Sizzle Academy
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 862823086
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2023–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2023
- Location
- Chandler, AZ, USA
- Phone
- 4808760625
- Rating
- 78
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Recreation& Sports N.E.C.
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $137,900
- Expenses
- $126,147
- Assets
- $24,645
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
6 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Drew Suggs (Co-Founder/CEO)
- Catherine Suggs (Co-Founder/CEO)
People named in this filing
- Drew Suggs (Co-Founder/CEO)
- Catherine Suggs (Co-Founder/CEO)
- Blaze Baggs (Board Chair)
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
Provide free educational and athletic programming that empowers youth to be confident and successful on and off the field by means of tailored educational, workforce development, and life skills curriculum in a safe environment.
What it reported doing in 2024
Throughout the past 12 months, Sizzle Academy has had a great impact within the community. We've built strong relationships within the CUSD community and worked closely with the Willis Junior High Community. This has allowed us to extend mentorship and guidance to our student athletes, supporting them not just within Sizzle's programs, but also during their time at Willis Junior High. Below you will and specific categories we at Sizzle feel the need to highlight from these past 12 months: * Increased Physical Activity/Health: By offering free athletic programs, Sizzle Academy encourages kids to be more active, we potentially improving their overall health. * Positive Skill Development: Our focus on educational and workforce development programs helps equip students with valuable skills beyond athletics. * Social & Emotional Growth: We provide a safe environment with teamwork- oriented activities that help foster positive social and emotional development. * Improved Cognitive Skills & Increased Academics: Educational programs that target cognitive skills, potentially leading to improved academic performance in the classroom. * Sports Skill Development: Our focus on specific sports lead to development in that sport and provide development opportunities.
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
SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown and expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 76
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 48
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 73%; rating input score 73
- Program expense ratio: 79.8%; rating input score 80
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 8.5%; rating input score 55; 55th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.2; rating input score 18; 18th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 76; 76th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 16.3% per year; rating input score 100; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 39.9% per year; rating input score 100; 94th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 62.6% per year; rating input score 100; 96th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 73% of revenue deployed · 79.8% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $101K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 6 people listed
- Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- Filing history: 2 filing years from 2023 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: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 18/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 55/100.