Minnesota Youth Athletic Services
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 411684453
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2019–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024, Form 990-T 2024
- Location
- Spring Lake Park, MN, USA
- Phone
- 7637812220
- Rating
- 80
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Camps
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $5,430,295
- Expenses
- $4,757,387
- Assets
- $4,848,971
- Liabilities
- $495,028
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
12 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Thomas Kuykendall (President)
- Dawson Blanck (Executive Director)
Highest reported compensation
- Dawson Blanck (Executive Director): $140,135 total reported compensation
- Dara Northfield (Board Member/Director of Finance until Feb. 2025): $21,115 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
To improve the delivery of youth sports services to athletes, coaches, parents, officials, and the associations that serve them.
What it reported doing in 2024
The Minnesota Youth Athletic Services (MYAS) provides statewide youth sports programming and safety services that promote positive experiences for young athletes.Youth Sports ProgramsMYAS operates a comprehensive, multi-sport youth sports program across Minnesota, including basketball, baseball, football, wrestling, and swimming. During the fiscal year, MYAS served an estimated 91,000 youth through athletic programs.- Basketball: Offers the flagship Grade State event, community-based leagues, and seasonal tournaments.- Baseball: Operates the Gopher State Baseball League, competitive tournaments, and developmental clinics focused on skill building and sportsmanship,- Football: Manages the Gopher State Football League and supports community associations with scheduling, league administration, and safety training.- Wrestling: Hosts the Midwest Wrestling Tour, providing athlete development, competitive experience, and community engagement.These programs advance MYAS's mission by providing structured athletics, building teamwork and character, and strengthening youth sports communities statewide.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Earned-program. 86% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
- Distribution model
- Direct operator. The filing allocates 97% 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.
- Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.
The verdict
STRONG - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. Fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 64
- Transparency & Controls: 92
- Accountability: 94
- Sustainability: 57
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 67.8%; rating input score 68
- Program expense ratio: 76.8%; rating input score 77
- Fundraising efficiency: $0.87 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 2; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: Limited
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: Limited
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 90%; rating input score 90; 21st percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 8 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 100
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: Pass
- Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 12.4%; rating input score 67; 67th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.02; rating input score 38; 38th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.1; rating input score 58; 58th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 3.4%; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 13.3% per year; rating input score 100; 74th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 9.9% per year; rating input score 100; 68th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 9.9% per year; rating input score 100; 58th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 67.8% of revenue deployed · 76.8% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 9 of 10 board members independent · 8 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $3.7M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $140K · 12 people listed
- Highest-paid contractors: 5 contractors listed · $844K reported
- Consistency: 33 of 33 current checks pass
- Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors
- Filing history: 6 filing years from 2019 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
- 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 — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 2/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 38/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 58/100.