The First Base Foundation Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
371499235
IRS 990 coverage
2013–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025, Form 990-EZ 2010
Location
Mill Valley, CA, USA
Phone
4157102044
Rating
58
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Baseball, Softball

Reported finances

Revenue
$80,885
Expenses
$79,549
Assets
$39,492
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

6 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • NOAH JACKSON (PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • JOLIEBA BLOUNT (SECRETARY)
  • RYAN BURKE (BOARD SECRET)
  • COLIN COTTER (VICE PRESIDE)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The mission of the first base foundation is to educate and help youth not only to develop athletic skills but also to gain a level of confidence and self-esteem that they can use on and off the playing field. It is the first base foundation's goal to reach as many young men and women in the the community as possible, & have a life affirming experience regardless of ethnic background, or socio-economic status.

What it reported doing in 2025

The first base foundation and California warriors teams were founded in 2004 with the mission to provide student athletes equal opportunity to pursue higher education and play college baseball regardless of race, ethnicity, or socioeconomic background. We created the California warriors high school summer basball program as a way to develop raw talent in an inclusive and empowering environment. As a 501(c)3 non-profit organization, (e.i.n. 37-1499235) the first base foundation is a mission-driven foundation dedicated to: making travel baseball more affordable, transforming lives through positive mentorship, combating inequality by providing a healthy space for student athletes of different socioeconomic backgrounds to interact with one another.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 64% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
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

MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. A relatively small share of voting board members are independent and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 66
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 6
  • Sustainability: 45
  • Growth: 20

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 74.4%; rating input score 74
  • Program expense ratio: 75.6%; rating input score 76
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

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: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 0%; rating input score 0; 10th 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: 1.7%; rating input score 53; 53rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.5; rating input score 19; 19th 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 58; 58th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -5.9% per year; rating input score 0; 33rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -2.2% per year; rating input score 0; 49th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 7.1% per year; rating input score 100; 70th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 74.4% of revenue deployed · 75.6% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 0 of 6 board members independent · 1 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $60K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 6 people listed
  • Consistency: 17 of 17 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 13 filing years from 2013 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.

  • High — Accountability: Independent voting board scored 0/100.
  • High — Accountability: Governance controls: 5 of 6 not reported.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 19/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 53/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 58/100.