Golden Coast Conference

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
463983567
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2014–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024
Location
Cave Creek, AZ, USA
Phone
3104209487
Rating
77
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Swimming & Other Water Recreation

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$98,460
Expenses
$81,659
Assets
$36,536

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

2 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • JOSEPH LOGAN (President)

People named in this filing

  • JOSEPH LOGAN (President)
  • DAN SMITH (Commissioner)

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

1 - to provide member programs the opportunity of a season-ending conference championship tournament.2 - in determining annual conference champions, to provide the winning program with automatic qualification to the ncaa women's water polo championship.3 - to provide an affiliation to assist in attaining greater visibility and exposure for the membership's water polo programs.4 - to promote sportmanship, fair play, and healthy intercollegiate competition.5 - to provide a platform for the highest level of competition within existing resources and at a reasonable financial costs.6 - to keep missed class time at a minimum.

What it reported doing in 2024

1. To provide member programs the opportunity of a season-ending conference championship tournament.2. In determining annual conference champions, to provide the winning program with automatic qualification to the ncaa women's water polo championship.3. To provide an affiliation to assist in attaining greater visibility and exposure for the membership's water polo programs.4. To promote sportmanship, fair play, and healthy intercollegiate competition.5. To provide a platform for the highest level of competition within existing resources and at a reasonable financial costs.6. To keep missed class time at a minimum.

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. Total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown and assets have declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 77
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 42
  • Growth: 80

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 71.1%; rating input score 71
  • Program expense ratio: 85.7%; rating input score 86

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 17.1%; rating input score 70; 70th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.45; rating input score 27; 27th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 17.1%; rating input score 8; 8th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 2.3% per year; rating input score 100; 55th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 3.8% per year; rating input score 100; 67th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -0.5% per year; rating input score 0; 37th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 71.1% of revenue deployed · 85.7% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $70K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 2 people listed
  • Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 8 filing years from 2014 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 9 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 — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 27/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 8/100.