Merrill Youth Hardball Association Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
392023676
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2020–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024
Location
Merrill, WI, USA
Rating
62
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Baseball, Softball

Reported finances

Revenue
$106,796
Expenses
$100,690
Assets
$55,936

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

Leadership & pay

13 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Shawn Schultz (President)
  • Cody Schmidt (Vice President)

People named in this filing

  • Shawn Schultz (President)
  • Dan Wendorf (Board Member)
  • Chris Simon (Board Member)

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 PURPOSE of the MERRILL YOUTH HARDBALL ASSOCIATION doing business as MERRILL BASEBALL ASSOCIATION INC. hereinafter referred to as MBA of Association is to provide for competitive baseball in Merrill emphasizing on training sportsmanship self-esteem teamwork winning through hard work and community stewardship.

What it reported doing in 2024

The Association oversees city league baseball for players aged 6 to 14. We had about 185 participants across the four age-divided leagues we manage. This year we operated independently of a national organization for the first time which proved highly successful. Players aged 7-12 competed with Merrill-based players while the 13 and 14-year-old teams faced off against teams from neighboring communities.

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 95% 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. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 35
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 43
  • Growth: 40

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 33.8%; rating input score 34
  • Program expense ratio: 35.9%; rating input score 36

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: 5.7%; rating input score 49; 49th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.56; rating input score 41; 41st percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -4.5% per year; rating input score 0; 20th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 2.5% per year; rating input score 100; 34th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -11% per year; rating input score 0; 10th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 33.8% of revenue deployed · 35.9% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $36K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 13 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 5 filing years from 2020 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.

  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 34/100.
  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 36/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 49/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 41/100.