Needham Youth Track Club Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
474272337
IRS 990 coverage
2015–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025
Location
Needham, MA, USA
Phone
7814494954
Rating
62
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Amateur Sports

Reported finances

Revenue
$415,860
Expenses
$335,805
Assets
$592,207
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

8 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • JOHN HRONES (PRESIDENT)

Highest reported compensation

  • JOHN HRONES (PRESIDENT): $48,930 total reported compensation
  • HELEN NUGENT (TREASURER): $10,860 total reported compensation
  • ALICE RAPKIN (DIRECTOR/PRO): $5,471 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

The organization was formed to support the growth of track and field across needham and metro west (boston) area by providing safe and fun running and field event experiences for about 1,700 children aged 5-14 with a goal of creating a lifelong interest in running. The club strives to foster an inclusive environment across all ability levels to build self- confidence, emphasize learning and self-discovery, promote a healthy lifestyle, and reward achievement. Nytc offers seasonal progams and competitions. We provide children's programs during the spring, summer, fall and winter spanning cross country, indoor track, outdoor track, and road racing. We teach and promote a wide spectrum of track and field including sprinting, distance running, hurdling, jumping and throwing events. Nytc aims to discover enthusiastic young adults of strong character to whom we will provide ongoing leadership developoment. The goal of this effort is to invest in the next generation and strenghthen our bond wi

What it reported doing in 2025

The organization was formed to provide education and training for children in the sport of track and field; to build self-confidence, team work, good sporstmanship, and a sense of fair play; to provide opportunities for participation for children of all ability levels including those with physical, mental or emotional challenges. The organization has summer, winter and spring track programs with 1,790 children participating and ages ranging from 3 1/2 to 14 years.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 96% 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

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and program spending has grown recently. The filing does not identify recipients for some grant dollars and a relatively small share of voting board members are independent.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 59
  • Transparency & Controls: 66
  • Accountability: 52
  • Sustainability: 61
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 60.2%; rating input score 60
  • Program expense ratio: 77%; rating input score 77
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 90%; rating input score 90; 10th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 30.1%; rating input score 30; 42nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 50%; rating input score 50; 19th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 5 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 56
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Fail
    • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 19.3%; rating input score 70; 70th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.76; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 77; 77th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 20.9%; rating input score 18; 18th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 12.1% per year; rating input score 100; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 12.5% per year; rating input score 100; 75th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 18.2% per year; rating input score 100; 80th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 60.2% of revenue deployed · 77% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 4 of 8 board members independent · 5 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $258K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $49K · 8 people listed
  • Consistency: 19 of 20 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules · includes grants
  • Filing history: 10 filing years from 2015 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 4 filed money-flow records
  • 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.

  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Grant itemization coverage scored 30/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Independent voting board scored 50/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 3 of 8 not reported.
  • Review — Transparency & Controls: Domestic grant itemization did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 56/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 18/100.