Colorado Chapter Sports Turf Managers Association

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
841160761
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2021–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Aurora, CO, USA
Phone
7209353840
Rating
42
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Professional Societies, Associations

Reported finances

Revenue
$51,317
Expenses
$45,514
Assets
$88,525
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

10 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • CHRISTI CLAY (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
  • JOHN FRANKELFELD (PRESIDENT)
  • TARA JORDAN (PAST PRESIDENT)
  • ROBERT SEDLAK (VICE PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • CHRISTI CLAY (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
  • TAMLA BLUNT (DIRECTOR)
  • JOHN FRANKELFELD (PRESIDENT)

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

Education & resources for turf pros

What it reported doing in 2025

Award program: scholarship and educational opportunities to turf managers and manager of the year award

Operating model

Revenue model
Other-operating. 80% of the money available for current operations came from other operating revenue.
Distribution model
Transfer-based 990-EZ. The 990-EZ reports grants or member benefits, but it does not separate enough spending to show the nonprofit’s full delivery mix.

The verdict

MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and assets have declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 8
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 56
  • Growth: 40

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 11.7%; rating input score 12
  • Program expense ratio: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 11.3%; rating input score 62; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.95; rating input score 65; 65th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 52.6%; rating input score 3; 3rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: 3.8% per year; rating input score 100; 65th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -2.1% per year; rating input score 0; 31st percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 11.7% of revenue deployed
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 2 filed program accomplishments
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 10 people listed
  • Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 5 filing years from 2021 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • 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 — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 12/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 3/100.