Duluth Amateur Hockey Association

Overview

Mission

To provide all youths an opportunity to participate and excel through the sport of hockey while building and developing sportsmanship, self esteem, confidence and respect for others.

What it reported doing in 2024

Provide youth hockey programs and promote amateur athlectics for hundreds of young poeple in the duluth area, including the operation and management of fryberger arena, and coaching supervision.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 68% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The nonprofit carried out 100% of its reported program work directly.

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
237076801
IRS 990 coverage
2014–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Headquarters
Duluth, MN, USA
Rating
82
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Human Services

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The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised and program spending has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 80
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Accountability: 88
  • Sustainability: 34
  • Growth: 20

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 90.6%; rating input score 91
  • Program expense ratio: 87.4%; rating input score 87
  • Fundraising efficiency: $0.15 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 2; 2nd percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited
  • Public monitoring controls: Limited
  • Public policy transparency: Limited
  • Public financial transparency: Limited
  • Impact reporting controls: Limited
  • Public relationship transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 5 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 71
  • Public governance controls: Limited
  • Zakat policy transparency: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -3.4%; rating input score 27; 27th percentile among comparable filings
  • Operating reserve ratio: 0.91; rating input score 39; 39th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.98; rating input score 6; 6th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 81; 81st percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -2.7% per year; rating input score 0; 11th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -1.8% per year; rating input score 0; 9th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 10.7% per year; rating input score 100; 61st percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 90.6% of revenue deployed · 87.4% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 17 of 17 board members independent · 5 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $481K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 17 people listed
  • Consistency: 26 of 26 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 7 annual filings from 2014 to 2024