West Hartford Aquatic Team Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 900580307
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2012–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- West Hartford, CT, USA
- Phone
- 8603062512
- Rating
- 66
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Amateur Sports
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $499,085
- Expenses
- $546,040
- Assets
- $278,468
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
3 people listed
People named in this filing
- GERARD O'DONNELL (DIRECTOR)
- MATTHEW O'DONNELL (DIRECTOR)
- KATIE-ANN RICCOBON (DIRECTOR/EXE)
Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
The west hartford aquatic team, inc. (what, inc) promotes the education of sport in an athlete's physical, intellectual, psychological & social development.
What it reported doing in 2024
The program provides each athlete with the opportunity to reach his or her full potential through a nationally recognized program that teaches and trains all levels of swimmers, emphasizing individual progress, team unity and family support. 100% of the activities of the west hartford acquatic team are to provide a competitive swimming environment for youth age 7-22. The organization instructs athletes competitive swimming techniques and overall conditioning. The training is conducted primarily at the university of saint joseph in west hartford, ct and miss porter's school in farmington, ct where the team rents space. Competitions are primarily held in the northeast region of the us, although travel outside the area is anticipated. All activities are both athletic and educational in nature. Daily swim practice provides the most recent techniques and training methods in an educational environment that allows for emotional development and growth. This also builds an identity within the team structure and provides the swimmer with an opportunity to enjoy all the benefits of sport in a guided and controlled environment. The swimmers individual swimming plans provide an opportunity for additional education in the areas of goal setting, technique review, nutritional information, specifically how to fuel the body properly and mental preparations for competition. The organization is a member of Connecticut swimming, inc. And USA swimming.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Earned-program. 100% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
- 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
SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of voting board members are independent and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 78
- Transparency & Controls: 90
- Accountability: 6
- Sustainability: 36
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 91.2%; rating input score 91
- Program expense ratio: 83.4%; rating input score 83
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
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: Limited
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 0%; rating input score 0; 7th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 1 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 14
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
- Whistleblower policy: Fail
- Document-retention policy: Fail
- CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Missing
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -9.4%; rating input score 23; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.51; rating input score 25; 25th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 80; 80th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 7.7% per year; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 6.7% per year; rating input score 100; 61st percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 14.8% per year; rating input score 100; 77th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 91.2% of revenue deployed · 83.4% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 0 of 3 board members independent · 1 of 7 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $455K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
- Consistency: 17 of 17 current checks pass
- Schedules: 1 filed schedules
- Filing history: 13 filing years from 2012 to 2024
- 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.
- High — Accountability: Independent voting board scored 0/100.
- High — Accountability: Governance controls: 5 of 6 not reported.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 23/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 25/100.