National Association of Black Scuba Divers
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 521807802
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2022–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2021
- Location
- Washington, DC, USA
- Phone
- 4047028123
- Rating
- 66
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Recreational l Clubs
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $102,787
- Expenses
- $70,724
- Assets
- $100,360
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
6 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Anthony Ford (President)
- Lora Routt (Vice President)
People named in this filing
- Anthony Ford (President)
- Lora Routt (Vice President)
- Jennifer Jones (Recording Secretary)
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 National Association of Black Scuba Divers is dedicated to providing training and support to youth that may be economically unable to train and certify as a new generation of divers. We recognize the need to establish an educational scholarship component of scuba to assist with youth that desire education and a career in Marine Science, Plant Biology, or Plant Zoology as it pertains to life beneath the seas.
What it reported doing in 2025
Aqua Corps Safety: We strive to be the "2nd buddy" to our NABS members, to lend assistance in order to ensure the safe diving of the group and individuals. In order to prevent possible incidents, we will be proactive in offering advice and we will speak on the side of caution if we witness a situation that may not be the best diving practice. Training: the NABS Aqua Corps has always offered training for any NABS member that has a desire to increase their knowledge and/or skill levels in the sport of scuba diving. We have Aqua Corps members involved in just about every diving specialty. The wealth of knowledge and depth of experience that exists within the Aqua Corps is a testament to our dedication and professionalism. Education: "A good diver is always learning". We are certified dive professionals and are here to assist NABS members in achieving their educational goals. Promoting continuing education is an objective of the Aqua Corps, it benefits the NABS organization by making us better divers. This objective is pursued not only at the annual summits but also throughout the year. Members of the Aqua Corps are located all around the country and should be contacted if they can be of assistance to you and your club in reaching educational goals. Professionalism: As the diving professionals of the organization, the bar is set high, and the NABS membership expects and receives the best that our talent has to offer. We work hard to remain current with trends in the dive industry and in diver education. Without this type of dedication, we would not be able to effectively fill the leadership roles in the organization.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Earned-program. 66% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
- 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 - A large share of total spending goes to programs and the filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and program spending has declined or grown slowly.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 63
- Transparency & Controls: 74
- Sustainability: 75
- Growth: 20
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 53.5%; rating input score 54
- Program expense ratio: 77.8%; rating input score 78
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 90%; rating input score 90; 1st percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 31.2%; rating input score 82; 82nd percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.42; rating input score 70; 70th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 74; 74th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: -20.5% per year; rating input score 0; 10th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -0.1% per year; rating input score 0; 18th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 20.6% per year; rating input score 100; 78th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 53.5% of revenue deployed · 77.8% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 4 filed program accomplishments · $55K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 6 people listed
- Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- Filing history: 2 filing years from 2022 to 2025
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
- 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 — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 54/100.
- High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.