Traverse City Bulldogs Athletic Association

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
383314615
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2023–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2019, Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2022
Location
Traverse City, MI, USA
Rating
69
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Amateur Sports
Affiliation
Christianity

Reported finances

Revenue
$83,545
Expenses
$72,729
Assets
$492,136

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

Leadership & pay

7 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Gregg Kubert (President)
  • Bill Crain (Vice President)

People named in this filing

  • Megan Haapala (Athletic Director and Board Member)
  • Gregg Kubert (President)
  • Bill Crain (Vice President)

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

Dedicated to providing competitive athletic opportunities for home-schooled youth in the Grand Traverse region that help build Christian character leadership and teamwork.

What it reported doing in 2024

Provided team sports as an option for home-schooled children throughout the Grand Traverse region of Northern Michigan. The association offered baseball basketball soccer and volleyball programs and served approximately 115 families.

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

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: 67
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 58
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 63.5%; rating input score 63
  • Program expense ratio: 72.9%; rating input score 73

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 12.9%; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 6.77; rating input score 88; 88th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 9.7%; rating input score 10; 10th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -0.3% per year; rating input score 0; 47th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -12.2% per year; rating input score 0; 21st percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -8.3% per year; rating input score 0; 19th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 63.5% of revenue deployed · 72.9% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $53K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 7 people listed
  • Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2023 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • 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 — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 10/100.