United States Center for Safesport

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
472475870
IRS 990 coverage
2016–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-N 2015
Location
Denver, CO, USA
Phone
7205310344
Rating
78
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Professional Societies, Associations

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$25,049,581
Expenses
$23,430,387
Assets
$17,841,971
Liabilities
$1,908,441

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

Leadership & pay

30 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • JU'RIESE COLON (CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER)

Highest reported compensation

  • JU'RIESE COLON (CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER): $412,385 total reported compensation
  • JESSICA PERRILL (GENERAL COUNSEL & VP, R&R): $282,487 total reported compensation
  • JORGE FERNANDEZ (CHIEF FINANCIAL & ADMIN OF): $279,932 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

With the goal of ensuring athletes within the u.s. Olympic and paralympic movement of are safe, supported, and strengthened. The center: delivers comprehensive abuse prevention education within and outside of the u.s. Olympic and paralympic movement. Investigates and resolves allegations of abuse and misconduct and levies sanctions, including temporary and permanent bans from sport. Establishes safety policies, including the safesport code and the minor athlete abuse prevention policies (maapp).

What it reported doing in 2024

Audit & compliance: in accordance with the protecting young victims from sexual abuse and safe sport authorization act of 2017 (s.534) and the empowering olympic, paralympic, and amateur athletes act of 2020 (s. 2330), the center has been granted authority to complete regular and random audits of the united states olympic and paralympic committee, and national sports governing bodies recognized by the us olympic & paralympic committee. The center will objectively evaluate adherence and level of compliance to all requirements and policies set forth by the center for all organizations under its jurisdiction. The department assists in preparing each organization under its jurisdiction for an audit by providing a variety of services to each organization, such as pre-audit site visits, policy reviews, and compliance educational materials and resources.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 79% 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

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

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 71
  • Transparency & Controls: 74
  • Accountability: 100
  • Sustainability: 45
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 68.2%; rating input score 68
  • Program expense ratio: 72.7%; rating input score 73
  • Fundraising efficiency: $67.82 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 80; 80th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 2 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 33
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Pass
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 9 of 9 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: Pass
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 6.5%; rating input score 58; 58th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.76; rating input score 27; 27th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.11; rating input score 72; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 14.2%; rating input score 9; 9th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 24.7% per year; rating input score 100; 93rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 24.3% per year; rating input score 100; 94th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 27.7% per year; rating input score 100; 95th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 68.2% of revenue deployed · 72.7% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 13 of 13 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $17M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $412K · 30 people listed · 2 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 5 contractors listed · $2.8M reported
  • Consistency: 36 of 36 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes major donors and executive pay
  • Filing history: 8 filing years from 2016 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 15 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.
  • Staff and benefit plans: Retirement and health plans the organization files with the Department of Labor, and the people in them.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 27/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 58/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 9/100.