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LMVSC (Lee Mount Vernon Sports Club)

EIN: 54-1450490 · Tax status: 501(c)(3) nonprofit (recognized June 2003)

Overview

Lee Mount Vernon Sports Club (LMVSC) is one of the oldest youth soccer organizations in Northern Virginia, founded in 1969. The legal entity (Lee Mt Vernon Sports Club Inc, also operating as Youth Community Soccer Association) serves the Lee District / Mount Vernon area of southern Fairfax County, with a catchment that reaches into the City of Alexandria.

LMVSC operates approximately 2,500 players and has historically focused on a community-club model rather than national-pathway competition.

Financials

MetricFY2024
Revenue$1,474,054
Expenses$1,584,823
Net income-$110,769
Net assets$610,673

Confidence: HIGH (Form 990, FY2024).

FY2024 operating loss of $111K. Net assets of $611K provide ~5 months of runway, but the loss-trend warrants monitoring.

Program services account for 95.9% of revenue. Executive compensation is $478K — 30.1% of total expenses, which is one of the highest executive-comp-to-revenue ratios in the VA dataset and the primary driver of the operating loss.

Teams & Players

Approximately 2,500 players across recreational and competitive programs. The historic publicly-cited “750 teams” figure appears overstated for a club at this revenue scale — likely conflates seasonal team formations or includes recreational rosters.

League Affiliations

LMVSC notably does not participate in ECNL, ECNL-RL, MLS Next, or Girls Academy — making it one of the larger NOVA clubs without a national-pathway affiliation. CCL participation is the highest competitive tier the club holds.

Facilities

Public Fairfax County and City of Alexandria fields. The club does not own dedicated facilities.

Leadership

  • Lula Bauer — Executive Director (FY2024 compensation $90,833)
  • Robert Bigney — Director of Recreational Soccer (FY2024 compensation $86,820)
  • Fabin Lewis — Director of Coaching (FY2024 compensation $60,000)
  • Jessica Gore — Director of Operations (FY2024 compensation $46,786)
  • Jennifer Deems — Public Relations Director (FY2024 compensation $46,667)

The five-named-executive structure on $1.47M revenue is among the heaviest staff overhead in the VA dataset for clubs of this revenue scale, contributing materially to the FY2024 operating loss.

Competitive Position

LMVSC is a long-established community club in southern Fairfax County, but its competitive positioning has not kept pace with the Northern Virginia pathway escalation of the past decade. The CCL affiliation is the highest tier the club holds, while peer clubs of similar revenue scale (FC Richmond, Stafford, Herndon) have moved into ECNL-RL or MLS Next tiers. The southern Fairfax catchment overlaps with Alexandria SA (north) and Villarreal Virginia (Springfield), creating dense competition for a flat or slightly declining youth-soccer-aged population in the Lee/Mount Vernon area.

Industry Context

LMVSC illustrates the structural challenge facing legacy NOVA community clubs: 1969-founded, established field-permit relationships, broad recreational base, and a board governance culture from an earlier era of youth soccer — but with executive overhead that has scaled faster than revenue. The CCL-only competitive tier limits the club’s ability to retain or recruit top travel families, who increasingly route to FVU/ECNL alliance clubs or to NVA MLS Next partners. The combination of an FY2024 operating loss, no national-pathway affiliation, and elevated executive compensation suggests an organization at a strategic decision point — either upgrade pathway participation, restructure overhead, or accept gradual competitive decline.

Open Questions

  • Travel/competitive vs recreational player split
  • Why 5 named six-figure-or-near directors on $1.5M revenue
  • Whether the board is reviewing CCL exit / VPSL entry options
  • Field-permit security in a tight Fairfax County field market
  • Catchment-overlap competitive dynamics with Alexandria SA and Virginia Valor

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