Newtown Rock Softball Association

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
233028150
IRS 990 coverage
2019–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Newtown, PA, USA
Phone
4845579002
Rating
79
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Baseball, Softball

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$233,753
Expenses
$243,056
Assets
$12,117
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

7 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Thomas Seiple (President)

People named in this filing

  • Odysseus Marcopoulis (Director)
  • David Bodick (Director)
  • Rick Santago (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 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Our organization aims to promote the advancement of fastpitch softball for girls and young women from age 5 to 18 in Newtown, PA and the surrounding area, teaching the value of sportsmanship, teamwork, and community service through seasonal recreational programs and year-round travel teams.

What it reported doing in 2024

The Newtown Rock travel program provide The Newtown Rock travel program provides am opportunity for young women to experience during the 2024-25 season, the organization maintained teams at the 12U,14U,16U and 18U age brackets. Our teams competed in sanctioned events from the following national organizations: ASA (Amateur Softball Association), USSSA (United States Specialty Sports Association), and PGF(Premier Girls Fastpitch). During the 2024-25 season, our players competed in national tournaments in CA, CT, DE, FL, GA, IL, MD, NJ, NY, PA , T& VA. Our travel program is renowned for providing strong college recruiting opportunities and services for its players. Since 2010, the Newtown Rock travel program has produced 178 NCAA scholarship players. Our travel players are expected to give back to the Newtown community and during the 2023-24 season they contributed their time to mentor younger players in our recreational program, and participated in beautification events at Helen Randle Community Park. Our travel players and families regularly committed their time and talent to help maintain Helen Randle Park in Newtown, PA, including extensive maintenance throughout the outdoor play portion of the travel season. The travel players also provided community service through the Snow Angels Program which shovels snow from the driveways of elderly Newtown residents.

Operating model

Revenue model
Other-operating. 99% of the money available for current operations came from other operating 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 available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Program spending has declined or grown slowly and revenue has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 89
  • Transparency & Controls: 81
  • Accountability: 88
  • Sustainability: 33
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 90%; rating input score 90; 9th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd 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: -4%; rating input score 31; 31st percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.05; rating input score 4; 4th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 80; 80th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -18.4% per year; rating input score 0; 6th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -19.1% per year; rating input score 0; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -18.5% per year; rating input score 0; 3rd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 7 of 7 board members independent · 5 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $243K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 7 people listed
  • Consistency: 20 of 21 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 6 filing years from 2019 to 2024
  • 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.

  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 31/100.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 4/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Independent financial-statement audit not reported.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.