National Deaf Basketball Organization Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 800315675
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2025–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2024
- Location
- Holyoke, MA, USA
- Phone
- 4133878954
- Rating
- 85
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $61,774
- Expenses
- $60,961
- Assets
- $26,094
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
5 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Dino Lomanto (Vice President)
People named in this filing
- Rachel Brafford (Treasurer)
- Ivan Jarama (Secretary)
- Dino Lomanto (Vice President)
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 Deaf Basketball Organization, Inc. nonprofit corporation organized and operated exclusively for charitable and educational purposes. During tax year 2023, the NDBO organized and administered Deaf basketball tournaments involving 52 participating teams from across the United States. Activities included coordination of game schedules, referee assignments, venue arrangements, and award ceremonies. The organization's mission is to promote athletic excellence, sportsmanship, and community among Deaf and hard-of-hearing athletes of all ages. No part of net earnings inures to the benefit of any private shareholder or individual. Program activities were open to all Deaf and hard-of-hearing individuals regardless of age, skill level, or economic background. The organization also coordinated travel arrangements, hotel accommodations, and meal provisions for out-of-state participating teams. Volunteers from the Deaf community contributed hundreds of hours to support tournament operat
What it reported doing in 2025
The National Deaf Basketball Organization, Inc. (NDBO) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit corporation organized and operated exclusively for charitable and educational purposes. During tax year 2023, the NDBO organized and administered Deaf basketball tournaments involving 52 participating teams from across the United States. Activities included coordination of game schedules, referee assignments, venue arrangements, and award ceremonies. The organization's mission is to promote athletic excellence, sportsmanship, and community among Deaf and hard-of-hearing athletes of all ages. No part of net earnings inures to the benefit of any private shareholder or individual. Program activities were open to all Deaf and hard-of-hearing individuals regardless of age, skill level, or economic background. The organization coordinated travel arrangements, accommodations, and event logistics for out-of-state participating teams. Volunteers from the Deaf community contributed significant hours to support tourna
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Earned-program. 68% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
- Distribution model
- Direct operator. The filing allocates 90% 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
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 99
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 45
- Growth: NotEnoughData
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 98.7%; rating input score 99
- Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 1.3%; rating input score 47; 47th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.43; rating input score 29; 29th 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: 98.7% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $61K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
- Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
- Schedules: 1 filed schedules
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- 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.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 47/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 29/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.