Mesa Grande Retriever Club of Southern California

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
933777908
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2023–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Santa Ysabel, CA, USA
Phone
8184142875
Rating
84
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Recreational l Clubs

Reported finances

Revenue
$37,007
Expenses
$39,644
Assets
$7,208
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

4 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • STEVE RANEY (PRESIDENT)
  • CARRIE RANEY (VICE PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • STEVE RANEY (PRESIDENT)
  • CARRIE RANEY (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • CATHY COLLEY (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 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The mesa grande retriever club is a hunt test club recognized by the american kennel club (akc) the objectives of the club are to further the advancement of hunting test breeds, to protect and advance the interest of hunting tests and encourage sportsmanlike conduct at such events, to conduct hunt tests and any other event for which the club is eligible under the rules and regulations of the american kennel club, to disseminate knowledge, conduct classes, in and promote the training of purebred dogs, and to encourage the training of judges.

What it reported doing in 2025

The mesa grande retriever club of southern California, established in july of 2022, was created to serve the retriever community centered around santa ysabel, ca including communities north to bonsall and south to la mesa. Hosting several akc hunt tests each year the club strives to develop and serve the retriever hunting interests in this area.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 96% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
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 program spending has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 100
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 34
  • Growth: 0

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; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -7.1%; rating input score 32; 32nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.18; rating input score 17; 17th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -1.2% per year; rating input score 0; 44th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -17.2% per year; rating input score 0; 17th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -20.9% per year; rating input score 0; 10th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $41K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
  • Consistency: 7 of 8 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 1 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 3 filing years from 2023 to 2025
  • 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.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 32/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 17/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.