USA Stars Academy

Legal name: USA Stars Academy Corp

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
471104227
IRS 990 coverage
2016–2021
Official website data refreshed
Sep 2026
Forms available
Form 990 2021, Form 990-EZ 2014
Location
El Dorado Hills, CA, USA
Phone
(916) 225-3681
Rating
85
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Soccer

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$363,939
Expenses
$495,783
Assets
$70,295
Liabilities
$281,642

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2021. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

5 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Jeff Soares (President)

Highest reported compensation

  • AJ Utush (Board Member): $25,385 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2021. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

To provide the children of our community with a safe, fun, and healthy environment to start their journey in the sport of soccer and the club. To help aspiring competitive players develop the fundamental competencies they need to successfully transition into the competitive player pathway successfully. Educate parents and parent volunteer coaches on the player development process and instill in them the club culture. Develop future competitive coaches for the club.

What it reported doing in 2021

USA stars has proven record of fulfilling its mission and many players have been selected and became champion in intercollege and intercity soccer games.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 93% 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

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: 87
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Accountability: 76
  • Sustainability: 9
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 94.1%; rating input score 94
  • 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: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 3 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 43
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • 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: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -36.2%; rating input score 6; 6th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.14; rating input score 6; 6th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 4.01; rating input score 1; 1st percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 5.1%; rating input score 35; 35th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 5.5% per year; rating input score 100; 65th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 10.6% per year; rating input score 100; 75th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 32.7% per year; rating input score 100; 91st percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • What they do: 2 programs and campaigns described on the official site
  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 94.1% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 7 of 7 board members independent · 3 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $467K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $25K · 5 people listed
  • Consistency: 18 of 18 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 6 filing years from 2016 to 2021
  • 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.

  • Moderate — Accountability: Governance controls: 3 of 6 not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 6/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 6/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 1/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 35/100.