West Bend Wizards Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 264027546
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2013–2015
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2015
- Location
- West Bend, WI, USA
- Phone
- 2623390244
- Rating
- 85
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Basketball
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $12,177
- Expenses
- $12,475
- Assets
- $1,209
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2015. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
4 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Donald Gruber (President/Direc)
People named in this filing
- Donald Gruber (President/Direc)
- Nicholas Gruber (VP/Treas/Direct)
- Donald Gruber (Secretary)
Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2015. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Community Basketball Team
What it reported doing in 2015
General Activities of the Team: The West Bend Wizards, Inc. (the "Team") is a program that engages young students in a productive positive learning environment that promotes self development, proper basketball technique and leadership development. The participants will travel throughout Wisconsin and possibly the Midwest to various basketball tournaments. The Team will compete in numerous tournaments which will provide an educational and competitive experience for members of the Team. The Team will practice an average of two or three times per week for the various tournaments throughout the year. The Team will provide many hours of community service including: (a) assisting with community events; and (b) teaching youth participants the sport of basketball. The Teams session runs year round with the summer months spent participating in summer basketball leagues and the fall and winter months spent traveling to various tournaments around Wisconsin and the Midwest.Membership on the Team is open to any girl (or boy) in grades 4 through 12, along with his or her parent, guardian, custodian or foster parent who is willing to make the time commitment necessary to achieve the goals and purposes of the team.2015 - During 2015, 40 girls participated in the program. The Basketball Club Girl's Team Grade Levels (4th - 12th) participated in the following basketball leagues which were operated by other organizations: A. Cedarburg, Wisconsin Basketball Club; B. North Shore Girls Club (NSGYB); andC. Center Court League WaukeshaAdditionally, the teams participated in the following tournaments operated by other organizations:1. Germantown, Wisconsin Basketball Club Tournament;2. Muskego Girls Basketball Association Tournament;3. Sheboygan, Wisconsin Basketball Club Tournament;4. St. Mary's Tournament; 5. Lomira Girls Basketball Tournament;6. Brookfield Central Dick Cobb Memorial Classic; and7. Brookfield East Memorial Classic.In addition to the foregoing, the Corporation utilized the gymnasium facilities of West Bend East/West Bend West at no charge to the Corporation, and operated its own basketball league in which the following local non-profit basketball clubs participated: A. West Bend Wizards Basketball Club; B. Campbellsport Basketball Club; C. Kewaskum Basketball Club; D. Germantown Basketball Club; E. Cedarburg Basketball Club; F. Washington County Homeschool; G. Hartford Basketball Club; H. Lady Owls Basketball Club; I. Menomonee Falls Basketball Club; J. Ozaukee Basketball Club; andK. Mayville
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent revenue detail to tell how this nonprofit funds its work.
- 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. Program spending has declined or grown slowly and revenue has declined or grown slowly.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 100
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 28
- Growth: 20
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
- Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -2.4%; rating input score 40; 40th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.1; rating input score 9; 9th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 57; 57th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: -18.8% per year; rating input score 0; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -20.7% per year; rating input score 0; 18th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 15.9% per year; rating input score 100; 79th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $12K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
- Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- Filing history: 3 filing years from 2013 to 2015
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- 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.
Grant-readiness screening is separate from the live rating, not a measure of program quality. Review the source records before making a grant decision.
- High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 40/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 9/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 57/100.
- High — Grant Readiness: Automatic revocation: this organization had its federal tax-exempt status automatically revoked.