Marin Amateur Radio Club

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
680010718
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2023–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2022
Location
San Rafael, CA, USA
Phone
4153321864
Rating
77
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate

Reported finances

Revenue
$75,891
Expenses
$74,063
Assets
$139,977

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

Leadership & pay

7 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Curtis Ardourel (President)
  • ED ESSICK (Vice President)

People named in this filing

  • Curtis Ardourel (President)
  • ED ESSICK (Vice President)
  • JIM SALTZGABER (Secretary)

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

To educate and increase the proficiency of its members in the science of radio communications.

What it reported doing in 2024

In 2024 the Marin Amateur Radio Society organized communications and provided volunteers for:- Ridge to Bridge: Saturday, April 13 - MCBC Jane Fondo Saturday April 27 2024 - Miwok 100K, Saturday, May 4, 2024 18 - Dipsea: Sunday, June 9th, 2024 - ARRL Field Day: June 22-23, 2024- MCBC Dirt Fondo: Saturday, July 20, 2024, - Marin Century: Saturday August 3, 2024,- Double Dipsea: Saturday August 24, 2024,- MCBC Adventure Revival. Saturday, September 21, 2024 - Dolphin Club Escape from Alcatraz Saturday, October 5, 2024 10am-6pm. 8 VE ExamsVolunteer Examinations were held to administer examinations for FCC licenses in January, April, July and October.Critical Mass Monthly Education and Practice Sessions NetsWeekly Net activities for testing repeaters, disseminating club information, testing radios of individual radio operators. Organized net activities for RACES, RCV, Digital Radio.Technology UpdatesWe also had an initiative to improve access and awareness of Digital Mobile Radio a relatively new digital technology in support of this we conducted workshops to educate members in DMR technology and tested it during public service events, as well as holding weekly DMR net check-ins to test infrastructure and member equipment.We continue to build out the Amateur Radio Emergency Data Network (AREDN) updating equipment, adding sites, and training operators.

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 - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. Revenue has declined or grown slowly and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 63
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 49
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 62.1%; rating input score 62
  • Program expense ratio: 63.6%; rating input score 64

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: 2.4%; rating input score 50; 50th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.89; rating input score 64; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 112.3% per year; rating input score 100; 98th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -2.3% per year; rating input score 0; 42nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 1.3% per year; rating input score 100; 44th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 62.1% of revenue deployed · 63.6% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $47K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 7 people listed
  • Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2023 to 2024
  • 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: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 50/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.