Surfing Moms
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 861492072
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2023–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2022
- Location
- Kailua, HI, USA
- Phone
- 7039804815
- Rating
- 72
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Family Services
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $51,407
- Expenses
- $68,599
- Assets
- $49,367
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
8 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Amanda Renschler (Vice President)
People named in this filing
- Elizabeth Madin (Pres./Founder)
- Amanda Renschler (Vice President)
- Holly Hoffman (Dir./Former Sec)
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
Committed to maternal and family health, Surfing Moms cultivates connection and local community systems of support in diverse communities.
What it reported doing in 2025
NOTE: Program 1 and 2 are tied closely together, but Program 2 is a subset of Program 1.Program 1 Surf SwapSurf Swap is Surfing Moms core community program designed to provide accessible surf opportunities and peer support for mothers. In 2025, Surf Swap served approximately 230 members across 24 locations. The program facilitated regular meetups in which participants shared childcare responsibilities (swap model) to enable time in the water, fostering physical wellness, social connection, and mental health benefits.The objective of Surf Swap during this reporting period was to expand participation and geographic reach while maintaining consistent, community-led programming. The long-term goal is to build a sustainable, nationwide network of Surfing Moms chapters that increase access to the ocean and support maternal well-being through surfing and community connection.Participant numbers are based on reasonable estimates where exact attendance records were not available.________________________________________Program 2 Beyond the SwapBeyond the Swap is a skills-building and progression program designed to deepen participants engagement with surfing and ocean-based wellness. In 2025, the program served approximately 15 members across 4 locations through structured sessions focused on surf skills, confidence-building, and ocean safety.The objective during this reporting period was to pilot and refine program offerings that support skill progression beyond introductory participation. The long-term goal is to develop a scalable program that increases retention, builds leadership within the community, and expands access to more advanced surf experiences for mothers.Participant numbers are based on reasonable estimates where exact attendance records were not available.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 77% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Direct operator. The filing allocates 99% 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 - The filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of total spending goes to programs and expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 59
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 19
- Growth: 40
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 64.8%; rating input score 65
- Program expense ratio: 48.6%; rating input score 49
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: -33.4%; rating input score 16; 16th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.72; rating input score 39; 39th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: 44.2%; rating input score 4; 4th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 30.4% per year; rating input score 100; 87th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -4.5% per year; rating input score 0; 35th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -2.7% per year; rating input score 0; 29th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 64.8% of revenue deployed · 48.6% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $33K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 8 people listed
- Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 3 filing years from 2023 to 2025
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
- 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.
- Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 49/100.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 16/100.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 39/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 4/100.