Matanuska Valley Sportsmen Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 920097677
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2013–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2012, Form 990-T 2024
- Location
- Palmer, AK, USA
- Phone
- 9077464862
- Rating
- 78
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Education N.E.C.
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $242,612
- Expenses
- $239,456
- Assets
- $1,080,519
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
8 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Steve Myers (President)
- Mike Nickles (Vice President)
People named in this filing
- Steve Myers (President)
- Mike Nickles (Vice President)
- Larry White (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. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
The Sportsman's club was organized in 1948 by a group of like-minded individuals who wanted to educate the general public about the safe handling and use of firearms. It was later incorporated in 1962 and is dedicated to firearms safety education as a public service, marksmanship training as a contribution to individual preparedness for personal and national defense, and the sports of shooting, hunting, and fishing as wholesome forms of recreation.
What it reported doing in 2024
Competition and training classes were offered an average of once per week. Both formal and informal classes were offered. We continue to develop new classes to add to the offerings. The State of Alaska Hunter Education Program classes are also offered and have been well attended. Class attendance has rebounded to pre-pandemic levels due in part to management efforts on the part of the training manager and a dedicated cadre of instructors. Over 325 people were trained in both formal and informal training classes. The classes given provided training from introduction to firearms through advanced personal defense. Training also included Range Safety Officer Training, Chief Range Safety Officer Training, a metallic cartridge reloading class, and Refuse To Be A Victim class. A total of 34 classes were provided in 9 different disciplines and 263 people received training.. We continue to develop new classes to add to the offerings. The State of Alaska Hunter Education Program classes are also offered. In 2024, 97 people were trained under that program in 8 different classes.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Earned-program. 72% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
- Distribution model
- Direct operator. The filing allocates 96% 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. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 78
- Transparency & Controls: 76
- Accountability: 82
- Sustainability: 60
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 89.1%; rating input score 89
- Program expense ratio: 85%; rating input score 85
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 81.8%; rating input score 82; 1st percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: Limited
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: 81.8%; rating input score 82; 49th percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 4 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 57
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Fail
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Missing
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 1.3%; rating input score 42; 42nd percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 4.51; rating input score 77; 77th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 80; 80th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 6.2% per year; rating input score 100; 58th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 4.7% per year; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 7.6% per year; rating input score 100; 58th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 89.1% of revenue deployed · 85% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 7 of 7 board members independent · 4 of 7 filing controls reported
- Programs: 5 filed program accomplishments · $203K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 8 people listed
- Consistency: 22 of 24 current checks pass · 2 findings to review
- Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes grants
- Filing history: 12 filing years from 2013 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.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 6 not reported.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 42/100.
- Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.
- Review — Transparency & Controls: Domestic grant itemization did not reconcile in the filed values.