Far West Nordic Ski Education Association
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 680374049
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2010–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2025
- Location
- Truckee, CA, USA
- Rating
- 75
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Amateur Sports
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $117,219
- Expenses
- $79,498
- Assets
- $119,477
- Liabilities
- $31
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
12 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Lisa Atwell Holan (President)
- Thomas Miner (Vice President)
People named in this filing
- Tim Naylor (Secretary)
- Lisa Atwell Holan (President)
- ReAnnon Higerd (Director)
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
The Far West Nordic Ski Education Association believes competitive cross-country skiing offers great benefits to the community and to individuals of all ages and abilities. As a division of the United States Ski and Snowboard Association (USSA), our mission is to promote, develop, and expand cross-country (Nordic) racing within the USSA Far West Region (California, Nevada, and Arizona). We accomplish this mission by working with ski clubs, ski areas, and directly with our membership of individuals and families in the following manner: Promoting and supporting XC ski clubs, ski venues, coaching, and race development within the Far West Region. Attracting new individuals and groups to XC racing. Developing junior, senior, and masters athletes to their full potential through education and world-class coaching.Providing financial support to high school junior ski programs and through individual grants and scholarships. Selecting junior, senior, and masters regional teams and support member
What it reported doing in 2025
The Association provides cross-country ski education, coaching, training and race development skills to junior skiers (under 20 years of age) from the Truckee, Lake Tahoe and surrounding area. This has been accomplished through assistance to local junior and high school programs along with the issuance of grants and scholarships to deserving junior skiers. Far West has also helped to field regional junior teams that compete at the national and international levels.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent revenue detail to tell how this nonprofit funds its work.
- 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 revenue has declined or grown slowly.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 78
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 73
- Growth: 0
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 65.6%; rating input score 66
- Program expense ratio: 96.7%; rating input score 97
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 32.2%; rating input score 83; 83rd percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.5; rating input score 71; 71st percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 47; 47th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: -4% per year; rating input score 0; 21st percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -3.9% per year; rating input score 0; 9th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -1.7% per year; rating input score 0; 21st percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 65.6% of revenue deployed · 96.7% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $77K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 12 people listed
- Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 14 filing years from 2010 to 2025
- 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.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 47/100.