Michigan Clean Marina Foundation

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
900510702
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2023–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2022
Location
Commerce Township, MI, USA
Phone
7342610123
Rating
91
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate

Reported finances

Revenue
$57,568
Expenses
$83,746
Assets
$25,746
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

6 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • MARK BREEDERLAND (PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • COLBY OWENS (DIRECTOR)
  • GERRY SANTORO (DIRECTOR)
  • KATHLEEN TORRESEN (DIRECTOR)

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 clean marina project exists to inspect and certify Michigan marinas to ensure they have the proper infrastructure, training, and educational materials to ensure our lakes and marinas are kept clean. The foundation also sells merchandise and provides education materials and resources to certified marinas. Additionally, the foundation accepts grant monies awarded by the state of Michigan to promote the anti-aquatic invasive species (ais) campaign by purchasing advertisements, running social media campaigns, and attending local events to distribute educational materials to recreational boaters.

What it reported doing in 2024

The foundation certified 2 new marinas and recertified 13 others. The foundation attended 6 events as a vendor with a sustainability booth exhibit and observed sustained increases in social media engagement throughout the year.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 84% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 88% of its reported program spending out as grants.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and program spending has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 100
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 27
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 99%; rating input score 99

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: -45.5%; rating input score 14; 14th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.31; rating input score 21; 21st percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 68; 68th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -18.7% per year; rating input score 0; 19th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -45.6% per year; rating input score 0; 6th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -67.4% per year; rating input score 0; 2nd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 99% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $83K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 6 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 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 — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 14/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 21/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.