Little League Baseball Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
521287355
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2009–2012
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2012
Location
Hurley, NY, USA
Rating
82
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Baseball, Softball

Reported finances

Revenue
$17,134
Expenses
$19,154
Assets
$31,249

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2012. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

13 people listed

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2012. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Operate a little league program with the sanction and a franchise from the little league baseball, inc. Of williamsport, Pennsylvania.

What it reported doing in 2012

To implement firmly in the boys and girls of the community the ideas of good sportsmenship, honesty, loyalty, courage and reverance, so that they may grow to be finer, stronger and healthier boys and girls and grow to be good, clean law abiding citizens.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 68% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 89% 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. Expenses are high relative to revenue and program spending has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 94
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 31
  • Growth: 20

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 98.2%; rating input score 98
  • Program expense ratio: 87.9%; rating input score 88

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -11.8%; rating input score 28; 28th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.63; rating input score 62; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: Limited

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -6.5% per year; rating input score 0; 41st percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -14% per year; rating input score 0; 31st percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 2.7% per year; rating input score 100; 55th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 98.2% of revenue deployed · 87.9% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $17K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 13 people listed
  • Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 3 filing years from 2009 to 2012
  • 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 — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 28/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.