Tuscaloosa Sports and Tourism
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 204440080
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2010–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990 2022, Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-T 2020, Form 990-N 2016
- Location
- Tuscaloosa, AL, USA
- Phone
- 2053919200
- Rating
- 80
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Amateur Sports Competitions
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $96,119
- Expenses
- $57,916
- Assets
- $43,277
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
8 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- KELSEY RUSH (PRESIDENT AN)
People named in this filing
- KELSEY RUSH (PRESIDENT AN)
- JOHN MAXWELL MAX KARRH JR (BOARD CHAIR)
- TOBY WILSON (BOARD VICE-C)
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 enhance visitation and tourism to the city of tuscaloosa and the west Alabama area through sporting and other events.
What it reported doing in 2025
Hosting of events to enhance visitation and tourism to the city of tuscaloosa and the west Alabama area.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 100% 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
STRONG - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of total spending goes to programs. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and program spending has declined or grown slowly.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 74
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 59
- Growth: 0
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 59.2%; rating input score 59
- Program expense ratio: 98.2%; rating input score 98
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 39.7%; rating input score 86; 86th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.75; rating input score 40; 40th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: -6.3% per year; rating input score 0; 33rd percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -7.7% per year; rating input score 0; 28th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -4.6% per year; rating input score 0; 25th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 59.2% of revenue deployed · 98.2% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $57K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 8 people listed
- Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 6 filing years from 2010 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 — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 59/100.
- High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 40/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.