Rampage Softball Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
832602039
IRS 990 coverage
2018–2023
Forms available
Form 990 2023
Location
Rockaway, NJ, USA
Phone
9739832445
Rating
82
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Baseball, Softball

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$140,478
Expenses
$152,153
Assets
$50,173
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2023. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

3 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • DEREK LEE (President)
  • KEITH FELIX (Vice President)

People named in this filing

  • DEREK LEE (President)
  • KEITH FELIX (Vice President)
  • RONALD H SCHERR CPA (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. Selected filing: tax year 2023. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

STATEMENT OF ACTIVITIES & OPERATIONSRampage Softball, Inc., is a youth softball association where the sole purpose of the organization is the development of youth softball players from the ages of 4 - 18. The organization draws players primarily from Rockaway Township in northern New Jersey. However, players can join our organization from any neighboring community in New Jersey.The primary function of the organization is to provide players and the teams they play on with all the equipment, framework, and instruction necessary to learn and play the game. That includes, but is not limited to all of the following:"Fields & Field Maintenance"Training & Instruction"Umpires"Equipment"Insurance & Safety"Licensing and Registration"UniformsFunding for our program comes from three sources - 1) A registration fee that is charged to the parents of every player who registers to play in our program and 2) Fund Raising and 3) annual contributions of funds from Rockaway Township. All of our funding go

What it reported doing in 2023

STATEMENT OF ACTIVITIES & OPERATIONSRampage Softball, Inc., is a youth softball association where the sole purpose of the organization is the development of youth softball players from the ages of 4 - 18. The organization draws players primarily from Rockaway Township in northern New Jersey. However, players can join our organization from any neighboring community in New Jersey.The primary function of the organization is to provide players and the teams they play on with all the equipment, framework, and instruction necessary to learn and play the game. That includes, but is not limited to all of the following:"Fields & Field Maintenance"Training & Instruction"Umpires"Equipment"Insurance & Safety"Licensing and Registration"UniformsFunding for our program comes from three sources - 1) A registration fee that is charged to the parents of every player who registers to play in our program and 2) Fund Raising and 3) annual contributions of funds from Rockaway Township. All of our funding goes into the cost of providing a youth softball program for the children in our community. Rampage Softball is a club program and is played in the spring, summer and fall. Practices and some games are played on municipal and board of education fields. The remaining games are played at fields from other travel programs and at tournaments. The Board consists of officers (President, Vice-President, Treasurer, and Secretary) and trustees that meet monthly to discuss and operate the program. Meetings are typically conducted in Municipal Buildings or at a trustee's office. All of our Board members are volunteers, as well as our team managers. We do on occasion hire instructors to attend practices or training sessions. Our softball organization provides a valuable community service while providing children an opportunity to learn and play the game of softball.

Operating model

Revenue model
Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
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

STRONG - 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 some filed totals do not add up.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 88
  • Transparency & Controls: 90
  • Accountability: 64
  • Sustainability: 35
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 97.4%; rating input score 97
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 1 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 14
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Fail
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -8.3%; rating input score 26; 26th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.33; rating input score 17; 17th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 81; 81st percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 22.4% per year; rating input score 100; 85th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 25% per year; rating input score 100; 90th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 12.7% per year; rating input score 100; 72nd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 97.4% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 3 of 3 board members independent · 1 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $148K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
  • Consistency: 13 of 14 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 6 filing years from 2018 to 2023
  • 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 — Accountability: Governance controls: 5 of 6 not reported.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 26/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 17/100.