Marquette Gridiron Club

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
870875853
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2024–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2023
Location
Marquette, MI, USA
Rating
85
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Football

Reported finances

Revenue
$32,973
Expenses
$35,386
Assets
$77,426
Liabilities
$43,512

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

Leadership & pay

9 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Angela Abbott (President)
  • Carrie Lusk (Vice President)

People named in this filing

  • Angela Abbott (President)
  • Carrie Lusk (Vice President)
  • Lisa Hanson (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

The Club is a non-profit charitable corporation organized exclusively for educational and charitable purposes under Section 501c3 of the Internal Revenue Code or the corresponding provision of any future federal tax code. The purpose of the Club is to support the Marquette High School Football Program the Program its teams players coaches events and activities. The Club is dedicated to enriching the lives of student-athletes coaches and the entire high school football community at Marquette Senior High School the School.

What it reported doing in 2024

The purpose of the Club is to support the Marquette High School Football Program the "Program" its teams players coaches events and activities. The Club is dedicated to enriching the lives of student-athletes coaches and the entire high school football community at Marquette Senior High School the "School". The Club raises funds through operation of the Football Field Concessions Stand operation concessions stands for other MSHS Sports and playoffs as requested a ticketed raffle home game 50 50 raffles sales of team and club branded football merchandise production of a printed football program supported by local business sponsorship dine-to donate partnerships with local restaurants and returnable can and bottle drives. The club uses the funds to support and enrich the MSHS football program by supplying equipment athlete skills development camp sponsorship team home and travel meals an annual awards banquet an annual kickoff event BBQ team spirit wear senior banners and sponsorship of homecoming activities and events. Investment in a club database and website with an online store as well as adding a public Facebook Page in addition to our previous facebook parents group has increased the number of club memberships the level of parent involvement and community engagement with the Club and Football Program which resulted in increased support for all of our clubs fundraising efforts. That success will enable the club to purchase more and better quality equipment for the Football Program in the coming year.

Operating model

Revenue model
Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
Distribution model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent spending detail to tell whether the nonprofit works directly or through others.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Some filed totals do not add up and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 100
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 43
  • Growth: NotEnoughData

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -7.3%; rating input score 34; 34th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.19; rating input score 67; 67th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.56; rating input score 8; 8th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: Limited
  • Asset growth: Limited

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $39K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 9 people listed
  • Consistency: 7 of 8 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • 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.

  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Part III program expenses within total did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 34/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 8/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.