Playbook For Progress

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
993653832
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2024–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024
Location
Greensboro, NC, USA
Phone
9736192683
Rating
86
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Youth Development Programs

Reported finances

Revenue
$219
Expenses
$168
Assets
$76
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

4 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Nick Allen (Campus President)

People named in this filing

  • Ellis Reid III (Co-Founder)
  • Justin Taylor (Co-Founder)
  • Nick Allen (Campus 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

Playbook for Progress is a nonprofit organization dedicated to empowering underprivileged youth through access to organized sports. By eliminating financial barriers to participation, we foster personal growth, academic achievement, leadership development, and community engagement. Our programs use sports as a tool to instill discipline, confidence, teamwork, and goal-setting, ultimately equipping youth with the skills to succeed both on and off the field.

What it reported doing in 2024

Playbook for Progress collaborated with the Aggie Run Club to launch Miles for Meals, a community-driven initiative focused on health, service, and giving. Participants pledged miles run or walked in exchange for canned food donations, encouraging physical activity while supporting a local cause. The campaign successfully collected hundreds of canned goods, which were donated to a local food bank serving families in need across Greensboro, NC. The initiative engaged students, athletes, and community members, promoting fitness, collective action, and social responsibility. This program expanded our impact beyond youth mentorship and sports access, demonstrating our commitment to addressing broader community needs.

Operating model

Revenue model
Other-operating. 100% of the money available for current operations came from other operating revenue.
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 total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 100
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 59
  • Growth: NotEnoughData

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: 23.3%; rating input score 76; 76th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.45; rating input score 28; 28th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 68; 68th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: Limited
  • Asset growth: Limited

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 4 filed program accomplishments · $549 in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 9 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 1 filed schedules
  • 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 — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 28/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.