Bmw Classic Car Club of America Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 813388417
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2017–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2016
- Location
- Coral Gables, FL, USA
- Phone
- 5403449246
- Rating
- 82
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Recreational l Clubs
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $112,272
- Expenses
- $105,395
- Assets
- $123,073
- Liabilities
- $52,057
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
5 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- DIRK DE GROEN (President)
People named in this filing
- DIRK DE GROEN (President)
- DAVID LOWEN (Treasurer)
- ERIC ZAGROCKI (Secretary)
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
To promote interest and ownership of classic bmw automobiles; to promote preservation, restoration, and use of such vehicles; to conduct activities which enhance the visibility and enjoyment of such vehicles; to provide a resource of information for those interested in such vehicles; and to foster social contacts amongst its members.
What it reported doing in 2025
The club issues a quarterly newsletter which provides valuable information and resources to owners and others who are interested in the preservation, restoration and use of classic bmw automobiles. The club also sponsors several automobile events during the year and encourages all members to participate in order to promote the use of the vehicles and to foster social contacts among the members and the public. These events also serve to educate the public about classic bmw automobiles. This club plays a vital role in the preservation of classic bmw automobiles with its activities.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Earned-program. 65% 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. Program spending has declined or grown slowly and revenue has declined or grown slowly.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 91
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 50
- Growth: 20
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 88.7%; rating input score 89
- Program expense ratio: 94.5%; rating input score 94
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 6.1%; rating input score 47; 47th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.17; rating input score 64; 64th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.42; rating input score 10; 10th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: -10% per year; rating input score 0; 15th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -8.7% per year; rating input score 0; 5th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 14.2% per year; rating input score 100; 69th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 88.7% of revenue deployed · 94.5% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $100K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
- Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
- Schedules: 1 filed schedules
- Filing history: 9 filing years from 2017 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.
- High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 47/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 10/100.