Seattle Tennis & Education

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
823479495
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2020–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2019, Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2017
Location
Seattle, WA, USA
Phone
4252985619
Rating
48
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Racquet Sports

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$102,210
Expenses
$129,663
Assets
$305,557
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

11 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • COLIN PLANK (FOUNDER AND PRESIDENT EMER)
  • GEOFF HARRISON (BOARD PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • SEAN GU (BOARD TREASURER)
  • ELIZABETH FLETCHER (BOARD MEMBER)
  • MARLA AGINIAN (BOARD MEMBER)

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

Seattle tennis and education foundation inspires under-resourced kids to be active in mind and body so they gain the confidence and skills to achieve their dreams.

What it reported doing in 2024

Stef's program focuses on the essential skills needed to enjoy tennis, including fitness, strokes, scoring and strategy, with an enphasis on fun and play. In addition, our role-model mentors from the community engage stef students in themed learning units such as, creative writing, media literacy, stem, and art. Our tennis and educational after school program is year-round and takes place 3 days a week, monday, wednesday, and friday for 2 hours at mercy magnuson place and tennis center sand point for grades 2-8. Each day will feature tennis or physical activity/guided play as well as unique program modules designed to awaken curiosity, self-esteem and to deepen learning.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 91% 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

MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 10
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 36
  • Growth: 20

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 13.1%; rating input score 13
  • Program expense ratio: 5.4%; rating input score 5

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: -26.9%; rating input score 5; 5th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.36; rating input score 84; 84th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 76; 76th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 52.1%; rating input score 4; 4th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -52.9% per year; rating input score 0; 4th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -17.4% per year; rating input score 0; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 6.7% per year; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 13.1% of revenue deployed · 5.4% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $7K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 11 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 4 filing years from 2020 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
  • 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 — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 13/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 5/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 5/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 4/100.