USA Badminton
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 841474714
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2011–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024, Form 990-T 2020
- Location
- Denver, CO, USA
- Phone
- 6783586855
- Rating
- 80
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Camps
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $1,809,272
- Expenses
- $2,102,332
- Assets
- $449,279
- Liabilities
- $480,256
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
11 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- JIM ESTES 1524 TO 7232024 (INTERIM CEO)
- LINDA FRENCH THROUGH 152024 (CEO)
- JOHN RUGER BEGINNING 7232024 (INTERIM CEO)
Highest reported compensation
- JIM ESTES 1524 TO 7232024 (INTERIM CEO): $80,338 total reported compensation
- JOHN RUGER BEGINNING 7232024 (INTERIM CEO): $52,769 total reported compensation
- LINDA FRENCH THROUGH 152024 (CEO): $19,160 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
USA badminton will foster the growth of badminton in the united states of america and competitive excellence by u.s. Athletes in international and olympic competition.
What it reported doing in 2024
Athlete development - promotion of programs to increase the awareness and knowledge of the sport of badminton and para-badminton in the united states.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Earned-program. 85% 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
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 72
- Transparency & Controls: 92
- Accountability: 90
- Sustainability: 15
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 84.7%; rating input score 85
- Program expense ratio: 72.9%; rating input score 73
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
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: Limited
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 6 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 75
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Fail
- Document-retention policy: Fail
- 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: -16.2%; rating input score 12; 12th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.21; rating input score 10; 10th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 1.07; rating input score 5; 5th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 7.2%; rating input score 46; 46th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 12.1% per year; rating input score 100; 69th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 12.2% per year; rating input score 100; 73rd percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 11.3% per year; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 84.7% of revenue deployed · 72.9% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 8 of 8 board members independent · 6 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $1.5M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $80K · 11 people listed
- Consistency: 28 of 28 current checks pass
- Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors
- Filing history: 13 filing years from 2011 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 3 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.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 8 not reported.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 12/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 10/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 5/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 46/100.