Msu Club of West Michigan

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
800527446
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2024–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2023, Form 990-EZ 2024
Location
Grand Rapids, MI, USA
Phone
6166482700
Rating
80
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Alumni Associations

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$121,086
Expenses
$140,628
Assets
$8,164
Liabilities
$15,000

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

Leadership & pay

18 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • JERRY JONCKHEERE (DIRECTOR/PRESIDENT THROUGH JUNE 2024)
  • LAUREN RADEMACHER (DIRECTOR/PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • JERRY JONCKHEERE (DIRECTOR/PRESIDENT THROUGH JUNE 2024)
  • LAUREN RADEMACHER (DIRECTOR/PRESIDENT)
  • BLAKE ROSEKRANS (DIRECTOR/VP SALES)

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 msu club of west Michigan, inc. Is the official alumni organization for Michigan state university for the counties of kent, ottawa, allegan, and barry counties in the state of Michigan. The organization organizes fundraisers that provide funds for scholarships, other philanthropy, and friendraisers.

What it reported doing in 2024

The west Michigan spartans charity golf classic is an annual golf event that includes a sponsor event, a golf outing, and dinner with a program. The event attracts sponsors, golfers, and alumni that wish to golf, mingle with past basketball players, and attend the dinner program. This event "celebrates all things spartan basketball." the spartan winter tailgate provides a dinner program that features speakers from msu's football program and honors a past football player/coach/supporter that excels off the gridiron. This event "celebrates all things spartan football." the winter golf outing "celebrates all things spartan golf." the club organizes a number of "friendraisers", from euchre parties to an event at the zoo, etc.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
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. Revenue has declined or grown slowly and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 84
  • Transparency & Controls: 93
  • Sustainability: 15
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 87.9%; rating input score 88
  • Program expense ratio: 75.7%; rating input score 76

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 90.9%; rating input score 91; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -16.1%; rating input score 10; 10th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.06; rating input score 8; 8th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 1.84; rating input score 3; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: -23.2% per year; rating input score 0; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -0.6% per year; rating input score 0; 25th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 87.9% of revenue deployed · 75.7% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $106K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 18 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • 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 — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 10/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 8/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 3/100.