Northern California Volleyball Association

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
770138713
IRS 990 coverage
2009–2023
Forms available
Form 990 2023
Location
Santa Rosa, CA, USA
Phone
4155507582
Rating
73
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$7,977,785
Expenses
$8,515,579
Assets
$5,232,648
Liabilities
$2,424,756

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2023. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

7 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • DONNA R DONAGHY (CEO)

Highest reported compensation

  • DONNA R DONAGHY (CEO): $193,510 total reported compensation
  • THOMAS E DONAGHY (COO): $146,928 total reported compensation
  • KYLIE WOODRUFF (CAO): $93,967 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2023. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

To create a diverse and varied system of competition and develop education and training programs for all players and participants. The ncva will create non-discriminatory entry-level playing opportunities that will create reciprocal relationships for inter-regional, national, intra-regional, and international competition.

What it reported doing in 2023

Founded in 1982, the ncva is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization recognized as the regional volleyball association (rva) for all northern California and northern Nevada. Ncva is one of 40 rvas under USA volleyball (usav), the non-profit organization recognized by the united states olympic committee (usoc) and the federation international de volleyball (fivb) as the national governing body (ngb) for the disciplines of beach volleyball, indoor volleyball, and sitting volleyball in the united states. Ncva has 20,221 registered members, 1,500 teams, and 200 clubs throughout the region. With the boys' programming running from september through january, girls' programming running january through may, and beach volleyball running from june through august, ncva is one of the most active of the 40 usav regions. With significant growth over it's 42 years, ncva has become the fourth largest region of usav offering many levels of league and multi-day tournament options, including the well-known power league, far western national qualified/bid tournament, and golden state qualifier. These high-level events award bids to the usav national championships, the pinnacle of play in the united states for junior athletes. Regardless of age, background, or skill level, ncva offers a variety of opportunities for every athlete to play volleyball, both in our region and throughout the united states.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 88% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program 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. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 80
  • Transparency & Controls: 66
  • Accountability: 75
  • Sustainability: 24
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 93.5%; rating input score 93
  • Program expense ratio: 86%; rating input score 86
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 1 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 17
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Missing
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 80%; rating input score 80; 14th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 6 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 67
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • 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: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -6.7%; rating input score 19; 19th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.61; rating input score 22; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.46; rating input score 24; 24th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 5.1%; rating input score 51; 51st percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 4.2% per year; rating input score 100; 37th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 5.4% per year; rating input score 100; 46th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 13.7% per year; rating input score 100; 70th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 93.5% of revenue deployed · 86% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 4 of 5 board members independent · 6 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $7.3M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $194K · 7 people listed · 1 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Consistency: 28 of 28 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes executive pay
  • Filing history: 13 filing years from 2009 to 2023
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 3 filed money-flow records
  • 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: 3 of 9 not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 19/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 22/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 24/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 51/100.