Wizard Football Club
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 800926206
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2018–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Hinsdale, IL, USA
- Rating
- 84
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Soccer
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $698,546
- Expenses
- $755,562
- Assets
- $44,376
- Liabilities
- $30,657
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
2 people listed
People named in this filing
- JOHN A ROBERTS (DIRECTOR AND)
- PATRICIA E ROBERTS (DIRECTOR & T)
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
Wizard football club is organized for the purpose of promoting youth development through soccer in hinsdale, clarendon hills, westmont and surrounding Illinois communities. While recognizing that competition is a natural inclination, winning must be secondary to the goals of furthering the participants skills and knowledge of the game of soccer. The underlying motive for all programs will be the enjoyment of participation and the right to compete. As a team sport, soccer provides the opportunity to grow in interpersonal relationships, develop a sense of fair play and learn to participate in a disciplined atmosphere according to prescribed rules. Of necessity to accomplish these purposes adult participation must be supportive of the high aims of good sportmanship. To this end, we commit our time, energy, and talent.
What it reported doing in 2024
In fy 2024-25, wizard football club provided youth soccer training to more than 300 kids in the hinsdale, clarendon hills, westmont, and surrounding communities. Through these services it accomplished its program goals of promoting the healthy physical and mental development of the youth of hinsdale, clarendon hills, westmont and surrounding communities and providing the opportunity for these children to grow interpersonal relationships, develop a sense of fair play and learning in a disciplined atmosphere according to the prescribed rules.
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
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 expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 88
- Transparency & Controls: 90
- Accountability: 82
- Sustainability: 21
- Growth: 80
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
- Program expense ratio: 97.5%; rating input score 97
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
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: 4 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 57
- 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: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -8.2%; rating input score 19; 19th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.06; rating input score 3; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.69; rating input score 11; 11th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 81; 81st percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 3.7% per year; rating input score 100; 35th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 3.9% per year; rating input score 100; 37th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -23.6% per year; rating input score 0; 1st percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 97.5% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 2 of 2 board members independent · 4 of 7 filing controls reported
- Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $737K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 2 people listed
- Consistency: 22 of 22 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 7 filing years from 2018 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.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 3 of 7 not reported.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 19/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 3/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 11/100.