Tri-cities Shooting Association

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
911351249
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Richland, WA, USA
Phone
5097274678
Rating
82
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$340,222
Expenses
$316,301
Assets
$961,758
Liabilities
$-450

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

Leadership & pay

13 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • MARK VERWEST (PRESIDENT)
  • GEORGE HAGER (VICE PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • MARK VERWEST (PRESIDENT)
  • GEORGE HAGER (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • MARK MONOPOLI (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. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

To operate, maintain, and promote shooting sports at the rattlesnake mountain shooting facility. To provide firearms instruction, training and education, and to promote public service opportunities to area non-profits interested in shooting sports and hunter safety.

What it reported doing in 2024

The tri-cities shooting association (tcsa) provides a supervised and safe shooting range at the rattlesnake mountain shooting facility in benton county wa to its members and the general public. Tcsa is composed of various different shooting disciplines (clubs) that promote the sport of shooting and provides gun safety education, and fire arm instructions. Tcsa has 2,556 members.hunter education and safety association: designed to promote hunter awareness, knowledge, and skills for safe hunting.cowboy club: provides a class to beginner shooters who desire to learn about the sport of cowboy action shooting.primitive range: provides a class to local boy scouts whereby they can earn their primitive skills badge, which includes learning basic survival skills such as knot tying, fire building, and shooting.practical pistols club: provides monthly matches and annual events open to the public and hosts certified range officer training course in for their discipline.shotgun club: operates the trap and skeet ranges, which are open to the public, and provide first shots program with a shotgun course and certify range officers to operate this range.the long range club: operates the 1,000 yard range for tcsa, which is open to the public, and is made available for state and regional championships. In addition, this club provides hunter site-in program to help hunters site their guns before hunting.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 77% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program 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

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 76
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 82
  • Sustainability: 54
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 82.9%; rating input score 83
  • Program expense ratio: 89.1%; rating input score 89
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • 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: 4 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 57
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • 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: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 7%; rating input score 55; 55th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 3.04; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 1.2% per year; rating input score 100; 36th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 1.5% per year; rating input score 100; 32nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 5.6% per year; rating input score 100; 50th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 82.9% of revenue deployed · 89.1% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 12 of 12 board members independent · 4 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $282K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 13 people listed
  • Consistency: 19 of 19 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 15 filing years from 2010 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.

  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 6 not reported.
  • Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 55/100.