Eastern Shore Association of Golf Course Superintendents Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 521912931
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2015–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2014, Form 990-EZ 2024
- Location
- Salisbury, MD, USA
- Phone
- 3026705773
- Rating
- 72
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $164,391
- Expenses
- $144,989
- Assets
- $50,281
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
11 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Derek Haley (President)
- Ryan Howard (Vice President)
- Owen Sutherland (Past President)
People named in this filing
- Derek Haley (President)
- Ryan Howard (Vice President)
- John Kotoski (Secretary/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
To associate professionals in the Delaware, Maryland & Virginia area and provide information to members and affiliates that will benefit the turfgrass industry as a whole.
What it reported doing in 2024
Promotion of research & education in the turfgrass industry by coordinatinga conference for members/affiliates, providing educational scholarships toturf industry students, donating to research projects, and sponsoring events.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
- Distribution model
- Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 74% for direct work, and 26% for grants.
The verdict
SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. Total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown and assets have declined or grown slowly.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 64
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 54
- Growth: 80
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 60.9%; rating input score 61
- Program expense ratio: 69%; rating input score 69
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 11.8%; rating input score 61; 61st percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.35; rating input score 29; 29th 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: 3.8% per year; rating input score 100; 43rd percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 0.9% per year; rating input score 100; 25th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -2.3% per year; rating input score 0; 21st percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 60.9% of revenue deployed · 69% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $100K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 11 people listed
- Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
- Schedules: 1 filed schedules
- Filing history: 9 filing years from 2015 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 — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 29/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.