Lvqba-Las Vegas Quiz Bowl Alliance

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
993130848
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2025–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Las Vegas, NV, USA
Phone
3305181642
Rating confidence
Limited
Sector
Alliance/Advocacy Organizations

Reported finances

Revenue
$3,750
Expenses
$2,684
Assets
$3,750
Liabilities
$2,684

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

3 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Justin Sharp (President)

People named in this filing

  • Justin Sharp (President)
  • Matt Albert (Secretary)
  • Paul Villaluz (Treasurer)

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

The LVQBA--Las Vegas Quiz Bowl Alliance LVQBA organizes academic quiz competitions tailored for middle and high school students in the Las Vegas area. These events provide a platform for students to showcase their knowledge and critical thinking skills in a fun and competitive environment fostering intellectual growth and teamwork among participants.

What it reported doing in 2025

The LVQBA-- Las Vegas Quiz Bowl Alliance LVQBA is dedicated to providing engaging academic quiz competitions for middle and high school students in the Las Vegas area. These competitions are divided into high school and middle school divisions with each division featuring three major events: a regular season a conference tournament and a state tournament. The participation in these events is robust with a total of 28 teams from 11 schools joining the regular season and conference tournaments in 2025. This collective effort involved approximately 112 students who showcased their knowledge and skills in a competitive and enriching environment. The pinnacle of the quiz bowl season is the state tournament where 29 teams from 12 schools competed engaging around 116 students in the ultimate test of their academic prowess and teamwork. The LVQBAs commitment to fostering academic excellence and sportsmanship through these quiz competitions is evident in the enthusiastic participation and dedication shown by the students and schools involved.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent spending detail to tell whether the nonprofit works directly or through others.

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: NotEnoughData
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 61
  • Growth: NotEnoughData

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: Limited
  • Program expense ratio: Limited

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 28.4%; rating input score 79; 79th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.4; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.72; rating input score 6; 6th 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: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
  • 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
  • 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.

  • Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 56/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 6/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.