Donald Ross Society Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 061480143
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2013–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2024
- Location
- Indianapolis, IN, USA
- Phone
- 3176261588
- Rating
- 38
- Verdict
- REVIEW
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $54,230
- Expenses
- $65,649
- Assets
- $198,943
- Liabilities
- $49,764
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
12 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- VAUGHN HALYARD (PRESIDENT)
- MIKE SCERRA (VICE PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- JOHN STILES (DIRECTOR)
- PAM ALLEN (DIRECTOR)
- DAVID JONGLEUX (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
The society was formed to foster the members' interest in the sport of golf and to encourage the interest, appreciation, and restoration of donald ross designed golf courses, in the united states and abroad.
What it reported doing in 2024
The society provides periodic emails with news, events, and information to its approximately 520 members. Website provides information about the society and sponsored golf tournaments at courses designed by donald ross.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Membership-supported. 96% of the money available for current operations came from membership dues.
- Distribution model
- Transfer-based 990-EZ. The 990-EZ reports grants or member benefits, but it does not separate enough spending to show the nonprofit’s full delivery mix.
The verdict
REVIEW - The filed numbers largely add up and revenue has grown recently. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 1
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 41
- Growth: 60
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 1.1%; rating input score 1
- Program expense ratio: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -21.1%; rating input score 22; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 3.03; rating input score 75; 75th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.25; rating input score 13; 13th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: Limited
- Revenue growth: 0.2% per year; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 18.9% per year; rating input score 100; 85th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 1.1% of revenue deployed
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 12 people listed
- Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
- Schedules: 1 filed schedules
- Filing history: 12 filing years from 2013 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- 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.
- High — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 1/100.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 22/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 13/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.