The Right Directionorg

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
453586569
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2023–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2022
Location
Bowling Green, OH, USA
Phone
4194948316
Rating
76
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Adult, Child Matching Programs

Reported finances

Revenue
$86,848
Expenses
$73,473
Assets
$82,924
Liabilities
$63

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

Leadership & pay

1 person listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • DON DIBARTOLOMEO (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

People named in this filing

  • DON DIBARTOLOMEO (EXECUTIVE 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

To empower youth through action sports

What it reported doing in 2025

Trd scholastic cycling program invites students (grades pk-12) to participate in our youth mountain biking team dedicated to getting kid involved in the sport of mountain biking. In 2025 trds scholastic cycling program worked with over 70 students providing equipment and safety instructions. This program also provides an opportunity for young students to earn community service hours through mountain bike trail maintainence.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 98% 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

SUPPORTED - 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 liabilities are high compared with assets.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 70
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 57
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 65.7%; rating input score 66
  • Program expense ratio: 77%; rating input score 77

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 15.4%; rating input score 67; 67th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.13; rating input score 51; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 31; 31st percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 7.8% per year; rating input score 100; 67th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 8.7% per year; rating input score 100; 78th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 28.7% per year; rating input score 100; 89th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 65.7% of revenue deployed · 77% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 4 filed program accomplishments · $57K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 1 people listed
  • Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 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.

  • Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 51/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 31/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.