Muskegon Clippers

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
472023514
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2019–2022
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2022, Form 990-N 2020
Location
Norton Shores, MI, USA
Rating
63
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Baseball, Softball

Reported finances

Revenue
$118,223
Expenses
$98,653
Assets
$55,328
Liabilities
$18,080

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2022. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

8 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Pete Gawkowski (President)
  • Jay Fisher (Vice President)

People named in this filing

  • Pete Gawkowski (President)
  • Jay Fisher (Vice President)
  • Walt Gawkowski (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 2022. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Promote baseball in Muskegon county while offering camps and clinics for youth of the area as well as the Muskegon Clippers for families to enjoy. Secondly we have dedicated ourselves in a non-profit format to the refurbishing Historic Marsh Field as reminder of the past of this 108 year old stadium.

What it reported doing in 2022

Summer camps and clinics: Operate summer baseball and softball camps and clinics for area boys and girls ages 8 to 14 at historic Marsh Field. Kids are instructed by coaches and current players of the Muskegon Clippers summer collegiate baseball team. The 5 day camps draw from 50 to 100 area kids and grow in size and reach every year.

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

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 39
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 53
  • Growth: 20

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 35.9%; rating input score 36
  • Program expense ratio: 43.1%; rating input score 43

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: 16.6%; rating input score 68; 68th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.56; rating input score 39; 39th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.33; rating input score 15; 15th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 64; 64th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -30.7% per year; rating input score 0; 7th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -2.4% per year; rating input score 0; 17th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 27.7% per year; rating input score 100; 84th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 35.9% of revenue deployed · 43.1% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $42K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 8 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2019 to 2022
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
  • Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
  • 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: Mission deployment rate scored 36/100.
  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 43/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 39/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 15/100.