Madison Nordic Ski Club

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
464229145
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2019–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2018
Location
Madison, WI, USA
Phone
6088524362
Rating
80
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Winter Sports

Reported finances

Revenue
$78,974
Expenses
$76,802
Assets
$65,723
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

17 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Carrie Eaton (President)
  • Mark Webber (Vice President)
  • Tamara Bryant (Executive Director)

People named in this filing

  • Carrie Eaton (President)
  • Mark Webber (Vice President)
  • Mike Collins (Youth Chair)

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

Promotion of, and access to, the sport of nordic skiing for the greater Madison WI community of all ages.

What it reported doing in 2025

Funding and volunteers to support snowmaking and grooming for Madison Parks and residents. Make winter recreation possible for all city residents and support thousands of skiers and residents enjoying recreation through the winter months.

Operating model

Revenue model
Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 92% 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. Expenses are high relative to revenue and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 81
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 44
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 80.4%; rating input score 80
  • Program expense ratio: 82.6%; rating input score 83

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 2.8%; rating input score 50; 50th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.86; rating input score 43; 43rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 60.3%; rating input score 2; 2nd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 5.8% per year; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 5.2% per year; rating input score 100; 70th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 6.9% per year; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 80.4% of revenue deployed · 82.6% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $63K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 17 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 7 filing years from 2019 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 4 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.

  • Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 50/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 43/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 2/100.