Park Hill Pirates Sports Organization

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
843423624
IRS 990 coverage
2020–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025, Form 990-EZ 2023, Form 990-N 2019
Location
Denver, CO, USA
Phone
7202516208
Rating
67
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Football

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$189,661
Expenses
$210,340
Assets
$106,483
Liabilities
$5,361

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

Leadership & pay

7 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Dane Washington Sr (President)

Highest reported compensation

  • Dane Washington Sr (President): $55,000 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Park hill pirates sports organization contributes to the development of student-athletes and empowers them to reach their full potential in life, home, school and within the community

What it reported doing in 2025

The park hill pirates youth sports organization continued its mission of developing youth through athletics, mentorship, leadership development, and community engagement. Founded in 1968, the organization has served as a long-standing community anchor in northeast denver, providing affordable, high-quality sports and youth development opportunities for young people and families. Through its pirate university model, the organization integrated athletic training with social-emotional development, teamwork, accountability, wellness, and life skills development. In 2025, the park hill pirates served more than 300 student athletes across football and cheer programming, supported by a large network of volunteer coaches, mentors, and community partners. Youth participated in structured practices, competitive league play, community events, mentorship activities, wellness programming, and leadership development opportunities. The organization also provided access to mental health and wellness supports, academic encouragement, and pro-social activities that promoted positive youth development both on and off the field. The park hill pirates continued to build a culture centered on belonging, discipline, teamwork, and community responsibility. Many current coaches, volunteers, and leaders are former participants who return to support the next generation of youth. Through consistent engagement and positive relationships, the organization continued to create safe spaces, strengthen community connections, and provide youth with opportunities for long-term personal growth and success.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 72% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
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 - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 63
  • Transparency & Controls: 86
  • Accountability: 52
  • Sustainability: 21
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 68.8%; rating input score 69
  • Program expense ratio: 62%; rating input score 62
  • Fundraising efficiency: $9.22 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 35; 35th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 93.3%; rating input score 93; 27th 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: 71.4%; rating input score 71; 21st percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 2 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 25
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: Fail
    • 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: -10.9%; rating input score 18; 18th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.51; rating input score 25; 25th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.05; rating input score 27; 27th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 26.1%; rating input score 13; 13th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 24% per year; rating input score 100; 86th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 27.2% per year; rating input score 100; 91st percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 36.3% per year; rating input score 100; 92nd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 68.8% of revenue deployed · 62% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 5 of 7 board members independent · 2 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $130K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $55K · 7 people listed
  • Consistency: 23 of 24 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 3 filing years from 2020 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • 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 — Accountability: Governance controls: 5 of 7 not reported.
  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 35/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 18/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 25/100.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 13/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 27/100.