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: 5 of 8 not reported.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 42/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 53/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 25/100.