Memphis Sluggers Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN: 455018191
IRS 990-EZ coverage: 2012–2013
Forms available: Form 990-EZ 2013
Location: Collierville, TN, USA
Phone: 9017517955
Rating: 79
Verdict: SUPPORTED
Rating confidence: Moderate
Sector: Baseball, Softball

Reported finances

Revenue: $2,350
Expenses: $4,471
Assets: $3

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2013. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

10 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

SEAN W BURKE (PRESIDENT)
MICHAEL WARDLOW (VICE PRESIDENT/CHAIRMAN)

People named in this filing

SEAN W BURKE (PRESIDENT)
MICHAEL WARDLOW (VICE PRESIDENT/CHAIRMAN)
REGGIE WILLIAMS (TREASURER/CHAIRMAN)

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 2013. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

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What it reported doing in 2013

Children were provided equipment and opportunity to play on a baseball team.

Operating model

Revenue model: Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model: Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% 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

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. A relatively small share of total spending goes to programs and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

Financial Efficiency: 73
Transparency & Controls: 100
Sustainability: 11
Growth: 40

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

Mission deployment rate: 89.4%; rating input score 89
Program expense ratio: 47%; rating input score 47

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: -90.3%; rating input score 7; 7th percentile among comparable filings
Total-asset coverage ratio: 0; rating input score 2; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 57; 57th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

Program expense growth: 54.5% per year; rating input score 100; 92nd percentile among comparable filings
Revenue growth: -173.2% per year; rating input score 0; 1st percentile among comparable filings
Asset growth: -199.4% per year; rating input score 0; 0th percentile among comparable filings

Details

Where the money goes: 89.4% of revenue deployed · 47% of spending went to programs
Governance: Filed governance answers
Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $2K in reported program spending
Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 10 people listed
Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
Schedules: 3 filed schedules
Filing history: 2 filing years from 2012 to 2013
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.

Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 47/100.
High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 7/100.
High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 2/100.
High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 57/100.
High — Grant Readiness: Automatic revocation: this organization had its federal tax-exempt status automatically revoked.