Usta New England Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
046006570
IRS 990 coverage
2014–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025
Location
Westborough, MA, USA
Phone
5083663450
Rating
83
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Standard

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$5,719,996
Expenses
$4,932,641
Assets
$5,139,825
Liabilities
$1,170,293

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

Leadership & pay

25 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • ADAM MOLDA (PRESIDENT)
  • CLINTONA TONI WILEY (2ND VICE PRESIDENT)
  • DAVID CHAMPOUX (SECTION DELEGATE, IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT)
  • GEOFFREY SWIRE (1ST VICE PRESIDENT)
  • LINDSEY KEELER (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR & CEO)

Highest reported compensation

  • LINDSEY KEELER (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR & CEO): $286,828 total reported compensation
  • SHAWNA FORS (DIRECTOR, COMPETITITION & COACH DEVELOPMENT): $135,398 total reported compensation
  • CHRISTINA BENNETT (DIRECTOR, USTA LEAGUES): $133,868 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Usta new england's mission is to grow tennis to inspire healthier people and communities throughout new england. Significant activities include organizing tournaments, providing grants to support tennis programs, delivering recreational programs for all ages, and offering educational resources.

What it reported doing in 2025

Membership, marketing and communications - membership, marketing and communications activities aim to raise awareness of the game of tennis as well as elevate the mission, vision and work the organization is doing to advance the entire tennis ecosystem in the region to create community, character and well-being among all people. Through marketing and communications, we ensure the public and key stakeholders are informed on the mission and vision of usta new england, opportunities for tennis participation, benefits of playing the game, and of the impact the organization is making across the region to change lives and strengthen communities. The usta new england serves approximately 23,000 members within our region.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 61% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 95% 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.
  • Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.

The verdict

STRONG - 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 reported officer compensation is a large share of total spending, which may reflect staffing concentration.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 76
  • Transparency & Controls: 83
  • Accountability: 100
  • Sustainability: 46
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 69.2%; rating input score 69
  • Program expense ratio: 78.6%; rating input score 79
  • Fundraising efficiency: $22,722.17 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 100; 100th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 85.7%; rating input score 86; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 4 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 67
    • Compensation committee: Pass
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Pass
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Pass
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 87.9%; rating input score 88; 30th percentile among comparable filings
  • 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: 8 of 8 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: 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: 13.8%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.04; rating input score 35; 35th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.23; rating input score 33; 33rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 16.1%; rating input score 21; 21st percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 2.8% per year; rating input score 100; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 5% per year; rating input score 100; 37th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 3.5% per year; rating input score 100; 25th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 69.2% of revenue deployed · 78.6% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 18 of 18 board members independent · 8 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $3.9M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $287K · 25 people listed · 4 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Consistency: 32 of 34 current checks pass · 2 findings to review
  • Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, and executive pay
  • Filing history: 12 filing years from 2014 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 18 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 14 filed related-organization links
  • 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 — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 35/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 21/100.
  • Review — Transparency & Controls: Domestic grant itemization did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Review — Transparency & Controls: Schedule R controlled transactions itemized did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 33/100.