Union Argentina De Rugby

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
981290143
IRS 990 coverage
2019–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-N 2016
Location
Argentina, Buenos Aires, Bue, AR
Phone
1148988500
Rating
69
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Amateur Sports Competitions

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$2,555,531
Expenses
$20,094,752
Assets
$54,794,779
Liabilities
$3,006,281

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

Leadership & pay

18 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • IGLESIAS MARIA SOLEDAD (CEO/GENERAL MANAGER)
  • CORBALAN COSTILLA MARCELO (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • PAEZ MOLINA FELIX ALBERTO (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • TRAVAGLINI GABRIEL (PRESIDENT)

Highest reported compensation

  • CONTEPOMI FELIPE (HEAD COACH): $410,000 total reported compensation
  • GOMEZ CORA SANTIAGO (COACH): $170,000 total reported compensation
  • BORDOY ANDRES (COACH): $130,000 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 argentina de rugby" has the purpose of governing, fostering, controlling and developing the game of rugby in the republic of argentina within its true spirit and in accordance with the international rugby board (irb) laws and regulations.

What it reported doing in 2024

High performance rugby a. Pumas los pumas' 2024 - summary of activities 1) rugby camps one rugby camp was held in london in march before july test matches (30 players were included). A second rugby camp was held also in london in october before november test matches (35 players were included). 2) july window los pumas played 3 games for the july window in argentina (mendoza, buenos aires and uruguay respectively). 2 games against france and 1 game against uruguay. 3) rugby championship the rugby championship was played with 3 home and 3 away matches for los pumas. The team started the tournament playing an away game against the new zealand team in wellington, win by los pumas, while the second was played also against new zealand in auckland, a loss for the argentinean team. After these games, the team went back to argentina and played 3 matches, 2 against australia (buenos aires and santa fe), with a win and a loss. The third one against south africa (santiago del estero) with a win. Finally, they travelled to nelspruit (south africa) to play against south africa the final game of the rugby championship. This last one was a loss for los pumas. 4) november window los pumas played 3 games for the november window in europe (italy, ireland and france respectively). One win and two losses for los pumas. B. Pladar the pladar, spanish acronym for the uar high performance plan, provides for the development and the growth of our five high performance centres, which are in: mendoza, rosario, cordoba, buenos aires and tucuman. The uar high performance centres are being part of a growth plan, both on the structural aspect as well as on the available human resources, which ultimately aims at the development of the best rugby players for our system. Our high-performance centres have quality human resources in the following areas: medical, physiotherapy, nutrition, physical preparation and coaching. 350 players -17 to 25-year-olds- train at the high-performance centres. C. Pampas and dogosxv pampas and dogosxv (both argentinean teams) played the super rugby americas (sra). 1. Preseason: started on january. 2. First part of the sra: both teams played 6 games. 3. Second part of the sra: both teams played 6 games. 4. Playoffs: pampas and dogosxv played the final game, dogosxv came out as the winner and champion of the tournament on june 14th. D. Argentina xv argentina xv is the second most important team and its players, who are not at the national camps, train at our high-performance centres. Argentina xv 2024 season consisted in one camp in september, and playing 2 matches (brazil and chile) also in september. E. Pumitas: u18/u20 the argentine u18 and u20 teams train during the year at the high-performance centres individually. In 2024 4 camps were held in argentina. One in february (40 players were included), the second one also in march (40 players were included). In march the u20 team played against a local team (casi). The third camp was held in april (22 players were included). These players are selected from within the high-performance plan and during the different argentine championships. The u20 team participated in the u20 rugby championship in may. They played 3 games against south africa, new zealand and australia. In june, the u20 team held a fourth camp in argentina before the u20 world cup. The u20 team went to south africa to participate in the u20 world cup, and played 5 matches (england, 2 vs south africa, fiji and australia). The u19 held a national trial in argentina in august. 90 players were included. 2 camps were held in september and october. F. Men's sevens men's sevens is a platform used by the unin argentina de rugby for the development of its players. It helps to select players who are sevens' "specialistsothers to develop their individual skills with the future aim of participating in xv rugby. In 2024, the mens sevens played 7 tournament series winning 2 of them, and played the olympic games in july. G. Women's se

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 94% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
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 - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Few specific pay-setting methods are documented in the filing; unanswered boxes are not proof of absence and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 79
  • Transparency & Controls: 63
  • Accountability: 77
  • Sustainability: 35
  • Growth: 20

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 94.4%; rating input score 94
  • Program expense ratio: 79.6%; rating input score 80
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 0 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 0
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Missing
    • Board or committee approval: Missing
  • Foreign activity oversight: 3 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 38
    • Claims monitoring procedures: Pass
    • Requires narrative reports: Fail
    • Conducts field audits: Pass
    • May suspend future funding: Fail
    • Requires financial reports: Pass
    • Conducts site visits: Fail
    • Requires grant agreements: Fail
    • May require repayment: Fail
  • 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: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 4 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 44
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • 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: -686.3%; rating input score 0; 0th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.73; rating input score 71; 71st percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.05; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 5.1%; rating input score 53; 53rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -9.7% per year; rating input score 0; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -20.6% per year; rating input score 0; 1st percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 3.7% per year; rating input score 100; 28th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 94.4% of revenue deployed · 79.6% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 12 of 12 board members independent · 4 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $16M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $410K · 18 people listed · 0 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 5 contractors listed · $2.4M reported
  • Consistency: 32 of 32 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes foreign activity and executive pay
  • Filing history: 5 filing years from 2019 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 6 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 — Transparency & Controls: Pay-setting controls scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Accountability: Governance controls: 5 of 9 not reported.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Foreign activity oversight: 5 of 8 not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 53/100.