North Suburban Soccer Association

What it reported doing in 2024

North suburban soccer association (nssa) is a community-based youth soccer association whose sole purpose is to provide an opportunity for area youth (boys and girls, ages 6 to 18) to participate in the sport of soccer. Nssa endeavors to: -teach the concept of competition that emphasizes the importance of teamwork and good sportsmanship, and the need to acquire decision-making skills; the value of such skills will go beyond the soccer field and will help the players to develop young adults. -encourage the players to challenge themselves to do the best they can do, to compete against their own potential, to work to continually improve their skills and realize that measuring improvement is not done by focusing on winning and losing, but by the gains made as a result of effort. -incorporate fun into the mix of instruction, training, conditioning, and competition to give the players the best setting to develop their soccer skills, perform to their potential and look forward to playing soccer into the future. During the current year, approximately 987 youth participated on 58 competitive and 15 recreational teams with an additional 330 youth from ages 4-7 who participated in our jr academy program. Nssa served 1,317 total youth players in 2024. Nssa serves areas included in boundaries of the roseville area schools isd623 and the mounds view public school district 621, and surrounding communities, in the st. Paul/minneapolis metropolitan area. Nssa organizes teams through a registration process for the recreational program, and a tryout process for the competitive program. The main season of play starts in may and ends in august. A shorter season runs in the fall as well. Approximately 250 adult volunteers are also involved in nssa programs. The organization and operation of nssa is a year-round commitment involving thousands of hours of volunteer activity.

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 96.2%; rating input score 96
• Program expense ratio: 96.6%; rating input score 97
• Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

• Consistency checks: 93.3%; rating input score 93; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
• Pay-setting controls: Limited
• Foreign activity oversight: Limited
• Grant itemization coverage: 85.7%; rating input score 86; 36th percentile among comparable filings
• Major donor itemization: Limited
• Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

• Independent voting board: 90%; rating input score 90; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
• Governance controls: 5 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 71
  • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
  • Whistleblower policy: Fail
  • Document-retention policy: Pass
  • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
  • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
  • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
  • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
  • Audit committee oversight: Pass
  • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

• Operating margin: 0.4%; rating input score 37; 37th percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.86; rating input score 38; 38th percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.64; rating input score 12; 12th percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 0.1%; rating input score 61; 61st percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: 16.5% per year; rating input score 100; 78th percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: 20.1% per year; rating input score 100; 85th percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: 28.9% per year; rating input score 100; 90th percentile among comparable filings