Des Moines Figure Skating Club
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 272743046
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2010–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2023
- Location
- West Des Moines, IA, USA
- Phone
- 5157205438
- Rating
- 74
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Winter Sports
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $100,890
- Expenses
- $99,200
- Assets
- $23,875
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
8 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- APRIL BARNHILL (PRESIDENT)
- BRYAN RUSH (VICE-PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- APRIL BARNHILL (PRESIDENT)
- BRYAN RUSH (VICE-PRESIDENT)
- JONATHAN BARNHILL (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 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Dmfsc is dedicated to the advancement, practice, and instruction of the sport of figure skating in the central Iowa community. The club is a proud member of u.s. Figure skating since 1955. For more than 60 years, dmfsc has helped members of all ages and abilities in the central Iowa community to develop their skills as competitive and recreational skaters. Competitive members of our organization have trained locally and participated in local, state, regional and national competitions.
What it reported doing in 2024
Learn to skate program: provide lessons available to des moines metro area through a partnership with the city of west des moines parks and recreation. This program serves over 600 skaters from age 3 through adult throughout the calendar year. The mission of the des moines figure skating club (dmfsc) is to provide programs to encourage community-wide participation and achievement in the sport of figure skating. Dmfsc is dedicated to providing a fun and safe experience and great activities for the entire family in promoting health and physical fitness.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Earned-program. 92% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
- 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
SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Program spending has declined or grown slowly and expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 73
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 41
- Growth: 60
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 72.3%; rating input score 72
- Program expense ratio: 73.5%; rating input score 74
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 1.7%; rating input score 39; 39th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.24; rating input score 22; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 76; 76th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: -1.4% per year; rating input score 0; 26th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 0.8% per year; rating input score 100; 25th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 2% per year; rating input score 100; 34th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 72.3% of revenue deployed · 73.5% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 2 filed program accomplishments · $73K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 8 people listed
- Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- Filing history: 4 filing years from 2010 to 2024
- 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 — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 39/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 22/100.