The Washington Commanders Charitable Foundation Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 541982366
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2011–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Ashburn, VA, USA
- Phone
- 7037267000
- Rating
- 77
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Remedial Reading, Reading Encouragement
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $29,686
- Expenses
- $760,770
- Assets
- $175,513
- Liabilities
- $886,296
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
2 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Jason Wright (President)
- Valerie Biberaj (VP, Community Relations & Executive Director,)
Highest reported compensation
- Valerie Biberaj (VP, Community Relations & Executive Director,): $115,236 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
The mission of the Washington commanders charitable foundation is to make a positive and measurable impact in the lives of children in our community. The Washington commanders charitable foundation, inc. (the "foundation") was incorporated in the state of Delaware. The Washington commanders charitable foundation is ever-present in the community, constantly working to achieve our mission to make a positive and measurable impact in the lives of children that need it most.
What it reported doing in 2024
Live well: educate kids on how to live well by eating right and, encourage all young fans to be active for at least 60 minutes a, day. Included in this focus area are the following sub-programs: redskins fit program, play 60 program, salute to play 60, fuel up to play 60, playground builds, good sports equipment donations.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent spending detail to tell whether the nonprofit works directly or through others.
- Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.
The verdict
SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. The filing does not identify recipients for some grant dollars and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 89
- Transparency & Controls: 80
- Accountability: 84
- Sustainability: 6
- Growth: 0
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
- Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 88.2%; rating input score 88; 7th percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: Limited
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: 51.9%; rating input score 52; 45th percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 5 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 62
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Fail
- Document-retention policy: Fail
- CEO compensation review process: Pass
- Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Missing
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -2,462.7%; rating input score 3; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.23; rating input score 11; 11th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 5.05; rating input score 1; 1st percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 15.1%; rating input score 14; 14th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: -6.2% per year; rating input score 0; 35th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -6% per year; rating input score 0; 41st percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -6.8% per year; rating input score 0; 17th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 1 of 1 board members independent · 5 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $804K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $115K · 2 people listed
- Consistency: 29 of 31 current checks pass · 2 findings to review
- Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes major donors and grants
- Filing history: 14 filing years from 2011 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 5 filed money-flow records
- Related organizations: 4 filed related-organization links
- 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 — Transparency & Controls: Grant itemization coverage scored 52/100.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 7 not reported.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 3/100.
- High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 11/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 1/100.
- Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Series program expenses within total did not reconcile in the filed values.
- Review — Transparency & Controls: Domestic grant itemization did not reconcile in the filed values.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 14/100.