Bismarck Youth Football League
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 204312860
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2018–2025
- Official website data refreshed
- Sep 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2016
- Location
- Bismarck, ND, USA
- Phone
- 7014713097
- Rating
- 94
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Recreation& Sports N.E.C.
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $181,555
- Expenses
- $169,673
- Assets
- $99,201
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
11 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- DEREK ARNDT (PRESIDENT)
- JON ARTZ (VICE PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- DEREK ARNDT (PRESIDENT)
- RON FREI (TREASURER)
- NOLAN CANRIGHT (DIRECTOR)
Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
The mission of the Bismarck Youth Football League is to provide and promote the youth with safe and supervised growth of football development throughout Bismarck and the surrounding area. We thank the sponsors throughout the years who have recognized the value of supporting youth sports participation and the life lessons that can be learned through the great game of football. Our hope is we continue to unite the bonds of friendship between the youth, parents, coaches, voluntneers, community, and sponsors through our great program. Your proceeds contribute to player uniforms, equipment to keep kids safe during play, costs for green space and costs associated to maintaining our league. Thank you for your support! Fair 69 °F.
What it reported doing in 2025
Teaching tackle football in a safe and fun team environment for children in grades 3rd through 6th through a football league and camp.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Earned-program. 89% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
- Distribution model
- Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% 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
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 92
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 51
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 89.4%; rating input score 89
- Program expense ratio: 95.7%; rating input score 96
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 6.5%; rating input score 48; 48th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.58; rating input score 42; 42nd percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 74; 74th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 9.2% per year; rating input score 100; 57th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 8.8% per year; rating input score 100; 60th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 8.2% per year; rating input score 100; 54th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: 1 programs and campaigns described on the official site
- Where the money goes: 89.4% of revenue deployed · 95.7% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $162K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 11 people listed
- Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 8 filing years from 2018 to 2025
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- 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 48/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 42/100.