West Sound Seawolves

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
872512719
IRS 990 coverage
2024–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Port Orchard, WA, USA
Phone
3607102891
Rating
68
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Baseball, Softball

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$311,597
Expenses
$211,564
Assets
$100,133
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

10 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • STEVE DICKEY (PRESIDENT)
  • SHANE HANNON (VICE PRESIDENT)

Highest reported compensation

  • STEVE DICKEY (PRESIDENT): $2,000 total reported compensation
  • SHANE HANNON (VICE PRESIDENT): $2,000 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 west sound baseball clubs mission is to provide the best possible environment in which to excel daily on and off the playing field, and to use the game of baseball as a tool to educate, promote, and instill the qualities necessary to succeed in the game of life through teamw

What it reported doing in 2024

West sound seawolves advanced its exempt purpose by providing structured competitive baseball opportunities for over 150 youth athletes across age divisions from 9u to 18u. The organization fielded 14 teams and participated in more than 50 tournaments throughout the pacific northwest and beyond, including notable events sanctioned by perfect game (pg), gsl, and triple threat (tt). These tournaments offered players exposure to high levels of competition, promoted athletic development, and encouraged sportsmanship, teamwork, and personal growth. Teams competed in local, regional, and out-of-state tournaments, with several earning top placements and championships, highlighting the programs success and impact. The seawolves programming aligns directly with its mission to promote youth development through athletics by offering mentorship, training, and competitive opportunities to help young athletes grow on and off the field.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 96% 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. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and some filed totals do not add up.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 71
  • Transparency & Controls: 89
  • Accountability: 52
  • Sustainability: 60
  • Growth: NotEnoughData

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 67.9%; rating input score 68
  • Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 88.9%; rating input score 89; 5th 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: 80%; rating input score 80; 21st percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 1 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 12
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • 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: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 32.1%; rating input score 84; 84th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.47; rating input score 23; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 80; 80th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 1.9%; rating input score 36; 36th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: Limited
  • Asset growth: Limited

Details

  • Where the money goes: 67.9% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 8 of 10 board members independent · 1 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $212K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $2K · 10 people listed
  • Consistency: 15 of 16 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
  • 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: Governance controls: 6 of 7 not reported.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 23/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 36/100.