Powerlifting America Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
873357214
IRS 990 coverage
2022–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025, Form 990-N 2023
Location
Orlando, FL, USA
Phone
4123021879
Rating
76
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Youth Development Programs

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$1,567,837
Expenses
$1,309,246
Assets
$408,309
Liabilities
$17,372

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

Leadership & pay

5 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Robert Keller (President)
  • William Clayton (Vice President)

Highest reported compensation

  • Michael L Zawilinski (Executive Dir.): $59,254 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Powerlifting America, created in December 2021 and registered in Orlando, Florida, is a non-profit powerlifting federation that is the official United States member federation affiliate of the International Powerlifting Federation (IPF). As an affiliate of the powerlifting federation that is the official United States member federation affiliate of the International Powerlifting Federation (IPF). As an affiliate of the IPF, the federation nominates and sends lifters to all of the IPF World Championships, the IWGA World Games, FISU World University Championships, and NAPF events, as well as being granted the opportunity to host IPF World competitions. Primarily, our organization directs six National Championships annually, along with a number of regional and local competitions throughout the United States. Powerlifting America is dedicated to the promotion and support of drug-tested powerlifting within the United States and exists to support United States athletes in achieving excellenc

What it reported doing in 2025

Powerlifting America sent approximately 400 athletes to a variety of International Powerlifting Federation (IPF) and North American Powerlifting Federation (an IPF regional member and affiliate) events, which are sanctioned under the International Olympic Committee (IOC), meaning the events are of the highest sports standards in the world, including WADA, CCES, and USADA drug testing and anti-doping protocols. Athletes vary in age from 14 and up, with divisions for Sub-Junior, Junior, Open, Masters, and adaptive/Sport For All athletes (an initiative started by the IOC to make sure everyone and anyone is given the opportunity to compete). Expenses for world events include travel, accommodations, meals, uniforms, athletic equipment, and fees for coaching, anti-doping, and participation.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 72% 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

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 65
  • Transparency & Controls: 85
  • Accountability: 88
  • Sustainability: 48
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 68.3%; rating input score 68
  • Program expense ratio: 81.8%; rating input score 82
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 90.9%; rating input score 91; 10th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 5 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 71
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 16.5%; rating input score 67; 67th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.31; rating input score 16; 16th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.04; rating input score 45; 45th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 4.5%; rating input score 51; 51st percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 43.1% per year; rating input score 100; 93rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 39.5% per year; rating input score 100; 94th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 25.3% per year; rating input score 100; 85th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 68.3% of revenue deployed · 81.8% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 5 of 5 board members independent · 5 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $1.1M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $59K · 5 people listed
  • Consistency: 22 of 23 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 4 filing years from 2022 to 2025
  • 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.

  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Independent financial-statement audit not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 16/100.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 45/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 51/100.