Chugiak Aquatics Club Boosters

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
510487718
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2021–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2022
Location
Eagle River, AK, USA
Rating
89
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Swimming & Other Water Recreation

Reported finances

Revenue
$86,604
Expenses
$111,847
Assets
$41,455

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

Leadership & pay

9 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Michelle Shicks (Booster President)
  • Jenny Russian (Vice President)

People named in this filing

  • Michelle Shicks (Booster President)
  • Jenny Russian (Vice President)
  • Karen Shockley (Member at Large Meet 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 Chugiak Aquatics Club Boosters has two key missions: 1. Support competitive swimming activities for youth ages 6 to 19 participating in USA Swimming Inc. sanctioned programs training competitions and events. 2. Support a robust learn to swim program serving youth in the Anchorage area.

What it reported doing in 2025

Supports for local and statewide USA Swimming and ASAA NHFS sanctioned competitions and activities. The Chugiak Aquatics Club Boosters provide technical personnel and material support for local and statewide competitions. These include: 1. Provision for training and staffing officials and timing experts 2. Maintenance of timing equipment and infrastructure at Bartlett and Chugiak Pools 3. Planning and executing local and statewide competitions including logistics volunteer personnel and programming. CAC Boosters provided four statewide competitions serving 300 athletes and 10 competitions serving 50 to 100 athletes. In addition CAC Boosters provided substantial support to an additional 8 statewide or areawide meets serving 300 athletes.

Operating model

Revenue model
Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
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: 100
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 23
  • Growth: 100

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; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -29.1%; rating input score 18; 18th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.37; rating input score 26; 26th 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: 22.6% per year; rating input score 100; 83rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 13.9% per year; rating input score 100; 85th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 10.6% per year; rating input score 100; 71st percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 4 filed program accomplishments · $112K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 9 people listed
  • Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 4 filing years from 2021 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
  • 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 — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 18/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 26/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.