Sailing Education Adventures

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
943126634
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2010–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
San Rafael, CA, USA
Phone
6187895372
Rating
93
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$188,671
Expenses
$164,576
Assets
$174,795
Liabilities
$227

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

Leadership & pay

9 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • KURT SUND (PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • GUS GOSSETT (MEMBER)
  • BRYN HUGHES (MEMBER)
  • ROBERT KOCH (MEMBER)

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

Sailing education adventures is dedicated to promoting sailing through affordable instruction and related on-the-water activities.

What it reported doing in 2025

The primary objectives and purpose of the organization shall be to foster conservation and care of the san francisco bay marine environment through active, on-the-water, and related experiences. This shall be accomplished through on-the-water instructional programs for adults and youths, environmental awareness programs, and classroom education programs, as well as volunteer support of related efforts concerning the san francisco bay marine environment. Last year 17 adults participated in the adult small boat beginning class. 154 youth participated in sail programs and summer camps. The club also hosted bimonthly open sail days and 4 major event sails for the organization's 100+ members.

Operating model

Revenue model
Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
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

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Reported officer compensation is a large share of total spending, which may reflect staffing concentration and liabilities are high compared with assets.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 91
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 54
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 86.3%; rating input score 86
  • 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: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 12.8%; rating input score 60; 60th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.06; rating input score 61; 61st percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 46; 46th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 16.8%; rating input score 18; 18th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 1.3% per year; rating input score 100; 33rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 1.8% per year; rating input score 100; 27th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 7.6% per year; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 86.3% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $165K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 9 people listed
  • Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 16 filing years from 2010 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
  • 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 — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 18/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 46/100.