Washington Inner City Lacrosse Foundation
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 522272259
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2011–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Washington, DC, USA
- Phone
- 2023524804
- Rating
- 73
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Racquet Sports
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $405,757
- Expenses
- $374,460
- Assets
- $120,486
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
14 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- BRITTANY BELLO (PRESIDENT)
- PATRICK O'MEARA (VICE PRESIDENT)
- MATTHEW BRESLIN (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
Highest reported compensation
- MATTHEW BRESLIN (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $99,650 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
To provide Washington, dc and tampa, fl boys and girls, from historically underserved neighborhoods, the opportunity to learn the game of lacrosse and the life skills associated with playing a team sport. Winners lacrosse uses the game as the vehicle to instill values, education and life-sustaining skills that will give young boys and girls the tools to be successful on and off the field.
What it reported doing in 2024
Winners offers young people from dc and tampa, fl - the opportunity to belong to a team; to learn discipline, responsibility and accountability; to be respected and to respect; to learn values and life skills; and to be mentored by positive and encouraging coaches. Young participants from historically underserved neighborhoods learn these essential skills for success while playing lacrosse in a safe and fun environment. These skills, along with the necessary skills to play the game of lacrosse, are taught through coaches training, curriculum training, and lesson planning. Winners assists players with secondary school placement and teaches them about teamwork, responsibility, and respect and accountability to help them reach their full potential as productive, caring, and responsible young men and women.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 99% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Direct operator. The filing allocates 99% 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
SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and most voting board members are independent. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 57
- Transparency & Controls: 92
- Accountability: 79
- Sustainability: 42
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 55.9%; rating input score 56
- Program expense ratio: 60.6%; rating input score 61
- Fundraising efficiency: $13.84 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 48; 48th percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th 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: 4 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 50
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Fail
- CEO compensation review process: Fail
- Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Fail
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 7.7%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.32; rating input score 17; 17th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 80; 80th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 26.6%; rating input score 13; 13th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 1.5% per year; rating input score 100; 37th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 5.1% per year; rating input score 100; 53rd percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 3% per year; rating input score 100; 38th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 55.9% of revenue deployed · 60.6% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 13 of 13 board members independent · 4 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $227K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $100K · 14 people listed
- Consistency: 29 of 29 current checks pass
- Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors
- Filing history: 14 filing years from 2011 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
- 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 — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 56/100.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 4 of 8 not reported.
- Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 48/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 17/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 56/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 13/100.