Cal Touchdown Club

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
923410968
IRS 990 coverage
2023–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025
Location
Caledonia, MI, USA
Phone
6162926375
Rating
78
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Football

Reported finances

Revenue
$70,429
Expenses
$58,042
Assets
$36,289
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

6 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • DAN KOWATCH (PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • DAN KOWATCH (PRESIDENT)
  • ED JOHNSON (TREASURER)
  • ANDREW BACKUS (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. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The purpose of this corporation is to enhance and improve the opportunities for youth football players in the caledonia football programs.

What it reported doing in 2025

The cal touchdown club provided resources to enhance opportunities for all levels of football in caledonia. Over 250 football student athletes attended camps, trained, and played football seasons and benefitted. Meals, hydration, and nutrition were provided that helped with training performance, weight gain, and maintenance and injury prevention. Coaches and trainers were compensated, trained, and provided with gear, software, cameras and other tools to more effectively coach and train players. Players were provided with books for study sessions and self-improvement.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
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.
  • Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and revenue has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 76
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 70
  • Sustainability: 53
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 81.3%; rating input score 81
  • Program expense ratio: 93.7%; rating input score 94
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

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: 2 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 29
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 17.6%; rating input score 68; 68th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.63; rating input score 22; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 58; 58th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 17.5% per year; rating input score 100; 81st percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -1.9% per year; rating input score 0; 50th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 2.2% per year; rating input score 100; 49th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 81.3% of revenue deployed · 93.7% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 6 of 6 board members independent · 2 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $54K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 6 people listed
  • Consistency: 17 of 17 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 3 filing years from 2023 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 — Accountability: Governance controls: 4 of 6 not reported.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 22/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 58/100.