Taking Wing Stewardship Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN: 274110076
IRS 990-EZ coverage: 2016–2024
Forms available: Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2023
Location: Brillion, WI, USA
Phone: 9208647070
Rating: 77
Verdict: SUPPORTED
Rating confidence: Moderate
Sector: Youth Development Programs

Reported finances

Revenue: $11,134
Expenses: $15,716
Assets: $11,168
Liabilities: $363

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

2 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

BRAD MARTINSON (PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

BRAD MARTINSON (PRESIDENT)
DONA NIE (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 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

To foster personal growth, leadership and competence by providing children with the knowledge, experience and inspiration to become stewards of america's natural resources while preserving outdoor skills and traditions.

What it reported doing in 2024

Provided instruction and and encouragement to youth interested in outdoor activities

Operating model

Revenue model: Other-operating. 90% of the money available for current operations came from other operating revenue.
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. Program spending has declined or grown slowly and revenue has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

Financial Efficiency: 86
Transparency & Controls: 82
Sustainability: 27
Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

Mission deployment rate: 96.6%; rating input score 97
Program expense ratio: 68.4%; rating input score 68

Transparency & Controls

Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

Operating margin: -41.2%; rating input score 15; 15th percentile among comparable filings
Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.71; rating input score 37; 37th percentile among comparable filings
Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.03; rating input score 23; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

Program expense growth: -1.9% per year; rating input score 0; 43rd percentile among comparable filings
Revenue growth: -5.5% per year; rating input score 0; 33rd percentile among comparable filings
Asset growth: -2.7% per year; rating input score 0; 30th percentile among comparable filings

Details

Where the money goes: 96.6% of revenue deployed · 68.4% of spending went to programs
Governance: Filed governance answers
Accomplishments: 2 filed program accomplishments · $11K in reported program spending
Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 2 people listed
Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
Schedules: 3 filed schedules
Filing history: 4 filing years from 2016 to 2024
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 — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 15/100.
High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 37/100.
High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 23/100.
Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.