Salt - Student Athletes Leading Tomorrow

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
833558650
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2019–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024
Location
Alton, IL, USA
Phone
6189604475
Rating
96
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Amateur Sports Competitions

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$10,000
Expenses
$19,618
Assets
$273
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

  • Damian Jones (Executive Director)

People named in this filing

  • DAndrienne Jones (Associate Director)
  • Damian Jones (Executive Director)
  • Hugh Halter (Community Partner)

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

The purpose of SALT is to provide social, emotional, and physical development well being being of children predominately of under resourced communities thought sports based youth development programming.

What it reported doing in 2024

SALT conducted its annual Summer Soccer Camp for children in the Alton, IL community. The free soccer wellness program was attended by more than 40 children at 2 different sites in the city. SALT was one of only a select few organizations and cities in the country to participate in a national pilot program of the US Soccer Foundation's Soccer for Success In School Pilot Program. The program introduced fundamental soccer nutrition education principles to children ages 6 to 12 as part of a school district's PE Health Education curriculum. The SALT pilot program was conducted at 2 elementary schools in the Alton School District in the Spring, 2022 semester East, West Elementary Schools, with plans to continue expand the program in 2022. SALT began planning fundraising for the construction of a soccer futsal mini pitch in the Alton, IL community through the US Soccer Foundation's national court building initiative, Safe Places to Play, with a desired completion of the project for 2022. SALT established key collaborative partnerships with vital regional organization partners, including the following New Dimension Soccer, a STL based soccer based youth development nonprofit with over 18 years of experience serving the STL region, STL City SC MLS soccer franchise, and its CITY Futures youth soccer development program.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
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. Expenses are high relative to revenue and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 100
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 20
  • Growth: 100

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: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -96.2%; rating input score 8; 8th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.01; rating input score 6; 6th 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: 12.9% per year; rating input score 100; 76th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 5.9% per year; rating input score 100; 74th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 6.8% per year; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $20K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 5 filing years from 2019 to 2024
  • 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 — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 8/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 6/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.