American Camp Association Wisconsin Section

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
521112443
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2010–2010
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2010
Location
Appleton, WI, USA
Phone
9207164133
Rating
74
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Limited
Sector
Camps

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$70,731
Expenses
$71,280
Assets
$119,933

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2010. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

12 people listed

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2010. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The Wisconsin section of america camp association (aca) is a resource for Wisconsin-based aca member camps to gain and exchange information about staff training, job postings, education, and research while promoting the enrichment of the lives of children and adults through the camping experience.

What it reported doing in 2010

The Wisconsin section of american camp association provides members and the public with information, educational programs, and an accreditation system for camps to enhance quality of camp programs in Wisconsin.

Operating model

Revenue model
Membership-supported. 73% of the money available for current operations came from membership dues.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 80% 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

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 79
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 39
  • Growth: NotEnoughData

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 78.9%; rating input score 79
  • Program expense ratio: 78.3%; rating input score 78

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 50th percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -0.8%; rating input score 44; 44th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.68; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: Limited

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: Limited
  • Asset growth: Limited

Details

  • Where the money goes: 78.9% of revenue deployed · 78.3% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $56K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $18K · 12 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • 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 — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 44/100.