UWG Athletic Foundation Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 462304510
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2013–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Carrollton, GA, USA
- Phone
- 6788391877
- Rating
- 76
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Standard
- Sector
- Single Organization Support
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $4,037,914
- Expenses
- $2,035,349
- Assets
- $5,189,984
- Liabilities
- $1,153,762
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
25 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Allyson Bretch (Ex-Officio CEO, incoming)
- Dr Meredith Brunen (Ex-officio CEO, outgoing)
Highest reported compensation
- Allyson Bretch (Ex-Officio CEO, incoming): $29,107 total reported compensation
- Dan Stephens (CFO UWG Foundations): $15,664 total reported compensation
- Dr Meredith Brunen (Ex-officio CEO, outgoing): $14,088 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
The UWG Athletic Foundation, Inc., through its fundraising efforts, strives to support a preeminent intercollegiate athletics program at The University of West Georgia by providing athletes the opportunity to achieve excellence in academics, community service, and athletic competition.
What it reported doing in 2024
The UWG Athletic Foundation raises philanthropic dollars and program revenues to support the University of West Georgia's Athletic department operations and sports programs.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 89% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 99% of its reported program spending out as grants.
- Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.
The verdict
SUPPORTED - A large share of total spending goes to programs and the filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and few specific pay-setting methods are documented in the filing; unanswered boxes are not proof of absence.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 67
- Transparency & Controls: 75
- Accountability: 91
- Sustainability: 77
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 47.5%; rating input score 47
- Program expense ratio: 92.7%; rating input score 93
- Fundraising efficiency: $110.95 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 87; 87th percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: 0 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 0
- Compensation committee: Missing
- Independent consultant: Missing
- Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
- Written employment contract: Missing
- Compensation survey or study: Missing
- Board or committee approval: Missing
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 72nd 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: 7 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 78
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: Fail
- Other executive compensation review process: Fail
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 49.6%; rating input score 92; 92nd percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.55; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.22; rating input score 41; 41st percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 2.9%; rating input score 70; 70th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 11.6% per year; rating input score 100; 69th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 10.3% per year; rating input score 100; 69th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 9.7% per year; rating input score 100; 57th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 47.5% of revenue deployed · 92.7% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 22 of 22 board members independent · 7 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $1.9M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $29K · 25 people listed · 0 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
- Highest-paid contractors: 1 contractor listed · $546K reported
- Consistency: 27 of 28 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
- Schedules: 8 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, and executive pay
- Filing history: 12 filing years from 2013 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 5 filed money-flow records
- Related organizations: 2 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.
Key Signals
Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.
- Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 47/100.
- High — Transparency & Controls: Pay-setting controls scored 0/100.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 9 not reported.
- Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 41/100.