Life Sports

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
814450084
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2020–2022
Forms available
Form 990 2019, Form 990-EZ 2022, Form 990-N 2016
Location
Fort Mill, SC, USA
Phone
7049712300
Rating confidence
Limited
Sector
Youth Development Programs

Reported finances

Revenue
$0
Expenses
$287
Assets
$1,359
Liabilities
$64,499

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2022. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

3 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • RICARDO ELIAS (PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • RICARDO ELIAS (PRESIDENT)
  • MARK BRODSKY (TREASURER)
  • JOHN COMLY (SECRETARY)

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 2022. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

A program that combines sports, mentorship, and academics to empower young men to achieve and inspire them to become leaders in their communities.

What it reported doing in 2022

Life sports is a nonprofit organization built to empower young adults to become leaders in their communities. The organization combines sports, mentorship, and academics to develop future leaders committed to academic excellence, healthy decision-making, and the advancement of their communities.

Operating model

Revenue model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent revenue detail to tell how this nonprofit funds its work.
Distribution model
No current program activity. The filing reports no program spending for the current year.

The verdict

- The available evidence is not sufficient to produce an overall rating for this filing. This is not a warning sign.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 0
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 30
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

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

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: Limited
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 4.74; rating input score 81; 81st percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 47.46; rating input score 0; 0th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -100% per year; rating input score 0; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -28.1% per year; rating input score 0; 12th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -28.3% per year; rating input score 0; 7th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 0% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
  • Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2020 to 2022
  • 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.

Grant-readiness screening is separate from the live rating, not a measure of program quality. Review the source records before making a grant decision.

  • High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.
  • High — Grant Readiness: Automatic revocation: this organization had its federal tax-exempt status automatically revoked.