Rochester XC Ski Foundation
Legal name: Rochester Cross Country Skifoundation
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 203935413
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2017–2025
- Official website data refreshed
- Sep 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2015
- Location
- Mendon, NY, USA
- Phone
- 5852250197
- Rating
- 43
- Verdict
- MIXED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Winter Sports
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $32,225
- Expenses
- $43,722
- Assets
- $59,695
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
7 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- James Pippin (President)
People named in this filing
- James Pippin (President)
- Robert Kuehl (Treasurer)
- Anna Gorbold (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 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Raise funds and recruit volunteers to provide equipment and expertise for ski trail grooming accessible to the public in partnership with local government and business entities. Support cross country skiing for skiers of all ages, experience levels, and backgrounds. Prepare for the impact of climate change on winter conditions suitable for skiing.
What it reported doing in 2025
Support that includes coaching and events for a youth learn to ski program. This includes an introduction to cross country ski program in partnership with the City of Rochester for Rochester city kids.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 94% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- No current program activity. The filing reports no program spending for the current year.
The verdict
MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 0
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 38
- Growth: 20
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 0%; rating input score 0
- Program expense ratio: 0%; rating input score 0
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -35.7%; rating input score 15; 15th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.37; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: -11.8% per year; rating input score 0; 26th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -5.3% per year; rating input score 0; 33rd percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 9.3% per year; rating input score 100; 68th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: 6 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 7 operating locations identified
- Where the money goes: 0% of revenue deployed · 0% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 2 filed program accomplishments
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 7 people listed
- Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 9 filing years from 2017 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 — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 0/100.
- High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 0/100.
- High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 15/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 56/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.