Sun City Tailgaters

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
823683548
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2023–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2022
Location
Fort Mill, SC, USA
Phone
7037748743
Rating
35
Verdict
REVIEW
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Recreational l Clubs

Reported finances

Revenue
$47,635
Expenses
$71,036
Assets
$59,763
Liabilities
$123

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

Leadership & pay

5 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • NANCY BABE (PRESIDENT)
  • PATRICK FITZGERALD (VICE PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • NANCY BABE (PRESIDENT)
  • PATRICK FITZGERALD (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • DEBRA PLESICH (SECRETARY)

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

Sun City Tailgaters is a social club organized for the pleasure and recreation of the residents of Sun City Carolina Lakes (SCCL) and their guests. The club members have a common interest in food preparation and service to and for the SCCL residents. The club members volunteer without pay to prepare and serve food for residents to enjoy and fellowship over food. The club hosts about 100 events a year for various subgroups within the SCCL community.

What it reported doing in 2025

In 2024 the Tailgaters Club coordinated a community-wide fundraiser after Hurricane Helene devastated the community's softball, pickleball, horseshoes, gardens, disc golf etc at the amenity Waters Edge Park in Sun City Carolina Lakes (SCCL). All funds received were from residents, to be used to assist community clubs. No resident benefitted from the funds received, only community clubs. The funds collected from residents and other clubs in our SCCL community are to restore the playing fields, equipment, functionality, and appearance to pre-Helene status. Donations were voluntary. Because our Club's mission is to benefit our community, Sun City Tailgaters were uniquely prepared to oversee the restoration project. The fundraiser brought in over $25,400, and all funds received were to be used for purchases related to restoration needed at the Waters Edge Park because of the 500-year flood the community suffered. The Tailgaters Club purchased supplies, equipment, mulch, gravel etc for the affected clubs using the funds donated by the community for the community. The Tailgaters Club did not benefit itself from this fundraiser, just the community clubs in our SCCL community.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 94% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
Distribution model
No current program activity. The filing reports no program spending for the current year.

The verdict

REVIEW - The filed numbers largely add up. 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: 0
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 28
  • Growth: 20

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 0%; rating input score 0
  • Program expense ratio: 0%; rating input score 0

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -49.1%; rating input score 12; 12th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.84; rating input score 43; 43rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 29; 29th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -150% per year; rating input score 0; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -7.8% per year; rating input score 0; 28th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 0.1% per year; rating input score 100; 39th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 0% of revenue deployed · 0% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 4 filed program accomplishments
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 1 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 3 filing years from 2023 to 2025
  • 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.

  • High — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 0/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 12/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 43/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 29/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.