Sports Science Institute of the South

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
455606586
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2017–2018
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2018, Form 990-N 2016
Location
Birmingham, AL, USA
Phone
2053297527
Rating confidence
Limited
Sector
Interdisciplinary Research

Reported finances

Expenses
$74,595
Assets
$8
Liabilities
$10,034

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2018. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

1 person listed

People named in this filing

  • DR LAWRENCE LEMAK (CHAIRMAN)

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 2018. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Provides research, support and extension of education for sports related injuries, the treatment of such injuries and extending graduate medical education.

What it reported doing in 2018

Sports sciences research of the south oversaw the research of treatment options for minimal traumatic brain injuries (mtbi) and begun it's first implementation to a properietary treatment protocol for such injuries.

Operating model

Revenue model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent revenue detail to tell how this nonprofit funds its work.
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: 31
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 14
  • Growth: 40

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: Limited
  • Program expense ratio: 83.2%; rating input score 83

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: Limited
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0; rating input score 27; 27th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 1,254.25; rating input score 1; 1st percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 51; 51st percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 129.6% per year; rating input score 100; 96th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: Limited
  • Asset growth: -200% per year; rating input score 0; 3rd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 83.2% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $62K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 1 people listed
  • Consistency: 5 of 5 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2017 to 2018
  • 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.

Grant-readiness screening is separate from the live rating, not a measure of program quality. Review the source records before making a grant decision.

  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 27/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 1/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 51/100.
  • High — Grant Readiness: Automatic revocation: this organization had its federal tax-exempt status automatically revoked.