United States Racquetball Association
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 730954204
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2011–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990 2025, Form 990-T 2020
- Location
- Colorado Springs, CO, USA
- Phone
- 7196355396
- Rating
- 79
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Racquet Sports
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $518,440
- Expenses
- $526,852
- Assets
- $124,583
- Liabilities
- $266,439
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
15 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- KRISTIN WATTZ (PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- JAKE BREDENBECK (ATHLETE REP)
- RO-EL CORDERO (DIRECTOR)
- STEVE CZARNECKI (DIR UNTIL 5.)
Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
USA racquetball, recognized by the united states olympic committee as the national governing body for the sport, is committed to our members and the growth of racquetball from recreational play to international competition.
What it reported doing in 2025
Racquetball events - during the year, the association sanctioned 198 events with 13,234 participants. The association conducted four national championships. Development programs - the association manages the adult and junior national racquetball teams and their participation in international competition. USA racquetball provides referee and instructor certification and sanctions camps, clinics, and leagues. Membership - approximately 4,400 individuals benefit from membership in the association, which includes opportunities to participate in sanctioned events, ranking services, communications, governance.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Earned-program. 78% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
- Distribution model
- Direct operator. The filing allocates 98% 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. Fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised and program spending has declined or grown slowly.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 79
- Transparency & Controls: 94
- Accountability: 90
- Sustainability: 25
- Growth: 0
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 82.9%; rating input score 83
- Program expense ratio: 81.6%; rating input score 82
- Fundraising efficiency: $14.67 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 47; 47th percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: Limited
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 78th percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 92.3%; rating input score 92; 27th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 6 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 86
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Fail
- CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
- 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: -1.6%; rating input score 26; 26th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.24; rating input score 12; 12th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 2.14; rating input score 1; 1st percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 78; 78th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: -7.9% per year; rating input score 0; 6th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -7.1% per year; rating input score 0; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -7.1% per year; rating input score 0; 5th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 82.9% of revenue deployed · 81.6% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 12 of 13 board members independent · 6 of 7 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $430K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 15 people listed
- Consistency: 30 of 30 current checks pass
- Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes major donors and grants
- Filing history: 14 filing years from 2011 to 2025
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
- Related organizations: 1 filed related-organization link
- 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.
- Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 47/100.
- High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 26/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 12/100.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Document-retention policy not reported.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 1/100.