Soccer Forward Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 932341009
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2024–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2023
- Location
- Fayetteville, GA, USA
- Phone
- 8778295500
- Rating
- 91
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Fund Raising and Fund Distribution
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $5,724
- Expenses
- $1,704,405
- Assets
- $329,841
- Liabilities
- $2,028,522
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
10 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- JOHN BATSON (PRESIDENT, CHAIR, DIRECTOR)
People named in this filing
- JOHN BATSON (PRESIDENT, CHAIR, DIRECTOR)
- JESSICA BERMAN (DIRECTOR)
- SEAN BOYLE (DIRECTOR)
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
Soccer forward helps power u.s. Soccer's vision of soccer as a national driver of health, inclusion, and unity. By expanding access and supporting community-led programs, we're ensuring the game leaves a legacy that lasts well beyond the final whistle.
What it reported doing in 2024
The soccer forward foundation is a national initiative of the u.s. Soccer federation that uses the sport of soccer to expand access, strengthen communities, and promote health and well-being across the united states. The foundation supports community-led soccer programming by providing grants, resources, and practical tools to schools, nonprofit organizations, and local leaders, with a focus on increasing participation and reducing barriers to play, coaching, and leadership. Soccer forward also invests in capacity-building initiatives that support coaches, referees, educators, and volunteers, and develops research-informed resources to advance soccer's positive social, physical, and community impact nationwide.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 87% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Direct operator. The filing allocates 91% 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: 11
- Growth: NotEnoughData
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: -29,676.5%; rating input score 0; 0th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.19; rating input score 16; 16th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 6.15; rating input score 1; 1st percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: Limited
- Revenue growth: Limited
- Asset growth: Limited
Details
- Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $1.7M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 10 people listed
- Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- 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 — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 16/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 1/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.