Lubbock Game Changers
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 994639097
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2025–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2025
- Location
- Wolfforth, TX, USA
- Phone
- 2147639433
- Rating
- 44
- Verdict
- MIXED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Community Recreational Centers
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $37,383
- Expenses
- $3,216
- Assets
- $34,167
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
9 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Rhett Butler MD MS (President)
People named in this filing
- Rhett Butler MD MS (President)
- Nicole Butler CPA (Director of Development)
- Natasha Campbell (VP of Volleyball Programs & Athlete Engagement)
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 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Lubbock Game Changers exists to expand access to youth sports, leadership development, and community enrichment opportunities for children and families in West Texas. The organization provides scholarships, athletic programming, mentorship, and community-based initiatives designed to develop character, confidence, teamwork, and leadership through sports and educational experiences. Lubbock Game Changers also works to develop and support facilities and programs that increase opportunities for youth participation, regional events, and positive economic and community impact.
What it reported doing in 2025
During 2025, Lubbock Game Changers focused on organizational development, community outreach, fundraising, and building strategic partnerships to support its mission of expanding opportunities for youth through sports, leadership, and community engagement initiatives in West Texas. Key accomplishments included: * Secured funding and donor commitments for the organization's inaugural Game Changer Scholarships, which were awarded to local student-athletes in 2026. * Conducted fundraising and sponsorship development efforts to support future youth programming, scholarships, and community initiatives. * Established relationships with local businesses, community leaders, schools, and nonprofit partners to advance the organization's long-term mission and community impact. * Began planning and development efforts for The HUB Youth Sports & Event Center, a proposed multi-sport and community facility designed to increase access to youth athletics, leadership opportunities, and regional events in West Texas. * Developed organizational infrastructure, branding, outreach materials, and public awareness efforts to support future exempt activities and charitable programming.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 62% 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
MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up and revenue comfortably covers expenses. 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: 100
- Sustainability: 88
- Growth: NotEnoughData
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; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 91.4%; rating input score 99; 99th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 10.62; rating input score 92; 92nd percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: Limited
- Revenue growth: Limited
- Asset growth: Limited
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 · 9 people listed
- Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- 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.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.