Western United Pioneers
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 300005677
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2011–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Ludlow, MA, USA
- Phone
- 4135486400
- Rating
- 82
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Soccer
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $1,085,006
- Expenses
- $950,928
- Assets
- $1,146,082
- Liabilities
- $388,641
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
8 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- CARLOS CHAVES (PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- JOE AGUIAR (DIRECTOR)
- SCOTT BASKIN (DIRECTOR)
- CARLOS CHAVES (PRESIDENT)
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
Our mission is to develop players of all ages on and off the pitch. Our programs, coaching, and mentoring prepare players for the highest level of competition and help them thrive in the community by promoting academic success, personal responsibility, and necessary life skills. Western united pioneers is dedicated to the development of the premier youth soccer player's technical, tactical, physical and psychological skills, while strongly emphasizing teamwork and fair play. Partnerships with the new england revolution academy (mls), the western mass pioneers (usl) and the new england mutiny (wpsl) provide a well- defined path for its players to the highest levels of this beautiful game.
What it reported doing in 2024
Players are provided the opportunity for a soccer learning experience that is unsurpassed in new england with dynamic training by a nationally licensed professional coaching staff comprised of former professional, semi-professional, and collegiate players. Western united pioneer teams play at the highest level of state and regional competition in the new england premier league (nep), the Massachusetts premier league (maple), region i leagues and the us youth soccer national championship series as well as at prestigious tournaments throughout the country. Programs, teams, and coaching are all tailored to provide each player and family with the training, support, and competition required to reach their true potential within the premier soccer environment.
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
STRONG - 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 fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 81
- Transparency & Controls: 90
- Accountability: 76
- Sustainability: 58
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 83.5%; rating input score 84
- Program expense ratio: 97.2%; rating input score 97
- Fundraising efficiency: $5.31 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 19; 19th percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd 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: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 3 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 43
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- 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: Pass
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 12.4%; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.21; rating input score 49; 49th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.34; rating input score 22; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 81; 81st percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 5% per year; rating input score 100; 42nd percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 5.6% per year; rating input score 100; 47th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 16.3% per year; rating input score 100; 75th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 83.5% of revenue deployed · 97.2% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 7 of 7 board members independent · 3 of 7 filing controls reported
- Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $925K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 8 people listed
- Consistency: 23 of 23 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 13 filing years from 2011 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
- 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.
- Moderate — Accountability: Governance controls: 3 of 6 not reported.
- High — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 19/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 49/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 22/100.