TAJ Hoop Enterprises Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 934828367
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2025–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2024
- Location
- Bakersfield, CA, USA
- Rating
- 84
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Basketball
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $68,298
- Expenses
- $68,592
- Assets
- $0
- Liabilities
- $6
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
1 person listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Jesse Contreras (President & CEO)
People named in this filing
- Jesse Contreras (President & CEO)
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
Hoop Phene - Empowering Our Community Through Basketball: Our non-profit organization is dedicated to fostering the physical, mental, and emotional well-being of children through the transformative power of basketball. We provide supportive and inclusive environment where kids of all backgrounds can develop essential life skills, build self-confidence, and form lasting connections, both on and off the court. By promoting teamwork, leadership, and healthy competition, we aim to inspire the next generation of athletes and leaders who will positively impact their communities. Through our unwavering commitment to mentorship, education, and athletic development, we strive to instill a love for the game and a sense of belonging, creating a brighter future for our youth and our community as a whole. We are a non-profit basketball organization that focus on helping and mentoring kids often engage in a variety of activities and programs to support our mission. Here are some examples of the work
What it reported doing in 2025
Our vision is to create a community where every child, regardless of background, has the opportunity to develop essential life skills, build confidence, and form lifelong connections through transformative power of basketball. We aspire to cultivate a generation of resilient, compassionate leaders who will positively impact their communities, guided by the values of inclusivity, empowerment, and teamwork. By providing a nurturing and supportive environment, we envision a future where every child has the opportunity to thrive, both on and off the court, and where the joy of the game becomes a pathway to personal growth and community enrichment.
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
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown and expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 100
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 27
- Growth: NotEnoughData
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
- Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -0.4%; rating input score 41; 41st percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0; rating input score 3; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: Limited
- Revenue growth: Limited
- Asset growth: Limited
Details
- Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $69K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 1 people listed
- Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- 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 — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 3/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 41/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.