Western United Extreme Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
711052088
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2011–2013
Forms available
Form 990 2010, Form 990-EZ 2013
Location
Newtown, CT, USA
Phone
2037402901
Rating
83
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Management & Technical Assistance

Reported finances

Revenue
$11,424
Expenses
$25,823
Assets
$0
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2013. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

5 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Keith Blackwell (President)

People named in this filing

  • James Gaston (Director)
  • Keith Blackwell (President)
  • Stephen McFarlin (Treasurer)

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 2013. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Western united extreme is a non-profit 501(c)(3) corporation that focuses exclusively on girls' premier and premier development soccer. The program was founded to provide a regional soccer program for western and central Connecticut and eastern New York state. Western united extreme is dedicated to providing the training and environment for the strongest skilled girls to compete at the highest level of premier, high school, and college soccer. Our programs begin with premier development at u9 through u11, and progress into cjsa premier leagues starting at u12. Western united has teams based in newtown, brookfield, and danbury, and has approximately 200 girls from 18 Connecticut and New York towns. In a short period, the club has produced division 1 and division 2 teams across multiple age groups and established itself as one of the top girls' premier programs in Connecticut.

What it reported doing in 2013

The program focuses exclusively on girls' Premier and Premier development soccer and is dedicated to providing the training environment for the strongest skilled girls to compete at the highest level of premier, high school, and college soccer. Western United supports teams based in Newtown, Brookfield, Danbury, and has approximately 200 participants from 18 Connecticut and New York towns.

Operating model

Revenue model
Membership-supported. 66% of the money available for current operations came from membership dues.
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. Expenses are high relative to revenue and program spending has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 100
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 10
  • Growth: 0

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: -126%; rating input score 6; 6th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0; rating input score 1; 1st 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: -70.1% per year; rating input score 0; 8th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -63.2% per year; rating input score 0; 6th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -91.7% per year; rating input score 0; 2nd 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 · $26K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
  • Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 3 filing years from 2011 to 2013
  • 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 — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 6/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 1/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 57/100.