The Crim Fitness Foundation Inc

What it reported doing in 2024

Race and training the hap caresource crim festival of races began in 1977 as the "bobby crim race for special olympics" by then-Michigan speaker of the house, bobby crim. The inaugural race's mission was to promote and raise funds for Michigan special olympics. Over the past 47 years, "the crim" has evolved into the hap crim festival of races, as well as other events/races in a year-round series, and the crim fitness foundation. While it still draws elite racers from all over the world, it has grown immensely in numbers and in its mission. The festival now serves to promote and celebrate healthy, active lifestyles all year long for people of all fitness levels, as well as functions as a tool to bring awareness to the work of the foundation and the promotion of all things related to preventative health. The hap caresource crim festival of races, which takes place the fourth saturday of august, includes the following events: 10-mile, 5-mile and 5 kilometers, Michigan one-mile, and a teddy bear trot for youth racers. The crim's flagship 10-mile race has grown to be one of the largest 10-mile races in the nation and the largest in the state of Michigan. The event is widely recognized as one of the most positive and important annual events that takes place in the city of flint. In 2024, the crim was proud to return to more than 10,000 in-person participants and more than 20,000 people downtown flint. The festival of races sold out at all race distances for the first time since 2016. Also in 2024, nearly 1,300 people joined one of 60 training grpups and committed to an active spring and summer by joining the crim training program. The program's goal is to help participants to train and prepare to complete a hap caresource crim festival of races event in august. For 15 weeks, the crimfit adult training program becomes an integral part of a participant's life and its benefits carry over into many areas. These participants also include an additional mission-based component of the crim training program, the flint community training program. The program applies the traditional crim training model and makes it available to people in the city of flint, through partnership with churches and schools, who may not be otherwise able to pay for the program or have transportation to meet for group workouts. Participants can register at a drastically reduced rate, and train in or close to their own neighborhood. Other events that were hosted in 2024 include the mott miles challenge, marti austin kids' classic, the atwood stadium 5k and 10k, kids' invitational, 5k on the runway and the halloween hustle 5k. All of these events will return in 2025, along with two new races, the pot o'gold and the railrun 5k we expect all of these events to continue to grow as we approach our 50th anniversary in 2027 and should see nearly 50,000 participants across all events.

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 84.3%; rating input score 84
• Program expense ratio: 84.9%; rating input score 85
• Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

• Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
• Pay-setting controls: 2 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 33
  • Compensation committee: Missing
  • Independent consultant: Missing
  • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
  • Written employment contract: Pass
  • Compensation survey or study: Missing
  • Board or committee approval: Pass
• Foreign activity oversight: Limited
• Grant itemization coverage: Limited
• Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
• Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

• Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
• Governance controls: 6 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 75
  • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
  • Whistleblower policy: Fail
  • Document-retention policy: Pass
  • CEO compensation review process: Pass
  • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
  • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
  • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
  • Audit committee oversight: Missing
  • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

• Operating margin: -1%; rating input score 30; 30th percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.07; rating input score 39; 39th percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.1; rating input score 59; 59th percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 6.4%; rating input score 44; 44th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: 4.8% per year; rating input score 100; 38th percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: 5.8% per year; rating input score 100; 47th percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: 5.8% per year; rating input score 100; 39th percentile among comparable filings