Golf Foundation of Missouri Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
753140368
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2020–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2021, Form 990-EZ 2024
Location
Saint Louis, MO, USA
Phone
3148218055
Rating
83
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Human Services

Reported finances

Revenue
$130,288
Expenses
$114,846
Assets
$246,543
Liabilities
$41

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

Leadership & pay

13 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Alan Dombrowski (President)
  • Andrew Belsky (Former Executive Director Board Member Beginning May)
  • Roger Ellis (Executive Director Beginning April)

People named in this filing

  • Alan Dombrowski (President)
  • Adam Betz (Board Member)
  • Mike Dixon (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

Impact lives of youth by exposing them to the game of golf and teaching life lessons through golf

What it reported doing in 2024

Summer camp consists of 6 weeks of golf instruction from local PGA professionals. In addition, the campers attend life skills classes. Topics include financial literacy, future vocational options, leadership, sportsmanship, and healthy living. Since founded in 2003 over 2,750 campers have participated free-of-charge, over 27,500 lunches have been served free-of-charge. 90% of all revenue accepted goes directly to the campers in the form of curriculum, golf instruction, golf equipment and meals. 9 of 10 participants are from inner St. Louis City, including 80% African American and 40% female representation. Scholarships are available to eligible campers through the Larry L. Deskins Sr. scholarship fund.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 95% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
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 - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. Revenue has declined or grown slowly and reported officer compensation is a large share of total spending, which may reflect staffing concentration.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 74
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 61
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 71.2%; rating input score 71
  • Program expense ratio: 79%; rating input score 79

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 11.9%; rating input score 61; 61st percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.15; rating input score 82; 82nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 52; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 18.9%; rating input score 17; 17th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 24.3% per year; rating input score 100; 80th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -1.8% per year; rating input score 0; 15th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 13% per year; rating input score 100; 69th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 71.2% of revenue deployed · 79% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $91K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 13 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 4 filing years from 2020 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 2 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 — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 17/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 52/100.