Homerun Hopefuls Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 205269160
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2021–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2025
- Location
- New York, NY, USA
- Phone
- 2125950829
- Rating
- 58
- Verdict
- MIXED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Support N.E.C.
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $39,557
- Expenses
- $45,471
- Assets
- $551
- Liabilities
- $2,750
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
6 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Stephen Brand (President, Director)
- Luis E Ducasse (Vice President, Director)
People named in this filing
- Brett M Kalikow (Chairman, Director)
- Stephen Brand (President, Director)
- Luis E Ducasse (Vice President, 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 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Homerun Hopefuls, Inc. is a not-for-profit corporation that collects both new and used baseball equipment in the United States and distributes the gear to impoverished children in the Dominican Republic. During August 2025, representatives of Homerun Hopefuls, Inc. visited various locations in the Dominican Republic and distributed equipment to more than 30 leagues. Over 300 underprivileged children benefited from the distributions which were made in 2025.
What it reported doing in 2025
Leagues that received donations from Homerun Hopefuls in 2025 include: Janico, Lasos de Esperanza, Batey Chicharrón, Fuerza Aérea, Rafael Martínez, Peralta, Fundación Fyre, Club Lava Pies, Villa Fundación, De Aza, Club Villano, Unión de Ligas Cristo Rey, Liga Kelvin Aria, Liga Deportiva Juan Freddy, Estrella de Betemit, Liga Los Terreno, Liga Mellero Soy, Club Víctor Burgo, Liga Tito Valoy, Liga Carmona, Liga Víctor Aria, Mirex, Ligas de Moca, Liga Sandi (Gualey), Liga Deportiva Félix, Las Matas de Santa Cruz, Fundación Kike, Fundación María Rosenda, Sonia Sánchez, Evaristo Pérez, Club Los Prados, Ligas del Mirador Sur, Liga Estrella de David, Liga de Banica, Los Delfines, Liga Carlos Pimentel, Ligas de Guanuma, and Liga Montaña de Azua.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 100% of its reported program spending out as grants.
The verdict
MIXED - 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: 41
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 21
- Growth: 80
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 43.4%; rating input score 43
- Program expense ratio: 37.8%; rating input score 38
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -15%; rating input score 25; 25th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.01; rating input score 7; 7th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 4.99; rating input score 1; 1st percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 20.4% per year; rating input score 100; 81st percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 25.9% per year; rating input score 100; 92nd percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -25.6% per year; rating input score 0; 8th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 43.4% of revenue deployed · 37.8% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $17K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 6 people listed
- Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 5 filing years from 2021 to 2025
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 2 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 — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 43/100.
- Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 38/100.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 25/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 7/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 1/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.