The Sportsmen's Tennis & Enrichment Center Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
237037183
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Dorchester, MA, USA
Phone
6172889092
Rating
68
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate

Reported finances

Revenue
$6,896,856
Expenses
$4,645,976
Assets
$14,465,957
Liabilities
$392,081

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

27 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • CLINTONA WILEY (CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER)

Highest reported compensation

  • CLINTONA WILEY (CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER): $221,755 total reported compensation
  • MARTON BALLA (DIRECTOR OF TENNIS): $174,412 total reported compensation
  • MARCIA CUNNIFF (PROF. TENNIS INSTRUCTOR): $136,554 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

To build leaders on the court, in the classroom, and in the community by providing academic, wellness, and social development programs alongside recreational and competitive tennis instruction for youth and adults. Sportsmen's tennis and enrichment center (stec) is committed to improving life opportunities for youth in boston's blue hill corridor while welcoming a diverse community from the greater boston area.

What it reported doing in 2024

The learning center: the learning center (tlc) offers after-school academic instruction and homework support for elementary, middle, and high school students. All academic and enrichment programs are paired with tennis. Students in grades k-12 are supported in the successful completion of their academic journey. The programs that support their success include a comprehensive after-school program, operating monday-friday from 2:30-6:00pm with a focus on literacy and math skill development, as well as enrichment activities that support their social emotional health and wellness. We partner with local elementary and middle schools to provide intensive support to a cohort of 36 students who attend our academic after-school program each week. Our students also participate in 3-4 hours of tennis instruction weekly. Stec provides scholarships to in-need recipients. For over 10 years, we have participated in the summer learning project co-managed by boston public schools and boston after school & beyond. This full-day integrated learning experience aims to prevent summer slippage and shares the common goal of academic progress in math and language arts, and improvement in the act skills. We offer a 8 week summer camp academic enrichment program which includes structured reading time in addition to daily academic enrichment activities to address the skills drop-off that occurs when students are not actively engaged in literacy and math. Tennis instruction is also combined with swimming, soccer, golf, arts and crafts, and field trips.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 62% 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 - The filed numbers largely add up and most voting board members are independent. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 50
  • Transparency & Controls: 71
  • Accountability: 91
  • Sustainability: 73
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 43.9%; rating input score 44
  • Program expense ratio: 63.7%; rating input score 64
  • Fundraising efficiency: $10.32 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 39; 39th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 94.1%; rating input score 94; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 2 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 33
    • Compensation committee: Pass
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Missing
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 7 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 78
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 32.6%; rating input score 86; 86th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 3.11; rating input score 75; 75th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.03; rating input score 77; 77th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 16.8%; rating input score 16; 16th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 8.9% per year; rating input score 100; 60th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 11.7% per year; rating input score 100; 74th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 18.9% per year; rating input score 100; 82nd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 43.9% of revenue deployed · 63.7% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 22 of 22 board members independent · 7 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $3M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $222K · 27 people listed · 2 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 5 contractors listed · $5.7M reported
  • Consistency: 37 of 37 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors and executive pay
  • Filing history: 14 filing years from 2010 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 7 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
  • 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.
  • Staff and benefit plans: Retirement and health plans the organization files with the Department of Labor, and the people in them.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 44/100.
  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 39/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 9 not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 16/100.