Stamford Youth Soccer League
Legal name: Stamford Youth Soccer League Inc C/o Politi & Magnifico Llc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 061004370
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2010–2024
- Official website data refreshed
- Sep 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2009
- Location
- Greenwich, CT, USA
- Phone
- 2034618310
- Rating
- 76
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $1,209,661
- Expenses
- $1,010,069
- Assets
- $1,379,162
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
9 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- ERIC LINASK (PRESIDENT)
Highest reported compensation
- BOB PEPI (CLUB DIRECTO): $71,500 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Provide an opportunity for youth ages 4-19 of all experience and skill levels to play soccer and teach the importance of teamwork, sportsmanship, and discipline. "Following extensive review and discussion, US Youth Soccer has decided to move to an age group player formation cycle that runs from August 1 to July 31, starting with the 2026-27 season/registration year. This change was made based on additional critical feedback, data, and expert input to better align players with their school-grade peers...we believe this shift to an August 1 player formation cycle better aligns with school calendars, supports social and individual needs, and ultimately enhances the youth soccer experience for families across the country.” __________________________________ As this relates to your child's Travel or Premier team: after tryouts, the Club directors and coac.
What it reported doing in 2024
For over 30 years the non-profit stamford youth soccer league has provided an opportunity to play soccer for youth between the ages of 4-19. Our goal is to create an atmosphere within which children of all ability levels can learn the game of soccer as well as important life skills of sportsmanship, teamwork and discipline. The level of competition ranges from "first touch" to the u-18 premier leagues. Currently, there are 3 soccer programs being run which are the house league, travel teams division and indoor league. The house league program accepts all children regardless of skill level or previous experience held during autumn and spring. Travel teams division is for players who achieve a high level of play enough to award him or her a place on a travel team held also in spring and fall. Last is the indoor league which are held during the winter months. Children from both the house and travel teams are encouraged to participate in the indoor league.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Earned-program. 96% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
- Distribution model
- Direct operator. The filing allocates 99% 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. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 72
- Transparency & Controls: 90
- Accountability: 58
- Sustainability: 66
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 74.4%; rating input score 74
- Program expense ratio: 92.4%; rating input score 92
- Fundraising efficiency: $0.89 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 3; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: Limited
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: Limited
- Major donor itemization: Limited
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 88.9%; rating input score 89; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 1 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 14
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
- Whistleblower policy: Fail
- Document-retention policy: Fail
- CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Missing
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 16.5%; rating input score 72; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.37; rating input score 53; 53rd percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 91; 91st percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 7.1%; rating input score 47; 47th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 4.8% per year; rating input score 100; 41st percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 5.9% per year; rating input score 100; 49th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 8% per year; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: 1 programs and campaigns described on the official site
- Where the money goes: 74.4% of revenue deployed · 92.4% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 8 of 9 board members independent · 1 of 7 filing controls reported
- Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $934K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $72K · 9 people listed
- Highest-paid contractors: 2 contractors listed · $561K reported
- Consistency: 21 of 21 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 15 filing years from 2010 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
- 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: Governance controls: 5 of 6 not reported.
- High — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 3/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 53/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 47/100.