La Liga Del Barrio

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
384005924
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2018–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024
Location
Philadelphia, PA, USA
Phone
2158508057
Rating
37
Verdict
REVIEW
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Basketball

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$76,602
Expenses
$144,957
Assets
$25,182
Liabilities
$95,882

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

Leadership & pay

6 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • RAYMOND ALVAREZ (DIRECTOR, PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • RAYMOND ALVAREZ (DIRECTOR, PRESIDENT)
  • ESTHER ALVAREZ (JUNIOR COMMISSIONER)
  • JARANDALEE ADORNO (JUNIOR COMMISSIONER)

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 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

La liga del barrio provides athletic and educational opportunities for latino and minority youth in philadelphia through organized sports programs, primarily basketball. The league promotes physical fitness, teamwork, and academic achievement for boys and girls ages 618, and also engages young adults ages 1935 through its alumni league. In partnership with the jr. Nba, liga offers structured competition, mentoring, and community engagement that foster personal and educational development.

What it reported doing in 2024

Youth basketball scrimmages for 300 boy and girl players between the ages of 6 to 18 years. Youths are placed on teams.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 75% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
No current program activity. The filing reports no program spending for the current year.

The verdict

REVIEW - The filed numbers largely add up and revenue 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: 0
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 15
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 0%; rating input score 0
  • Program expense ratio: 0%; rating input score 0

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -89.2%; rating input score 8; 8th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.17; rating input score 15; 15th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 3.81; rating input score 2; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -62.6% per year; rating input score 0; 6th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 16% per year; rating input score 100; 87th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 17.3% per year; rating input score 100; 83rd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 0% of revenue deployed · 0% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 6 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 7 filing years from 2018 to 2024
  • 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 — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 0/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 8/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 15/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 2/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.