Fort Calhoun Youth Sports Organization

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
562566882
IRS 990 coverage
2024–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025, Form 990-EZ 2023
Location
Fort Calhoun, NE, USA
Phone
4029837283
Rating
84
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Youth Development Programs

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$210,602
Expenses
$190,406
Assets
$156,459
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

16 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • KRISTEN DWORAK (PRESIDENT)
  • ALLIE SCHLEIFER (VICE PRESIDENT)

Highest reported compensation

  • ALLIE SCHLEIFER (VICE PRESIDENT): $2,210 total reported compensation
  • TERESA DOWLING (SECRETARY): $2,170 total reported compensation
  • MARY MILLARD (MEMBER): $1,400 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The purpose of the fort calhoun youth sports association is to create a youth sports program based upon the ideals of good sportmanship, integrity teamwork and self-sacrifice taught through organized athletic activities. The primary goal is to foster these qualities within each individual child in a positive environment. The organization will not place a priority on winning and will not tolerate a win at all costs attitude among its membership.

What it reported doing in 2025

The organization has created a youth sports program that offers multiple types of sports for all ages from pre-k through 8th grade that focuses on the ideals of good sportsmanship, integrity, teamwork and self-sacrifice. Fall sports: volleyball (3rd grade-8th grade)cheerleading (kindergarten - 6th grade)flag football (girls & boys for kindergarten - 5th grade)tackle football (4th-6th grade)winter sports: basketball (girls & boys 2nd-8th grade) select volleyball team (5th & 6th grade)spring/summer sports: t-ball (pre-k - 1st grade)softball (8u-10u)baseball (7u-14u)- competitive and recreationalsoccer (girls and boys 4u-13u)

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 77% 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: 92
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 63
  • Sustainability: 50
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 91.5%; rating input score 92
  • Program expense ratio: 98.9%; rating input score 99
  • Fundraising efficiency: $54.71 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 75; 75th 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: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 1 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 11
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: Fail
    • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 9.6%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.82; rating input score 36; 36th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 77; 77th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 4.6%; rating input score 31; 31st percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 10.2% per year; rating input score 100; 68th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 12.7% per year; rating input score 100; 76th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 45.1% per year; rating input score 100; 95th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 91.5% of revenue deployed · 98.9% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 16 of 16 board members independent · 1 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $188K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $2K · 16 people listed
  • Consistency: 15 of 15 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2024 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 6 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 — Accountability: Governance controls: 7 of 8 not reported.
  • Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 56/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 36/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 31/100.