Israel Baseball Americas Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
934302808
IRS 990 coverage
2024–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025, Form 990-N 2023
Location
Lutherville, MD, USA
Phone
4436293501
Rating
67
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Baseball, Softball
Affiliation
Judaism

Reported finances

Revenue
$1,082,034
Expenses
$1,106,967
Assets
$61,720
Liabilities
$93,215

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

Leadership & pay

8 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • NATE FISH (CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER)

Highest reported compensation

  • NATE FISH (CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER): $133,500 total reported compensation
  • ADAM GLADSTONE (CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER): $121,500 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

To operate as a non-profit organization in the united states, in partnership with the israel association of baseball, an israeli non-profit organization focused on developing and promoting the game of baseball in the state of israel, in order (i) to give israeli baseball and the israel association of baseball more visibility and support in the united states and abroad, including joint fundraising activities, (ii) to provide the american jewish community a common outlet for their interest in israel baseball, and (iii) to thereby foster camaraderie, friendship and a spirit of mutual cooperation and shared cultural ethos between jewish communities within the united states and the state of israel by focusing on their common interest in and love of the game of baseball, (b) to provide support to the israel national team program, and (c) to act as community organizers to help jewish and non-jewish people in professional and amateur baseball to come together.

What it reported doing in 2025

The organization contributed to the israeli national teams and supporting organization israel association of baseball, an israeli non-profit organization focused on developing and promoting the game of baseball in the state of israel, in order (i) to give israeli baseball and the israel association of baseball more visibility and support in theunited states and abroad, including joint fundraising activities, (ii) to provide the american jewish community a common outlet for their interest in israel baseball, and (iii) to thereby foster camaraderie, friendship and a spirit of mutual cooperation and shared cultural ethos between jewish communities within the united states and the state of israel by focusing on their common interest in and love of the game of baseball, (b) to provide support to the israel national team program, and (c) to act as community organizers to help jewish and non-jewish people in professional and amateur baseball to come together.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 69% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 74% for direct work, and 26% for grants.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. The filing reports few safeguards for money sent abroad and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 65
  • Transparency & Controls: 65
  • Accountability: 82
  • Sustainability: 14
  • Growth: 80

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 64.1%; rating input score 64
  • Program expense ratio: 62.6%; rating input score 63
  • Fundraising efficiency: $49.16 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 75; 75th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: 0 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 0
    • Claims monitoring procedures: Fail
    • Requires narrative reports: Fail
    • Conducts field audits: Fail
    • May suspend future funding: Fail
    • Requires financial reports: Fail
    • Conducts site visits: Fail
    • Requires grant agreements: Fail
    • May require repayment: Fail
  • Grant itemization coverage: 50%; rating input score 50; 33rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 5 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 56
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: Pass
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Fail
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -2.3%; rating input score 24; 24th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.06; rating input score 4; 4th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 1.51; rating input score 2; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 23%; rating input score 13; 13th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 91.7% per year; rating input score 100; 98th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 105.5% per year; rating input score 100; 99th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -40.6% per year; rating input score 0; 1st percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 64.1% of revenue deployed · 62.6% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 6 of 6 board members independent · 5 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $693K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $134K · 8 people listed
  • Consistency: 27 of 27 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors and foreign activity
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2024 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.

  • High — Transparency & Controls: Foreign activity oversight: 8 of 8 not reported.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 4 of 9 not reported.
  • Review — Transparency & Controls: Grant itemization coverage scored 50/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 24/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 4/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 2/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 13/100.