Desert Thunder Aquatics Club

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
860823933
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2024–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2023, Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Chandler, AZ, USA
Phone
4802097584
Rating
77
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Swimming & Other Water Recreation

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$109,771
Expenses
$99,795
Assets
$0
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

3 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • SCOTT LATHROP (PRESIDENT)
  • ANDREW SCHNELLER (VICE PRESIDENT UNTIL SEPT 2025)

People named in this filing

  • SCOTT LATHROP (PRESIDENT)
  • ANDREW SCHNELLER (VICE PRESIDENT UNTIL SEPT 2025)
  • KEVIN BAUERLE (BOARD MEMBER UNTIL MARCH 2025)

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

To instruct, train and coach swimmers of all ages.

What it reported doing in 2025

Desert thunder's program is built on a developmental coaching philosophy. Our training programs are tailored to the physical and emotional development of the swimmer and incorporate state of the art applications of research in the areas of biomechanics, neurology, and exercise physiology. Our approach is a highly motivational one which focuses on individual improvement and relies on a cooperative effort between the coaching staff, the swimmer and the swimmer's parents.we also, with the help of volunteers, organized and conducted local meets and mini-meets. Swimmers form the organization participate in these meets and in meets held by similar organizations. Employees of the organization coached the swimmers at these meets. Club swimmers compete in state, regional and sectional meets.

Operating model

Revenue model
Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
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 - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. Program spending has declined or grown slowly and revenue has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 72
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 27
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 70.5%; rating input score 70
  • Program expense ratio: 76.2%; rating input score 76

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 9.1%; rating input score 53; 53rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0; rating input score 1; 1st percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 31.7%; rating input score 11; 11th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -25.7% per year; rating input score 0; 9th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -10.2% per year; rating input score 0; 4th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -23.8% per year; rating input score 0; 6th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 70.5% of revenue deployed · 76.2% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $76K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2024 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 4 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.

  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 1/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 53/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 11/100.