Desert Ice Skating Club of Arizona

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
205672622
IRS 990 coverage
2023–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2022, Form 990-N 2020
Location
Chandler, AZ, USA
Phone
6027514256
Rating
89
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Winter Sports

Reported finances

Revenue
$312,134
Expenses
$315,802
Assets
$128,705
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

9 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • HYESON BUSBY (PRESIDENT)
  • DANA WATTS (VICE PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • HYESON BUSBY (PRESIDENT)
  • DANA WATTS (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • ERICA MCCAULEY (SECRETARY)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

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

Overview

Mission

Throughout the year, discoa holds events for its members, offering team-building and cultural/social activities. We host the Arizona ice classic, an annual skating competition held in august. The club offers several test sessions throughout the year, and exhibitions and critiques based on needs.

What it reported doing in 2024

Membership growth in 2024-2025 we finished the 2024-2025 membership year with 237 full members, compared to 235 full members for the 2023-2024 membership year. Arizona ice classic competition the most recent competition took place on june 21-22, 2025. We had 175 registered skaters for 256 events, compared to 2024, when we had 184 registered skaters for 272 events. This was a slight but unconcerning decline. Usfs gold medalists we had nine skaters pass gold-level usfs tests in dance, skating skills, or singles to earn their usfs gold medals.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 88% 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

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: 96
  • Transparency & Controls: 90
  • Accountability: 82
  • Sustainability: 41
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 98.5%; rating input score 98
  • Program expense ratio: 96.8%; rating input score 97
  • Fundraising efficiency: $72.01 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 82; 82nd percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 4 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 57
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • 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: -1.2%; rating input score 36; 36th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.41; rating input score 21; 21st percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 80; 80th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 23.1% per year; rating input score 100; 87th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 30% per year; rating input score 100; 93rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 19% per year; rating input score 100; 83rd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 98.5% of revenue deployed · 96.8% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 9 of 9 board members independent · 4 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $306K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 9 people listed
  • Consistency: 19 of 19 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2023 to 2024
  • 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.

  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 6 not reported.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 36/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 21/100.