Purple Valley Aquatics Club Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
994605623
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2024–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Williamstown, MA, USA
Rating
44
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Swimming & Other Water Recreation

Reported finances

Revenue
$64,260
Expenses
$50,171
Assets
$14,368

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

Leadership & pay

9 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Steve Kuster (President)

People named in this filing

  • Amy Fredette (Director)
  • Ashley Weeks Cart (Director)
  • William Sprague (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

Purple Valley Aquatics Club Inc. was formed to promote youth swimming aquatic education athlete development and community wellness in the Northern Berkshire region. The organization provides children and young athletes with access to structured swim instruction coaching competitive swimming opportunities and related aquatic programming in a safe supportive and community-oriented environment. The Clubs primary purpose is to develop swimming skills encourage personal growth teamwork discipline sportsmanship and healthy lifestyles through participation in aquatic activities. PVA also seeks to expand access to swimming opportunities within the community and to support youth participation regardless of financial circumstances whenever possible. The organization operates exclusively for charitable and educational purposes within the meaning of Section 501c3 of the Internal Revenue Code.

What it reported doing in 2025

Purple Valley Aquatics is committed to developing accomplished swimmers from the pre-age group through college levels. Our goal is to create an exciting environment that not only provides excellent teaching training and motivation of young athletes but also cultivates a true enjoyment of the sport. Our coaches endeavor to instill in every team member an exceptional work ethic a strong sense of self the value of teamwork and sportsmanship as well as personal achievement in and out of the pool.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 76% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
Distribution model
Transfer-based 990-EZ. The 990-EZ reports grants or member benefits, but it does not separate enough spending to show the nonprofit’s full delivery mix.

The verdict

MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up and revenue has grown recently. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 12
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 43
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 20.4%; rating input score 20
  • Program expense ratio: Limited

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 21.9%; rating input score 74; 74th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.29; rating input score 22; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 12; 12th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: 172.5% per year; rating input score 100; 100th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 192.4% per year; rating input score 100; 99th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 20.4% of revenue deployed
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 9 people listed
  • Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2024 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.

  • High — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 20/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 22/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 12/100.