Panther Parents Athletic Booster Club

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
341843706
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2010–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2014
Location
Norton, OH, USA
Phone
3308257300
Rating
77
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Single Organization Support

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$54,013
Expenses
$37,987
Assets
$62,355

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

Leadership & pay

9 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • TRACY VARGO (CO-PRESIDENT)
  • ELIZABETH HARDY (CO-PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • AMY GREEN (TRUSTEE, RES)
  • JENNIFER HALLET (SECRETARY)
  • AMI HOPKINS (TREASURER)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The norton panther parent athletic booster club plays a vital role in supporting all the sports teams across middle and high school grades (7-12) within the norton city school district. Our dedicated group of parents and community members work to enhance the athletic programs by providing financial assistance, organizing events, and fostering school spirit. Our efforts ensure that student-athletes have access to the resources and opportunities they need to succeed both on and off the field. Through fundraising activities, volunteer work, and community engagement, the booster club helps create a positive and enriching environment for all sports teams, promoting teamwork, discipline, and school pride among the students.

What it reported doing in 2024

The organization provided the following items during the fiscal year to student athletes and sports groups: scholarships senior night corsages spooktacular candy spirit wear booth items gipper subscriptions for all teams to use panther head tunnel, sandbags to weigh down, cart to bring out onto the field golf hat clips laser lane light - bowling key chain giveaway step and repeat weigh benches to be re-covered softball items -multiple tees, power driver, net track items- multiple discus and shot puts and shot put/ discus carriers baseball helmets middle school top mats bowling balls golf score sheets and score card holders and tees track high jump, stand, krossbands ball markers hat clips football capes golf towels

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 89% 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. Revenue has declined or grown slowly and assets have declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 78
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 62
  • Growth: 40

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 67.6%; rating input score 68
  • Program expense ratio: 96.1%; rating input score 96

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 29.7%; rating input score 81; 81st percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.64; rating input score 60; 60th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 6% per year; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -0.5% per year; rating input score 0; 49th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -0.9% per year; rating input score 0; 35th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 67.6% of revenue deployed · 96.1% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $36K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 9 people listed
  • Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 10 filing years from 2010 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: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.