University Barge Club of Philadelphia

Nonprofit profile at a glance

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

17 people listed

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.

Instruction, improvement, enjoyment, and camaraderie in the art of rowing.

As a 501(c)7 organization, the club provides its members with the opportunity to obtain instruction and improvement in art/sport of rowing.

Revenue model: Earned-program. 87% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
Distribution model: Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent spending detail to tell whether the nonprofit works directly or through others.

- The available evidence is not sufficient to produce an overall rating for this filing. This is not a warning sign.

Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
Pay-setting controls: Limited
Foreign activity oversight: Limited
Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 81st percentile among comparable filings
Major donor itemization: Limited
Related-party transparency: Limited

Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
Governance controls: 1 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 14
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
- Whistleblower policy: Fail
- Document-retention policy: Fail
- CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Missing
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Operating margin: -9.2%; rating input score 20; 20th percentile among comparable filings
Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.79; rating input score 67; 67th percentile among comparable filings
Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.06; rating input score 26; 26th percentile among comparable filings
Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 67; 67th percentile among comparable filings

Program expense growth: Limited
Revenue growth: 3.8% per year; rating input score 100; 40th percentile among comparable filings
Asset growth: 4.5% per year; rating input score 100; 42nd percentile among comparable filings

Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
Governance: 16 of 16 board members independent · 1 of 7 filing controls reported
Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment
Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 17 people listed
Consistency: 11 of 11 current checks pass
Schedules: 3 filed schedules · includes grants
Filing history: 14 filing years from 2011 to 2025
Contacts: How to reach this organization
Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
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.

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