Hwma Np

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
923880445
IRS 990 coverage
2024–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2023
Location
Fairfax, VA, USA
Phone
5714559071
Rating
70
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Amateur Sports

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$267,558
Expenses
$209,029
Assets
$59,779
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

3 people listed

People named in this filing

  • SABRINA M ADLESON (DIRECTOR)
  • JO MARIE DUKE (DIRECTOR)
  • CHARLES MCDOWELL (EXECUTIVE DI)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

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

Overview

Mission

To help individuals of all ages use martial arts as a lens to bring out the best version of themselves through the physical, mental, and emotional master of our arts. And using these skills as a way for those in need to master themselves with a goal of using their newfound strength of mind and body to help the communities around them. As a non-profit, we want to keep costs low as well and make sure that individuals can receive top level training and care at an affordable price.

What it reported doing in 2024

Summer martial arts camp: for elementary and middle school ages children. Helping them develop a can do attitude, discipline, self confidence, and courage to overcome obstacles and face challenges, and how to be a great partner to others to contribute to their community's ability to grow. After school martial arts camp: for elementary school aged children. Helping develop discipline, self confidence, physical and emotional control, as well as providing a safe location for students to study and work on their academic endeavors. Evening martial arts training classes: for all ages 4 and above, including adults. Helping with self defense, physical and emotional control and self mastery to help those who attend develop a mentality of facing and overcoming challenges and failures while helping with their health, fitness, and self control. Leadership team: a program for those who wish to become leaders in their community, this program helps with how to interact with others, teach and instruct skills, both physical and verbal, as well as soft skills such as greetings, etiquettes, even hygiene so that possible future leaders can have their best foot forward when they are given the opportunity to lead others. Competition team: a program specifically for athletes who wish to push themselves to their very best, this program is part of team USA and is designed to help individuals of all ages really work towards their potential. How to compete at the highest levels, lose with grace, win with humility and always value those across from the ring with sportsmanship and respect. Scholarship / patronship program: this program allows donors and patrons to help fund scholarships for students and athletes who otherwise could not afford it.

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 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 - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 62
  • Transparency & Controls: 90
  • Accountability: 64
  • Sustainability: 58
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 63.3%; rating input score 63
  • Program expense ratio: 81%; rating input score 81
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th 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: 1 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 14
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 21.9%; rating input score 76; 76th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.29; rating input score 15; 15th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 80; 80th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: 190.9% per year; rating input score 100; 100th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 191.8% per year; rating input score 100; 100th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 63.3% of revenue deployed · 81% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 3 of 3 board members independent · 1 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $169K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
  • Consistency: 18 of 18 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • 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.

  • High — Accountability: Governance controls: 5 of 6 not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 15/100.