SMU Golf Foundation

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
465131991
IRS 990 coverage
2014–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Dallas, TX, USA
Phone
2147682090
Rating confidence
Limited
Sector
Nonmonetary Support N.E.C.
Affiliation
Christianity

Reported finances

Revenue
$0
Expenses
$296,174
Assets
$4,983,011
Liabilities
$6,745,153

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

Leadership & pay

4 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Brad Cheves (President)

Highest reported compensation

  • Christine Regis (VP Treasurer): $1,240,666 total reported compensation
  • Paul Ward (V.P. and Secretary): $1,204,436 total reported compensation
  • Brad Cheves (President): $1,036,788 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

Support men's and women's intercollegiate golf programs at SMU

What it reported doing in 2024

Intercollegiate golf programs at SMU

Operating model

Revenue model
No positive adjusted resources. The filing reports no positive adjusted operating resources.
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

- The available evidence is not sufficient to produce an overall rating for this filing. This is not a warning sign.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 75
  • Transparency & Controls: 64
  • Accountability: 28
  • Sustainability: 23
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

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

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 0 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 0
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Missing
    • Board or committee approval: Missing
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 0%; rating input score 0; 9th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 6 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 67
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: Fail
    • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: Limited
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 16.82; rating input score 75; 75th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 1.35; rating input score 4; 4th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 215.8%; rating input score 2; 2nd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 17.8% per year; rating input score 100; 83rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -32.9% per year; rating input score 0; 12th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 9.8% per year; rating input score 100; 79th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 0 of 1 board members independent · 6 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $296K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $1.2M · 4 people listed · 0 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Consistency: 16 of 16 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes executive pay
  • Filing history: 11 filing years from 2014 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Related organizations: 5 filed related-organization links
  • 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: Independent voting board scored 0/100.
  • High — Transparency & Controls: Pay-setting controls scored 0/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 3 of 9 not reported.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 2/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 4/100.