Today's Champions

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
830838371
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2019–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2018
Location
Noblesville, IN, USA
Phone
3172813600
Rating
49
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Autism

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$8,000
Expenses
$10,448
Assets
$28,542
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

9 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • BEN HODGIN (PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • DIANA CLAUSON (DIRECTOR)
  • ABBEY BOWEN (DIRECTOR)
  • BETH GEHLHAUSEN (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 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Dedicated to empowering the lives of those with autism.

What it reported doing in 2024

For today's champions, it's important that every kid can be a kid, that every fan can enjoy the game, that having fun is always an option, and that nothing gets in the way not even a disability. Bw's backpack program provides sensory backpacks that include helpful objects that aid in relaxation and stress relief for individuals with autism. Today's champions' goal is to partner with businesses involved in the sports and entertainment industries to provide sensory backpacks to individuals in social settings. These items de-escalate mood and sooth senses eyes, ears, nose, mouth, and touch so that an individual with autism can enjoy the event, just like everyone else.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 100% of its reported program spending out as grants.

The verdict

MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 11
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 44
  • Growth: 20

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 11.6%; rating input score 12
  • Program expense ratio: 8.9%; rating input score 9

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -30.6%; rating input score 18; 18th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.73; rating input score 72; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 68; 68th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -37.1% per year; rating input score 0; 11th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -23.5% per year; rating input score 0; 13th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 13.1% per year; rating input score 100; 78th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 11.6% of revenue deployed · 8.9% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 2 filed program accomplishments · $929 in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 9 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 5 filing years from 2019 to 2024
  • 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 — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 12/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 9/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 18/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.