Michigan Disability Sports Alliance

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
262293610
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2021–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2024
Location
Grand Rapids, MI, USA
Rating
95
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Special Olympics

Reported finances

Revenue
$74,496
Expenses
$83,166
Assets
$110,953

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

Leadership & pay

4 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Randall Dyk (President)
  • Katie Ellis (Vice President)

People named in this filing

  • Randall Dyk (President)
  • Katie Ellis (Vice President)
  • Catherine Grabowski (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

We host a 4 day sporting event for athletes with physical disabilities to compete against their peers.

What it reported doing in 2025

We provide a 4 day athletic competition with over 20 venues for athletes with physical disabilities to compete. We accept athletes from age 7 and up with no age limit. We serve over 75 athletes and up to 300 people which includes athletes coach and volunteers. Our event is held at a major university where all athletes are housed fed and able to compete at venues that are close in proximity. We provide an avenue for athletes to compete to qualify for National Games or Paralympics. Some of our high school athletes earn their Varsity letter from competing at our event which equates them with their peers within their communities. We utilize a volunteer board so all funding goes directly to support the operation expenses for the event.

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 100% 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

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 assets have declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 99
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 35
  • Growth: 80

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 96.5%; rating input score 97

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -11.6%; rating input score 27; 27th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.33; rating input score 55; 55th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 13% per year; rating input score 100; 74th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 23.5% per year; rating input score 100; 91st percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -4.3% per year; rating input score 0; 26th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 96.5% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $80K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
  • Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 5 filing years from 2021 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.

  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 27/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 55/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.