Nextgen Athletes Beyond the Season

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
393281784
IRS 990 coverage
2025–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025
Location
Buffalo Grove, IL, USA
Phone
8478839700
Rating
50
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Youth Development N.E.C.

Reported finances

Revenue
$208,007
Expenses
$17,414
Assets
$190,593
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

3 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • ADAM BERNSTEIN (PRESIDENT/DIRECTOR)
  • JONATHAN BERNSTEIN (VICE PRESIDENT/SECRETARY/DIRECTOR)

People named in this filing

  • ADAM BERNSTEIN (PRESIDENT/DIRECTOR)
  • JONATHAN BERNSTEIN (VICE PRESIDENT/SECRETARY/DIRECTOR)
  • SCOTT HIRSCH (TREASURER/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

To conduct charitable and educational activities and promote amateur sports.

What it reported doing in 2025

Nextgen athletes promotes youth character development, youth athletic education, and amateur sports by enabling at-risk youth amateur athletes to receive specialized training in amateur sports and mentorship. Nextgen athletes will provide grants to at-risk youth amateur athletes, aged 14-22, to obtain specialized training, training services, sport-specific instruction from high-quality coaches and weight training.applications for grants will be reviewed by a grant selection committee composed of a majority of members who are independent and recipients of scholarships will be selected by the board of directors of nextgen athletes. Additionally, during the amateur student athletes' participation in their instruction program, nextgen athletes will pair each student athlete with a mentor to develop a healthy, positive relationship, encourage the student athlete in their amateur sport and training, and monitor progress in training and instruction. Nextgen athletes's initial focus will be on amateur grappling sports, but nextgen athletes plans to expand to other amateur sports over time. Amateur athlete status must be maintained for participation in nextgen athletes' programs.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
No current program activity. The filing reports no program spending for the current year.

The verdict

MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up and most voting board members are independent. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 7
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 76
  • Sustainability: 90
  • Growth: NotEnoughData

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 0%; rating input score 0
  • Program expense ratio: 0%; rating input score 0
  • Fundraising efficiency: $25.61 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 61; 61st percentile among comparable filings

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: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 3 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 43
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • 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: 91.6%; rating input score 99; 99th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 10.94; rating input score 90; 90th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 77; 77th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 67; 67th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: Limited
  • Asset growth: Limited

Details

  • Where the money goes: 0% of revenue deployed · 0% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 3 of 3 board members independent · 3 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
  • Consistency: 12 of 12 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • 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 — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 0/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Accountability: Governance controls: 3 of 6 not reported.