Northern Lights Nordic Ski Club Incorporated
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 411748417
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2023–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2022
- Location
- Grand Rapids, MN, USA
- Phone
- 2182568187
- Rating
- 75
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Youth Development N.E.C.
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $27,438
- Expenses
- $17,166
- Assets
- $193,690
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
9 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Simon Lick (President)
People named in this filing
- Simon Lick (President)
- Thomas Sobolik (Treasurer)
- Bob Conzemius (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 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Maintain and groom area cross country ski trails for use by the general public. Our organization maintains and grooms cross country ski trails to provide opportunities for the general public to participate in cross country skiing activities which helps to improve general health and well being. Grooming activities are done during the winter months (November through March), and general trail maintenance such as mowing and grading of trails happens during the snow free months. Tree and brush removal on the trails happens as needed. This benefits all users of the trail which includes local residents and visitors.
What it reported doing in 2024
Our organization maintains and grooms cross country ski trails to provide opportunities for the general public to participate in cross country skiing activities which helps to improve general health and well being. Grooming activities are done during the winter months (November through March), and general trail maintenance such as mowing and grading of trails happens during the snow free months. Tree and brush removal on the trails happens as needed. This benefits all users of the trail which includes local residents and visitors.
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 91% 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 - 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 revenue has declined or grown slowly.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 77
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 82
- Growth: 0
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 62.6%; rating input score 63
- Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 37.4%; rating input score 86; 86th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 11.28; rating input score 93; 93rd percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 68; 68th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: -120.8% per year; rating input score 0; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -88% per year; rating input score 0; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -1.4% per year; rating input score 0; 33rd percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 62.6% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $17K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 9 people listed
- Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- Filing history: 2 filing years from 2023 to 2024
- 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.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.