Buffalo Lacrosse Club

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
412003360
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2022–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2021
Location
Buffalo, MN, USA
Rating
88
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Amateur Sports

Reported finances

Revenue
$55,414
Expenses
$48,495
Assets
$69,366

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

11 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Mark Lemen (President)
  • April Springer (Vice President)

People named in this filing

  • Erica Wurm (Secretary and Volunteer Coordinator)
  • Mark Lemen (President)
  • Tiffany Dixon (Marketing 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 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The specific purpose of Corporation is educational and charitable: Educational: To foster the development of youth aged eighteen 18 years of age or younger through instruction and training related to proper safe techniques and ethical practices of lacrosse under the rules set forth by Youth Lacrosse of Minnesota Minnesota Lacrosse Association Minnesota Boys Scholastic Lacrosse Association and US Lacrosse; to perpetuate the sport of lacrosse; to encourage effective communication cooperation sportsmanship and healthy competition; to develop the value and self-esteem of each individual participant; and to create an atmosphere where camaraderie inclusiveness accountability learning and respect are valued. Charitable: To promote a sense of community and combat juvenile delinquency by supporting and maintaining an organized lacrosse program for the youth for the Buffalo community and its environs.

What it reported doing in 2024

Competition - Registered fall spring and summer seasons with GNLL 20,416 and rented indoor outdoor field for practice and games 5,023. Marketing and advertising expenses for purpose of recruitment 6,903. Maintained equipment supplies 2,636 and provided non-parent coaching staff 7.054 and software for registration and communication 1,677.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 81% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
Distribution model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent spending detail to tell whether the nonprofit works directly or through others.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Some filed totals do not add up and revenue has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 100
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 54
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 12.5%; rating input score 65; 65th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.43; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 102.3% per year; rating input score 100; 97th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -14.2% per year; rating input score 0; 19th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 11.7% per year; rating input score 100; 76th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 2 filed program accomplishments · $439K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 11 people listed
  • Consistency: 5 of 6 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 3 filing years from 2022 to 2024
  • 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 — Transparency & Controls: Part III program expenses within total did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 56/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.