Move United

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
946174016
IRS 990 coverage
2009–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-N 2021
Location
Rockville, MD, USA
Phone
3012170960
Rating
82
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate

Reported finances

Revenue
$8,972,559
Expenses
$9,127,733
Assets
$6,962,068
Liabilities
$1,382,524

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

Leadership & pay

17 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • GLENN MERRY (CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER)

Highest reported compensation

  • GLENN MERRY (CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER): $247,945 total reported compensation
  • DAVID SIMONSON (DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR): $130,143 total reported compensation
  • JULIA METCALFE (PROGRAMS DIRECTOR): $127,336 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 provide national leadership and opportunities for individuals with disabilities to develop independence, confidence, and fitness through participation in community sports, recreation, and education programs. Our vision is that every person, regardless of ability, has an equal opportunity to participate in sports and recreation in their community.

What it reported doing in 2024

As the nation's leading provider of training in adaptive sport, move united educated 1,761 coaches, instructors, educators, leaders, and va staff who teach or want to teach sport and recreation people with disabilities in 2025. Offerings include an annual national conference, sport specific trainings across the country, and an online learning management system.ski spectacular: for the past 38 years move united has held ski spectacular, one of the largest adaptive snow sport festivals in the country. Each year, ski spectacular attracts over 800 participants from over 30 states for a week of activities. This includes training of local ski instructors and coaches in the latest adaptive ski techniques for amputees, spinal and head injured, blind, and those with neuromuscular disabilities like cerebral palsy. It also includes learn-to-ski and snowboard classes; race training clinics for youth, wounded warriors and others; nordic ski training; a race; and chapter development seminars.public awareness: communication of innovations, events, developments and athlete profiles with the general public via our website, social media, newsletters, audio podcast, and our print magazine.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 65% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 66% for direct work, and 34% for grants.
  • Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 84
  • Transparency & Controls: 76
  • Accountability: 95
  • Sustainability: 29
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 90.2%; rating input score 90
  • Program expense ratio: 88.5%; rating input score 88
  • Fundraising efficiency: $10.55 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 39; 39th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 94.4%; rating input score 94; 24th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 2 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 33
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Pass
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 97.6%; rating input score 98; 33rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 8 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 89
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: Pass
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Fail
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -1.7%; rating input score 27; 27th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.76; rating input score 28; 28th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.2; rating input score 44; 44th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 10.5%; rating input score 28; 28th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 10.1% per year; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 8.3% per year; rating input score 100; 61st percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 6.1% per year; rating input score 100; 40th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 90.2% of revenue deployed · 88.5% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 8 of 8 board members independent · 8 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $8.1M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $248K · 17 people listed · 2 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Consistency: 37 of 38 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 8 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, and executive pay
  • Filing history: 15 filing years from 2009 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 93 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 86 filed related-organization links
  • 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 — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 39/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 27/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 28/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Audit committee oversight not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 28/100.
  • Review — Transparency & Controls: Domestic grant itemization did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 44/100.