Minnesota State Chess Association

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
237236538
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2022–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Plymouth, MN, USA
Phone
7636076109
Rating
89
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Professional Societies, Associations

Reported finances

Revenue
$106,202
Expenses
$108,527
Assets
$54,163
Liabilities
$20,882

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

Leadership & pay

6 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Michael Benson (Director/President)
  • John Bartholomew (Director/Vice President)

People named in this filing

  • Michael Benson (Director/President)
  • John Bartholomew (Director/Vice President)
  • Tim Radermacher (Director/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-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The Minnesota State Chess Association (MSCA) conducts two primary activities: tournaments and education. The MSCA organizes and conducts chess tournaments that encourage interest in the game of chess and provide education and development for the chess players. The MSCA provides a range of educational benefits to its chess players and members as part of furthering its exempt purpose.

What it reported doing in 2025

Chess Tournaments & Education - organized and conducted 15 chess tournaments that benefited 1,492 participants. Approximately 50% of the participants were scholastic chess players. These activities further the MSCA's exempt purpose by providing a range of educational benefits to the participants.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 91% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
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 total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 100
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 32
  • Growth: 100

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; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -2.2%; rating input score 25; 25th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.5; rating input score 38; 38th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.39; rating input score 11; 11th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 17% per year; rating input score 100; 71st percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 20.6% per year; rating input score 100; 83rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 8.2% per year; rating input score 100; 53rd 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 · $109K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 6 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 1 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 4 filing years from 2022 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 25/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 38/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 11/100.