Netball America

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
261426175
IRS 990 coverage
2022–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025, Form 990-EZ 2021, Form 990-N 2008
Location
Westminster, CA, USA
Phone
7142722271
Rating
79
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Basketball

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$259,011
Expenses
$243,444
Assets
$137,880
Liabilities
$161,022

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

Leadership & pay

13 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Natasha Aisnley-Thomas (President)

People named in this filing

  • Natasha Aisnley-Thomas (President)
  • Sonya Ottaway (Director)
  • Amara Mbionwu (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

Netball America is the leading authority on Netball in the USA. We are focused on showing how Netball creates an exciting atmosphere of participation and supports individual progress, team unity, good health and education of youth, while uniting communities for positive change. Our aim is to encourage children and families to be physically active, maintain a healthy lifestyle and includes those with disabilities to ensure they feel part of their community. We are using the sport of Netball as a vehicle for social change.

What it reported doing in 2025

The My Netball Academy, Be an Inspiration, Ready Set Net & Net Together Programs are Netball America's trademarked programs that uses netball as a platform to empower youth for peace and strong futures, while increasing participation in sports, reducing obesity, reducing discrimination and increasing social emotional wellbeing. This also includes teacher and students netball education and coaching sessions. Both virtual and inperson programming were delivered. During 2025 we reached 8,000+ youth and over 10,000 physical education teachers and coaches. We are the leaders in introducing Netball into schools across the USA. We partner with a number of national and local community organizations as well as school districts. Our trademarked curriculum is delivered by qualified coaches and participants receive various print materials. Our coaches are Safe Sport certified, undergo interviews and background checks, must agree and adhere to our Child Protection Policies and receive quarterly virtual and in-person training. These programs are provided free and we rely on grants, sponsors and donors to fund these programs. Our target is underserved youth, primarily girls. Netball America is also invited to speak at numerous US and global sport and education conferences. We have also been the recipient of many US and global awards for this program, including a recipient of the President's Council on Sports, Fitness & Nutrition Community Leadership Award.

Operating model

Revenue model
Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
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.
  • Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 74
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 76
  • Sustainability: 39
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 81.9%; rating input score 82
  • Program expense ratio: 86.1%; rating input score 86
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th 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: 80%; rating input score 80; 23rd 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: 6%; rating input score 49; 49th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.57; rating input score 27; 27th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 1.17; rating input score 3; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 67; 67th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 0.6% per year; rating input score 100; 31st percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 11% per year; rating input score 100; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 23.9% per year; rating input score 100; 86th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 81.9% of revenue deployed · 86.1% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 4 of 5 board members independent · 5 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $210K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 13 people listed
  • Consistency: 39 of 39 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 4 filing years from 2022 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
  • Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
  • 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 — Accountability: Governance controls: Independent financial-statement audit not reported.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 49/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 27/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 3/100.