Playmaker Futbol Academy
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 844796280
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2022–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024, Form 990-N 2021
- Location
- Scottsdale, AZ, USA
- Phone
- 4808180640
- Rating
- 71
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Soccer
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $775,791
- Expenses
- $638,640
- Assets
- $409,987
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
5 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- JULIEN DRAGOMIR (PRESIDENT)
Highest reported compensation
- JULIEN DRAGOMIR (PRESIDENT): $168,343 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
To create and implement an unsurpassed soccer development program using our own methodologies that involve a long-term approach to the growth and development of youth soccer players.
What it reported doing in 2024
Youth academy (ages 5-10)youth academy is where our players get introduced to a higher level of playing and a more frequent training schedule. Our focus remains on our four foundational pillars, which are; technical foundation, freedom from perfection, innovation and our club and team culture. While in the youth academy, our teams play in a competitive and structured setting, which may include Arizona soccer association leagues, various state and travel tournaments and inter-club scrimmages. The goal of the youth academy is to prepare our developing player for our playmaker academy.playmaker academy (ages 10-18)the playmaker academy is our competitive academy where our players compete in the highest state and national levels available. Training sessions may increase in frequency but remain focused on the playmaker methodologies, including technique, strategy and innovation. At the academy level we expand our training systems and include running techniques and conditioning to prepare our players for long-term success on the field. The goal of the playmaker academy is to compete at the highest level and prepare our players for their ultimate goal in soccer, which may include invitations to the mls-next program, ecnl, ga, da, etc.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Earned-program. 100% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
- 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 - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 74
- Transparency & Controls: 66
- Accountability: 68
- Sustainability: 55
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 77.4%; rating input score 77
- Program expense ratio: 94%; rating input score 94
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: 1 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 17
- Compensation committee: Missing
- Independent consultant: Missing
- Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
- Written employment contract: Missing
- Compensation survey or study: Missing
- Board or committee approval: Pass
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: Limited
- Major donor itemization: Limited
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 80%; rating input score 80; 18th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 4 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 50
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- 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: 17.7%; rating input score 73; 73rd percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.64; rating input score 30; 30th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 91; 91st percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 26.4%; rating input score 9; 9th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 53.6% per year; rating input score 100; 96th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 53.1% per year; rating input score 100; 97th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 61.2% per year; rating input score 100; 97th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 77.4% of revenue deployed · 94% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 4 of 5 board members independent · 4 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $600K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $168K · 5 people listed · 1 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
- Consistency: 24 of 24 current checks pass
- Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes executive pay
- Filing history: 3 filing years from 2022 to 2024
- 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.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 3 of 7 not reported.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 30/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 9/100.