World Senior Games Inc World Senior Games Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
870447330
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025
Location
St George, UT, USA
Phone
8005621268
Rating
84
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$3,976,796
Expenses
$3,834,014
Assets
$5,631,903
Liabilities
$976,395

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

13 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • DOUGLAS LABRUM (PRESIDENT)
  • KYLE M CASE (CEO)

People named in this filing

  • KEN BEAZER (TRUSTEE)
  • NANCY COLAROSSI (SECRETARY)
  • TERRI DRAPER (TRUSTEE)

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 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Event. Athletes are invited to attend a friendship festival, the opening ceremonies and parade of athletes, concerts and hall of fame. As a result of these efforts to promote camaraderie, we have discovered that while almost all of our athletes' first trip to the games was prompted by competition, 44% of our participants list social aspects such as "meeting new friends- and "renewing acquaintances" as their primary reason for attending the games. The average return rate of our participants is 75% the games have become much more than a sporting event - they are truly a celebration of life after 50 to help attain the goal of fostering health, the world senior games provides a health screening program for our athletes. We offer free screenings for psa, blood pressure, blood sugar, body composition, resting heart rate, balance and equilibrium, hearing, cholesterol, visual acuity, glaucoma and carotid artery and more. Athletes are encouraged to take advantage of all these screenings while t

What it reported doing in 2025

Event. Athletes are invited to attend a friendship festival, the opening ceremonies and parade of athletes, concerts and hall of fame. As a result of these efforts to promote camaraderie, we have discovered that while almost all of our athletes' first trip to the games was prompted by competition, 44% of our participants list social aspects such as "meeting new friends- and "renewing acquaintances" as their primary reason for attending the games. The average return rate of our participants is 75% the games have become much more than a sporting event - they are truly a celebration of life after 50 to help attain the goal of fostering health, the world senior games provides a health screening program for our athletes. We offer free screenings for psa, blood pressure, blood sugar, body composition, resting heart rate, balance and equilibrium, hearing, cholesterol, visual acuity, glaucoma and carotid artery and more. Athletes are encouraged to take advantage of all these screenings while they are at the games. Several indiduals have contacted us after the event to let us know that because of these screenings, they were made aware of a health condition that was minimized because of the early detection. In the interest of fostering world peace, the games offers the world senior volleyball global cup championships. This is a very prestigious and extremely competitive volleyball tournament to which we invite top volleyball teams from all parts of the world to represent their country. Teams from USA, canada, brazil, germany, poland, finland, venezuela, russia, estonia, latvia, and china have participated. While not on the courts, the team members are invited to take part in sightseeing tours, socials, banquets, concerts, etc. To help the players get to know each other and better understand each others' cultures. The tournament includes four days of pool play and is wrapped up with a very special final championship event where all participants of the games are invited to attend and cheer their respective teams on to victory.

Operating model

Revenue model
Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 99% 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: 85
  • Transparency & Controls: 94
  • Accountability: 70
  • Sustainability: 47
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 97%; rating input score 97
  • Program expense ratio: 94.3%; rating input score 94
  • 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: 100%; rating input score 100; 75th percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 2 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 29
    • 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: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 3.6%; rating input score 38; 38th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.47; rating input score 47; 47th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.17; rating input score 38; 38th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 90; 90th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 6.6% per year; rating input score 100; 45th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 7.3% per year; rating input score 100; 54th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 17.5% per year; rating input score 100; 80th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 97% of revenue deployed · 94.3% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 13 of 13 board members independent · 2 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $3.6M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 13 people listed
  • Consistency: 30 of 30 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors and grants
  • Filing history: 16 filing years from 2010 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • Related organizations: 1 filed related-organization link
  • 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: 4 of 6 not reported.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 38/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 47/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 38/100.