Stride for Stride Foundation Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
832949347
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2020–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2019
Location
Brookline, MA, USA
Rating
72
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Amateur Sports

Reported finances

Revenue
$135,204
Expenses
$124,503
Assets
$17,050
Liabilities
$14,000

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

Leadership & pay

1 person listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Thomas OKeefe (Founder President)

People named in this filing

  • Thomas OKeefe (Founder President)

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

Stride for Stride is a non-profit running organization that buys race bibs for immigrant BIPOC and low-income runners - our goal is to make races more accessible and more diverse. Theres no reason why money should prevent you from getting to the starting line especially when crossing the finish line could change your life. Stride for Stride sponsors over 550 runners from 26 countries to run any race they want. In 2025 Stride for Stride launched Mental Health in Stride to provide free mental health therapy to anyone on the team who needs it. Stride for Stride has always been more than just running. Crossing the finish line gives people hope empowerment a sense of belonging and pure joy. Stride for Stride is a welcoming community for immigrants to feel safe and welcome with other individuals going through the same challenges and struggles. And now Stride for Stride gives our team the mental health support they need if and when they need it.

What it reported doing in 2025

Heart to Cart. In 2025 Stride for Stride launched Mental Health in Stride to provide free mental health therapy to anyone on the team who needs it. There are currently 25 team members who receive free mental health services from Stride for Stride.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
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 - The filed numbers largely add up and program spending has grown recently. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 53
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 31
  • Growth: 80

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 51.2%; rating input score 51
  • Program expense ratio: 55.5%; rating input score 56

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: 7.9%; rating input score 51; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.14; rating input score 15; 15th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.82; rating input score 6; 6th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 23%; rating input score 16; 16th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 6.7% per year; rating input score 100; 50th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 12.5% per year; rating input score 100; 71st percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -7.2% per year; rating input score 0; 13th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 51.2% of revenue deployed · 55.5% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $69K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 1 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 6 filing years from 2020 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • 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.

  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 51/100.
  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 56/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 15/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 51/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 6/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 16/100.