Muskegon Sportfishing Association C/o Donald Swick

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
382419548
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2010–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Muskegon, MI, USA
Phone
2317508837
Rating
81
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Recreational l Clubs

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$57,972
Expenses
$44,356
Assets
$139,021

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

Leadership & pay

16 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • BRANDYN THORSEN (PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • NICOLE CAULKINS (SECRETARY)
  • BRAD VALLIE (VICE PRESIDE)
  • DONALD SWICK (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

Continually serving to preserve, enhance and promote muskegon as one of the nation's preeminent fisheries. Preserve muskegon county fisheries, through watershed restoration and clean up projects; enhance muskegon county fisheries by investing in wildlife education and insuring safe access; promote muskegon county as one of the nation's preeminent fisheries by organizing and supporting local events.

What it reported doing in 2025

Our mission is to preserve, enhance and promote muskegon county waterways. Preserve: through the muskegon conservation district and white river watershed partnership. Enhance: while opportunities to enhance were sought, no significant viable projects in this area were completed. Promote: provided more than 32,000 in small grants to organizations to promote local fishing in the muskegon area.

Operating model

Revenue model
Other-operating. 98% of the money available for current operations came from other operating revenue.
Distribution model
Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 76% of its reported program spending out as grants.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Program spending has declined or grown slowly and reported officer compensation is a large share of total spending, which may reflect staffing concentration.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 84
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 64
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 75.4%; rating input score 75
  • Program expense ratio: 97.8%; rating input score 98

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 23.5%; rating input score 75; 75th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 3.13; rating input score 75; 75th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -4.9% per year; rating input score 0; 36th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 5% per year; rating input score 100; 69th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 8.9% per year; rating input score 100; 67th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 75.4% of revenue deployed · 97.8% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $43K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 16 people listed
  • Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 16 filing years from 2010 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 — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.