Memphis Athletic Ministries Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
621751253
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025
Location
Memphis, TN, USA
Phone
9017292931
Rating
45
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Protestant
Affiliation
Christianity

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$48,071
Expenses
$88,833
Assets
$0
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

8 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • KEVIN WINDSOR (INTERIM CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER)

People named in this filing

  • ELLIOT PERRY (DIRECTOR)
  • KIM CHERRY (DIRECTOR)
  • BRIAN MARFLAK (DIRECTOR)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Founded in 1998, memphis athletic ministries ("mam") exists to coach, grow, and lead the youth of memphis by helping them discover their identity in christ and their purpose in the community. Mam's vision is to see identity found, hope restored, and lives changed.

What it reported doing in 2025

Prior to october 2025, memphis athletic ministries, inc. Provided year-round mentoring to at-risk youth, ages 8-18, in under-resourced neighborhoods through 8 youth centers that generally serve over 700 youth daily. Mam's programs- open recreation, organized team sports, academic enrichment, financial literacy/personal financial management, life skills and spiritual training- address the physical, mental, emotional, social and spiritual development needs of the served youth. Mam, in partnership with families/schools/community organizations, implements a three step strategy to teach the youth to love god, others and themselves: 1) attract participation using organized sports2) create a nurturing environment through small mentoring groups 3) provide comprehensive programsmam's program results have been documented- 98% of active participants and 95% of participants' parents reported positive difference in the youth as a result of participating in mam's programs. Mam also partners with churches, schools and other organizations to offer community-wide sports leagues which promote community involvement and bridge geographic/cultural/socio-economic differences to 8,000+ participants (65% urban; 35% non-urban).as described in schdule o and in response to form 990, part iii, questions 3, mam transferred operations of its programs to streets ministries, inc. In october 2025 and those programs were continued by streets ministries, inc.

Operating model

Revenue model
Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
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 most voting board members are independent. 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: 86
  • Accountability: 88
  • Sustainability: 17
  • Growth: 20

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

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

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 93.3%; rating input score 93; 25th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 5 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 71
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -84.8%; rating input score 19; 19th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0; rating input score 3; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 58; 58th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -9.6% per year; rating input score 0; 28th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -4.6% per year; rating input score 0; 42nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 2.9% per year; rating input score 100; 53rd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 0% of revenue deployed · 0% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 7 of 7 board members independent · 5 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 8 people listed
  • Consistency: 18 of 19 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 16 filing years from 2010 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
  • Related organizations: 1 filed related-organization link
  • 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.
  • Staff and benefit plans: Retirement and health plans the organization files with the Department of Labor, and the people in them.

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 19/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 3/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Independent financial-statement audit not reported.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 58/100.