Comets Booster Club
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 237301389
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2011–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990 2023, Form 990-EZ 2025
- Location
- Kalamazoo, MI, USA
- Phone
- 2693812250
- Rating
- 91
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Single Organization Support
- Affiliation
- Christianity
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $82,961
- Expenses
- $76,482
- Assets
- $123,124
- Liabilities
- $1,580
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
13 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- BEN LEONARD (PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- BEN LEONARD (PRESIDENT)
- JEFF PENZOTTI (VICE PRESIDE)
- JOSH SLATER (TREASURER)
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
Further the sports program of kalamazoo christian high school through donations of sports equipment and facilities paid for from the various fundraising efforts of this organization.
What it reported doing in 2025
Direct contributions to school athletic program budget or donated goods.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
- Distribution model
- Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 100% of its reported program spending out as grants.
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 liabilities are high compared with assets.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 91
- Transparency & Controls: 94
- Sustainability: 54
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 88.4%; rating input score 88
- Program expense ratio: 95.9%; rating input score 96
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 92.9%; rating input score 93; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 7.8%; rating input score 57; 57th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.61; rating input score 60; 60th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.01; rating input score 24; 24th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 28% per year; rating input score 100; 86th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 5.6% per year; rating input score 100; 71st percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 4.2% per year; rating input score 100; 53rd percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 88.4% of revenue deployed · 95.9% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $73K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 13 people listed
- Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
- Schedules: 4 filed schedules
- Filing history: 12 filing years from 2011 to 2025
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
- 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.
- Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 57/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 24/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.