Junior Deputy Babe Ruth Baseball Booster Club Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
710503790
IRS 990 coverage
2011–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Little Rock, AR, USA
Phone
5012276220
Rating
84
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate

Reported finances

Revenue
$689,218
Expenses
$704,779
Assets
$1,211,958
Liabilities
$751,406

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

Leadership & pay

23 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • TRAVIS FORTNER (PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • HEATHER BANKHEAD (DIRECTOR)
  • DAVID CHERRY (DIRECTOR)
  • JOE DACUS (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. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The junior deputy babe ruth baseball booster club, inc.'s primary purpose is to promote youth baseball in pulaski county, Arkansas under the sanction of babe ruth baseball, inc. During the period october 1, 2024 through september 30,2025, the organization still continued serving approximately 1,000 youth, ages four to fifteen, on approximately eighty teams in ten leagues. Each team is served by volunteer coaches seeking to promote the importance of teamwork and fair play in teaching baseball skills. It is the organization's goal not only to teach baseball skills, but also to be a positive influence on the lives of young people, giving them wholesome activities to pursue, and to likewise achieve a positive effect upon the community.

What it reported doing in 2024

Form 990, part ix, line 24, other expenses: field expense 100,788 concessions expense 88,186 program supplies 83,143 umpires expense 59,881 repairs and maintenance 21,265 dues and subscriptions 2,948 security 294 background checks 182 total 356,687

Operating model

Revenue model
Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
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

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 89
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 70
  • Sustainability: 43
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 2 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 29
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • 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: -2.3%; rating input score 30; 30th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.72; rating input score 60; 60th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.62; rating input score 12; 12th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 81; 81st percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 8.4% per year; rating input score 100; 57th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 5.9% per year; rating input score 100; 49th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 6.5% per year; rating input score 100; 45th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 23 of 23 board members independent · 2 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $705K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 23 people listed
  • Consistency: 29 of 29 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 13 filing years from 2011 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
  • 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: 4 of 6 not reported.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 30/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 12/100.