Philadelphia Sports Writers Association

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
201979013
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2016–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024
Location
Berlin, NJ, USA
Phone
8567677730
Rating
89
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Printing, Publishing

Reported finances

Revenue
$12,570
Expenses
$8,512
Assets
$96,415

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

Leadership & pay

17 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • MICHAEL LUONGO (Past-President)
  • Dave Uram (President)
  • MIKE SHUTE (President)

People named in this filing

  • JON MARKS (BOARD)
  • Marie Wazniak (Board)
  • MICHAEL LUONGO (Past-President)

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

To promote and conserve the high standard of practice of sports journalism in the tri-state area around philadelphia (the "philadelphia district"): to sponsor and direct functions in the interest of furthering sports: to aid in the college education of worthy young men and women: to aid other worthy charities: and to place and maintain sports on a high standard in the philadelphia district and in the nation.

What it reported doing in 2024

Annual sports banquet to honor the special efforts of sports journalists & athletes & provide aid for the college education of worthy men & women in the tristate area around Phildelphia , PA.

Operating model

Revenue model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent revenue detail to tell how this nonprofit funds its work.
Distribution model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent spending detail to tell whether the nonprofit works directly or through others.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Some filed totals do not add up and revenue has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 100
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 73
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

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

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 32.3%; rating input score 83; 83rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 11.33; rating input score 93; 93rd 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: 1.6% per year; rating input score 100; 53rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -17.7% per year; rating input score 0; 16th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 2.6% per year; rating input score 100; 49th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $37K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 17 people listed
  • Consistency: 5 of 6 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 9 filing years from 2016 to 2024
  • 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.

  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Part III program expenses within total did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.