USA Softball is the national governing body of Softball in the united states.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
89¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$433K paid to officers and key staff.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · Pay: Part VII

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IRS status
501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
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IRS BMF · Auto-Revocation List
Tax-deductible gifts
Yes
Donations are tax-deductible
Looks good: the IRS lists gifts to it as deductible.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS BMF
Latest return
FY2024
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2024, 2 tax years back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
4 of 5
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $2.1M a year · 14% of revenue · last 5 filings
Fine: a surplus in 4 of the last 5 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 5 filings
Spent on programs
89%
of spending
Looks good: 89% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$433K
to officers and key staff · 4% of spending
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 4% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
3 mo
of spending, in cash
Plus $3.1M in investments, Pt X · Ln 11–13
Fine: 2.8 months of spending in cash; 1 to 3.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
1
named funder · $12K
Fine: 1 funder names it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$2.0M
21% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 21% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
24
of 24 voting members
Looks good: 24 of 24 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$12.5M
+9% vs prior year
Spent
$12.1M
To programs
89%
Net assets
$7.2M
By yearFY2020–FY2024
Revenue
$12.5M
FY2023▲ +9%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$6.8M
FY2021$12.1M
FY2022$11.5M
FY2023$12.5M
FY2024$28.2M
Expenses
$12.1M
FY2023▲ +7%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$8.1M
FY2021$10.6M
FY2022$11.3M
FY2023$12.1M
FY2024$18.8M
Net assets
$7.2M
FY2023▲ +7%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$7.1M
FY2021$8.3M
FY2022$6.7M
FY2023$7.2M
FY2024$16.6M

From the FY2023 Form 990 · figures checked against the IRS filing · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2024. IRS ruling in Feb 1972.

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Where the money goes

89 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 89% · $10.8M Management & general 11% · $1.3M

Form 990 Part IX, line 25, columns B–D. Every line is in By the numbers.

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Who runs it and what they're paid

29 people listed on the 990; $433K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
Executive Director
$173,906Pt VII · Sec A
$140,519Pt VII · Sec A
Chief Sport Development Performance Officer
$118,848Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Craig Cress’s $174K as Executive Director is at the 9th percentile of top reported officer pay among 290 $10–100M recreation & sports nonprofits. Peer set: organizations in the same NTEE major field of work and revenue-size band, compared on each org’s own highest-paid officer/key-employee, from Form 990 Part VII / 990-PF Part VIII. Descriptive placement, not a verdict on whether the pay is appropriate.

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 5 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Craig Cress$173,906$162,778$139,508$143,364
Cheryl Bond$140,519$83,010$73,438—
Christopher Sebren$118,848———
John Miller———$114,054
Mark Loehrs———$84,207

Total reportable compensation (Form 990 Part VII column D / Schedule J column E) by filing year, matched by name within this organization. The Schedule J base / bonus / deferred breakdown is not parsed into this dataset.

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Questions the 990 asks

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  • Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2Yes
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aYes

Programs and updates

Governs and promotes softball nationwide.

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3 programs · $10.8M · in their own filed words · FY2023
01

Membership

Membership includes registrations, governance, clinics, schools, national tournaments and ace coaches CERTIFICATION.- registration revenues are used to pay for the expenses of usas's national championship tournaments, expenses of its national council meeting, as well as sponsor softball clinics and SCHOOLS.- the usas national council is…

$4.7Mprogram expense
02

Hall of Fame Stadium

Hosts some of the best local, national, and international softball events in the world. Annually, the complex plays host to a wide variety of softball events, including the ncaa women's college world series, state high school championships and many usas national events.

$3.9Mprogram expense
03

National Teams

As the national governing body of softball, the usas is responsible for maintaining, selecting and training 4 usa national softball teams for international competitions. These are the usa men's and JR. Men's fast pitch teams and the usa women's and JR. Women's fast pitch teams.

$2.1Mprogram expense

Funders

Who pays for it.

From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.

Grants

Schedule I · funders on record
Grants received · FY2024
Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$12K

By the numbers

The FY2023 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$12.5M
Ln 12
Fees for servicesLn 2g$8.3M
Other incomeLn 4–11$3.7M
Investment incomeLn 3$334K
Money outPt IX
$12.1M
Ln 25
Programscol B$10.8M
Managementcol C$1.3M
Owns and owesPt X
$7.2M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$2.8M
Total assetsLn 16$9.1M
LiabilitiesLn 26$2.0M
PeoplePt VI, VII
29
listed · VII A
PaidVII A3
Voting boardVI 1a24
IndependentVI 1b24
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$124K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$8.3M
Investment incomeLn 3$334K
Other incomeLn 4–11$3.7M
Gains on assetsLn 7−$46K
Total revenueLn 12$12.5M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$2.4M
SavingsLn 2$412K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$2.8M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$3.1M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$1.6M
Other assetsLn 15$246K
Total assetsLn 16$9.1M
LiabilitiesLn 26$2.0M
Net assetsLn 32$7.2M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 5126
VolunteersI 6300
Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13Yes
Records policyVI 14Yes
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY23End FY23
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$2.6M$2.8M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$2.9M$3.1M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$1.5M$1.6M
Total assetsLn 16$9.2M$9.1M
LiabilitiesLn 26$2.5M$2.0M
Net assetsLn 32$6.7M$7.2M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$305K$275K$31K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$1.5M$1.4M$152K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$158K$142K$16K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$260K$234K$26K
Payroll taxesLn 10$170K$153K$17K
Legal feesLn 11b$143K$143K
Accounting feesLn 11c$134K$134K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$140K$126K$14K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$203K$203K
Office expensesLn 13$320K$48K$272K
OccupancyLn 16$217K$195K$22K
TravelLn 17$151K$151K
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$40K$40K
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$208K$188K$21K
InsuranceLn 23$2.2M$2.0M$220K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$5.9M$5.9M$10K
All other expensesLn 24e$29K$29K
Total functional expensesLn 25$12.1M$10.8M$1.3M$0

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2024 Latest $28.2M$18.8M$9.4M$16.6M 990 PDF
FY2023 Viewing $12.5M$12.1M$424K$7.2M 990 PDF
FY2022 $11.5M$11.3M$216K$6.7M 990 PDF
FY2021 $12.1M$10.6M$1.5M$8.3M 990 PDF
FY2020 $6.8M$8.1M−$1.3M$7.1M 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons I · Grants A · Public support J · Pay O · Explanations
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Part I · Summary $12,532,716 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $45,564$124,433
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $7,730,506$8,346,941
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $225,119$334,080
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $3,525,421$3,727,262
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $11,526,610$12,532,716
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $0$0
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $2,145,782$2,411,678
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $9,164,530$9,697,111
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $11,310,312$12,108,789
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $216,298$423,927
Part VI · Governance 24 of 24 board members independent, 1 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body24
VI-1b Independent voting members24
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsYes
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyYes
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyYes
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $12,532,716 across 9 lines filed
Lines not itemized here account for $183,107 of total revenue; see the IRS return.
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$124,433
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$124,433
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $8,334,478 · Unrelated business $12,463$8,346,941
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $379,972$379,972
VIII-5 RoyaltiesUnrelated business $215,918 · Excluded from tax $1,530,334$1,746,252
VIII-6 Net rental income or lossUnrelated business $54,891$54,891
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsExcluded from tax −$45,892−$45,892
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Excluded from tax $1,743,012$1,743,012
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $8,512,744 · Unrelated business $288,113 · Excluded from tax $3,607,426$12,532,716
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $12,108,789 across 17 lines filed
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $274,728 · Management $30,525$305,253
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $1,366,146 · Management $151,794$1,517,940
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $141,926 · Management $15,770$157,696
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $234,345 · Management $26,038$260,383
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $153,365 · Management $17,041$170,406
IX-11b Legal feesManagement $142,945$142,945
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $133,811$133,811
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $126,409 · Management $14,045$140,454
IX-12 Advertising and promotionManagement $203,181$203,181
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $48,015 · Management $272,082$320,097
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $195,138 · Management $21,682$216,820
IX-17 TravelPrograms $150,823$150,823
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $40,355$40,355
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $187,512 · Management $20,835$208,347
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $1,983,931 · Management $220,437$2,204,368
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $5,896,586 · Management $9,855$5,906,441
IX-24e All other expensesManagement $29,469$29,469
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $10,799,279 · Management $1,309,510 · Fundraising $0$12,108,789
Part X · Balance sheet $9,142,007 assets, 18 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $2,151,511$2,415,003
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $400,515$411,763
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $1,280,850$660,496
X-8 Inventories for sale or useStart of year $196,670$158,624
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $521,976$604,255
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $1,486,461$1,565,650
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $2,661,839$2,830,396
X-12 Other securitiesStart of year $227,139$250,320
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $245,500$245,500
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $9,172,461$9,142,007
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $1,203,881$715,874
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $1,246,249$1,248,660
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $0$0
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $2,450,130$1,964,534
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $6,696,439$7,156,003
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $25,892$21,470
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $6,722,331$7,177,473
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $9,172,461$9,142,007
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $7,177,473 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$12,532,716
XI-2 Total expenses$12,108,789
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$423,927
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$6,722,331
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$31,215
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$7,177,473

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