Road 2 Recovery Foundation

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
860996104
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
San Diego, CA, USA
Phone
8588834142
Rating
85
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Nerve, Muscle and Bone Diseases

Reported finances

Revenue
$784,270
Expenses
$939,964
Assets
$1,750,126
Liabilities
$31,700

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

Leadership & pay

12 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • JIMMY BUTTON (PRESIDENT/CO-FOUNDER)
  • GARY MARTINI (VICE PRESIDENT)

Highest reported compensation

  • ANITA BUTTON (SECRETARY/CFO/OPERATIONS DIRECTOR): $90,000 total reported compensation
  • JIMMY BUTTON (PRESIDENT/CO-FOUNDER): $33,333 total reported compensation
  • MIKE YOUNG (DIRECTOR): $12,000 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Provide financial assistance to ama licensed professional motorcross and supercross riders, as well as other professional action sport athletes, in the event that they sustain career ending injuries. In addition, the foundation is dedicated to providing emotional and spiritual support to the riders and their families.

What it reported doing in 2024

The road 2 recovery foundation r2r was founded to help ama licensed professional motocross/supercross and action sport athletes with financial assistance if they sustain debilitating injuries as well as providing motivational, emotional, and spiritual support to these individuals and their families. R2r is dedicated to ensuring that every dollar donated to an athletes fund goes a far as possible. One of our main goals is to build an endowment large enough to completely provide for lifelong expenses of a qualified athlete if they are unable to generate revenue again. R2r strives for this goal with the help of everyone in the motocross and action sports community. R2r is here to make our sports a better, safer place. In 2024, r2r provided funding support to 26 athletes and families, purchased three scooters, nine wheelchairs, two shower chairs, one set of hand controls, and other items. We provided living expenses, medical bills paid, therapy, medication, 4,594 to a group home, 6,381 for alpinestars medical mobile unit trackside x-ray machine.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 94% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 49% for direct work, and 51% for grants.
  • Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 87
  • Transparency & Controls: 94
  • Accountability: 76
  • Sustainability: 33
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 81.1%; rating input score 81
  • Fundraising efficiency: $11.83 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 43; 43rd percentile among comparable filings

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: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 75%; rating input score 75; 16th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 7 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 78
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: Pass
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -19.9%; rating input score 9; 9th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.86; rating input score 62; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.02; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 14.4%; rating input score 24; 24th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 5.8% per year; rating input score 100; 46th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 5.9% per year; rating input score 100; 49th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 10.5% per year; rating input score 100; 60th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 81.1% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 9 of 12 board members independent · 7 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $762K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $90K · 12 people listed
  • Consistency: 35 of 35 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 8 filed schedules · includes major donors and grants
  • Filing history: 14 filing years from 2010 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 3 filed money-flow records
  • 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 — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 43/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 9/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Independent financial-statement audit not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 24/100.