Uncommon Sports Group

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN: 462998866
IRS 990 coverage: 2015–2024
Forms available: Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2014
Location: St Louis Park, MN, USA
Phone: 5074383143
Rating: 89
Verdict: STRONG
Rating confidence: Moderate
Sector: Youth Development N.E.C.

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue: $2,936,297
Expenses: $3,458,169
Assets: $2,158,123
Liabilities: $419,737

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

Leadership & pay

12 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

ANDREW BOE (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

Highest reported compensation

ANDREW BOE (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $117,097 total reported compensation
ZACHARY SHELLEY (EMPLOYEE): $107,922 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 maximize the utilization of sport as a positive social agent for change on both a domestic and international level by developing christ-centered leaders of the college & pro sports industries.

What it reported doing in 2024

Usg invests in the ongoing professional and spiritual development ofthe future leaders of the sports industry by providing them access toour usg connect app in addition to helping them participate inprofessional and spiritual development experiences. Usg now hashundreds of members active on the usg connect app. Highlights of the2024 professional and spiritual development experiences usg providedinclude hosting our annual christians working in sports conference, along with helping send members to the passion conference in atlanta, men's basketball coaches convention, women's basketball coaches convention, ads 4 christ conference, nacda, daniel summit, and women's leaders in college sports conference in addition to our mission trip to kenya. This trip included 9 future leaders of the sports industry and 2 usg staff. Our kenya mission trip team was able to come alongside local leaders in helping lead leading sports camps for youth & coaches throughout the nairobi area.

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 96% 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.

Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

Financial Efficiency: 95
Transparency & Controls: 85
Accountability: 95
Sustainability: 21
Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
Program expense ratio: 92.6%; rating input score 93
Fundraising efficiency: $40.18 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 75; 75th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

Consistency checks: 87.5%; rating input score 88; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
Pay-setting controls: Limited
Foreign activity oversight: Limited
Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
Major donor itemization: Limited
Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

Independent voting board: 90.9%; rating input score 91; 21st percentile among comparable filings
Governance controls: 8 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 100
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- 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: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

Operating margin: -17.8%; rating input score 8; 8th percentile among comparable filings
Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.62; rating input score 23; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.19; rating input score 45; 45th percentile among comparable filings
Officer compensation ratio: 6.5%; rating input score 44; 44th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

Program expense growth: 23.9% per year; rating input score 100; 89th percentile among comparable filings
Revenue growth: 22.5% per year; rating input score 100; 90th percentile among comparable filings
Asset growth: 20.9% per year; rating input score 100; 85th percentile among comparable filings

Details

Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 92.6% of spending went to programs
Governance: 10 of 11 board members independent · 8 of 8 filing controls reported
Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $3.2M in reported program spending
Leadership: top reported pay $117K · 12 people listed
Consistency: 31 of 33 current checks pass · 2 findings to review
Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes grants
Filing history: 9 filing years from 2015 to 2024
Contacts: How to reach this organization
Money network: 4 filed money-flow records
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 — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 8/100.
High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 23/100.
Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.
Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule M noncash within contributions did not reconcile in the filed values.
Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 44/100.
Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 45/100.