Steak Club Foundation

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN: 831104706
IRS 990-EZ coverage: 2020–2025
Forms available: Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2019
Location: Shaker Hts, OH, USA
Rating: 80
Verdict: STRONG
Rating confidence: Moderate
Sector: Fund Raising and Fund Distribution

Reported finances

Revenue: $34,617
Expenses: $49,868
Assets: $12,832
Liabilities: $0

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

10 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

Nolan James (President)

People named in this filing

Michael Baker (Treasurer)
Tyler FInkler (Director)
John Banks (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 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The Steak Club Foundation focuses on strengthening the connection between Northeast Ohio professionals companies and local charitable organizations. Our mission is accomplished through fundraising events that allow members to foster relationships with one another.

What it reported doing in 2025

We operated a food pantry in Cleveland Heights

Operating model

Revenue model: Other-operating. 73% of the money available for current operations came from other operating revenue.
Distribution model: Direct operator. The filing allocates 95% 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 program spending has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

Financial Efficiency: 89
Transparency & Controls: 82
Sustainability: 27
Growth: 20

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
Program expense ratio: 71.1%; rating input score 71

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

Operating margin: -44.1%; rating input score 13; 13th percentile among comparable filings
Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.26; rating input score 21; 21st percentile among comparable filings
Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

Program expense growth: -10.7% per year; rating input score 0; 27th percentile among comparable filings
Revenue growth: -4.6% per year; rating input score 0; 35th percentile among comparable filings
Asset growth: 16.4% per year; rating input score 100; 80th percentile among comparable filings

Details

Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 71.1% of spending went to programs
Governance: Filed governance answers
Accomplishments: 2 filed program accomplishments · $35K in reported program spending
Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 10 people listed
Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
Schedules: 3 filed schedules
Filing history: 4 filing years from 2020 to 2025
Contacts: How to reach this organization
Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
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 13/100.
High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 21/100.
Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.