Active Youth Wisconsin Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 274944213
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2015–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990 2025, Form 990-EZ 2014
- Location
- Verona, WI, USA
- Phone
- 6084164051
- Rating
- 73
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Youth Development Programs
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $511,154
- Expenses
- $479,854
- Assets
- $488,858
- Liabilities
- $51,705
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
11 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Ashley Farrell (President)
- Kyle Lafond (Vice President)
Highest reported compensation
- Amanda Marek (Executive Dir.): $75,000 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
The mission of active youth Wisconsin formerly tri 4 schools is a nonprofit committed to providing accessible opportunities for kids to be active in a generation when they move less than ever. Our initiatives foster inclusivity, promote self-confidence, work ethic and positive peer interactions so that all children, regardless of background, can benefit from the physical and mental health advantages that regular activity provides.
What it reported doing in 2025
Birdie Derby: Birdie Derby is a fun-filled community event on Thanksgiving produced by Active Youth Wisconsin, whose dedicated volunteers work hard year-round to make your entire experience exceptional. There are options for everyone including walking or running the 5K or 10K, joining a team, or the kids dash. 100% of proceeds from the Birdie Derby stay in the community and support Dane County schools and community centers. The Grants 4 Schools program provides financial assistance, equipment, other resources, and direct funding to enhance educational opportunities and allow children to be active in a safe environment.
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 86% 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.
- Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.
The verdict
SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and most voting board members are independent. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 58
- Transparency & Controls: 92
- Accountability: 74
- Sustainability: 42
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 62.3%; rating input score 62
- Program expense ratio: 67.3%; rating input score 67
- Fundraising efficiency: $2.79 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 8; 8th percentile among comparable filings
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: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 3 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 38
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Fail
- Document-retention policy: Fail
- CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Other executive compensation review process: Fail
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Missing
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 6.1%; rating input score 48; 48th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.02; rating input score 43; 43rd percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.11; rating input score 34; 34th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 15.6%; rating input score 23; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 6.7% per year; rating input score 100; 45th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 9.2% per year; rating input score 100; 58th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 17.7% per year; rating input score 100; 75th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 62.3% of revenue deployed · 67.3% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 10 of 10 board members independent · 3 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $323K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $75K · 11 people listed
- Consistency: 30 of 30 current checks pass
- Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors
- Filing history: 11 filing years from 2015 to 2025
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 25 filed money-flow records
- 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.
- Moderate — Accountability: Governance controls: 4 of 7 not reported.
- High — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 8/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 48/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 43/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 23/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 34/100.