Crystal Community Ski Club

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
382878585
IRS 990 coverage
2024–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2023, Form 990-N 2017
Location
Thompsonville, MI, USA
Phone
3135501313
Rating
80
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Sports Associations &Training Facilities

Reported finances

Revenue
$228,343
Expenses
$320,631
Assets
$39,760
Liabilities
$68,449

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

Leadership & pay

11 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • MATT CLAYSON (PRESIDENT)
  • KAYLA SIX (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • HUNTER STEINKAMP (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

Highest reported compensation

  • HUNTER STEINKAMP (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $72,525 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Crystal community ski club engages youth through inclusive and accessible snow sports programming to build a strong community, boost physical and mental health and well-being, and foster a lifelong passion for the outdoors.

What it reported doing in 2024

Alpine race training: we safely instructed and developed 116 youth athletes to be more proficient alpine skiers and ski racers. Nordic rocks: provide four sessions of no cost nordic ski instruction to local 3rd, 4th and 5th grades, serving a total of 789 youth. Master the mountain: provided 24 hours of alpine ski/snowboard instruction to each of the 58 participants over the course of 8 weeks. Friday night lights: provided 20 hours of ski/snowboard instruction to each participant. Sunday freestyle camp: provided 8 hours of instruction to each participant. Holiday freestyle camps: provided 4-6 hours of freestyle instruction to each participant. Nordic homeschool program: provided 8 hours of nordic ski instruction to each of 56 local homeschooled children. Nordic race program: provided nordic race training to 52 participants. Alpine outreach programs: provided instruction and access to 55 non-traditional youth free of charge.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 64% 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.

The verdict

STRONG - 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 expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 89
  • Transparency & Controls: 84
  • Accountability: 79
  • Sustainability: 8
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 99.6%; rating input score 100
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 90%; rating input score 90; 9th 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; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 4 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 50
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: Fail
    • 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: -40.4%; rating input score 7; 7th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.12; rating input score 8; 8th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 1.72; rating input score 2; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 22.6%; rating input score 17; 17th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: 21.2% per year; rating input score 100; 89th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 23.3% per year; rating input score 100; 88th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 99.6% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 9 of 9 board members independent · 4 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $319K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $73K · 11 people listed
  • Consistency: 19 of 20 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
  • 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 — Accountability: Governance controls: 3 of 7 not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 7/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 8/100.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 2/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 17/100.