Pittsburgh Chess Club

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
251495073
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2014–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Rating
80
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Recreation& Sports N.E.C.

Reported finances

Revenue
$35,990
Expenses
$37,479
Assets
$13,272
Liabilities
$489

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

Leadership & pay

9 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • JOSHUA ARABIA (PRESIDENT)
  • PATRICK BARRON (VICE PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • JOSHUA ARABIA (PRESIDENT)
  • PATRICK BARRON (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • ERIC SMOLYAR (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 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Teaching and promoting chess

What it reported doing in 2025

Providing a community space for chess play and education and additional public outreach events at other locations in our area of operation

Operating model

Revenue model
Membership-supported. 72% of the money available for current operations came from membership dues.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 96% 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

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Program spending has declined or grown slowly and revenue has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 92
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 33
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 94.4%; rating input score 94
  • Program expense ratio: 89.8%; rating input score 90

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -4.1%; rating input score 35; 35th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.35; rating input score 25; 25th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.04; rating input score 19; 19th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -3.4% per year; rating input score 0; 39th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -3.2% per year; rating input score 0; 38th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -8.5% per year; rating input score 0; 19th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 94.4% of revenue deployed · 89.8% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $34K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 9 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 11 filing years from 2014 to 2025
  • 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 — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 35/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 25/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 19/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.