United States Sailing Association Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
131671529
IRS 990 coverage
2012–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025
Location
Bristol, RI, USA
Phone
4013427900
Rating
65
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Swimming & Other Water Recreation

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$10,673,232
Expenses
$9,269,186
Assets
$3,056,351
Liabilities
$2,953,222

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

23 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • BRIAN KEANE (DIRECTOR/ FOUNDATION PRESIDENT)
  • HENRY BRAUER (PRESIDENT)
  • LAURA GRONDIN (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • CHARLIE ENRIGHT (CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER (AS OF 4/25))

Highest reported compensation

  • CHARLIE ENRIGHT (CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER (AS OF 4/25)): $214,150 total reported compensation
  • ANDREW CLOUSTON (CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER (AS OF 6/25)): $201,993 total reported compensation
  • ROSIE CHAPMAN (OLYMPIC DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR): $135,690 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Grow american sailing and achieve olympic excellence through education, competition and community.

What it reported doing in 2025

The youth programs provide youth training for beginning intermediate and advance sailing classes provided throughout the us. Programs include support for organizations teaching sailing from learn-to-sail to advanced levels for young sailors, stem education, junior olympic events, and safety programs, such as small powerboat training to improve safety on the water; with a goal of promoting participation in boating and on-water activities. These services are also conducted in association with various international organizations. Us sailing championship events are also coordinated and managed to determine national champions all across the country to encourage those who are considering olympic campaigns and high-performance sailing.

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 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.
  • Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and most voting board members are independent. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filing does not identify recipients for some grant dollars.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 58
  • Transparency & Controls: 65
  • Accountability: 95
  • Sustainability: 35
  • Growth: 40

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 58.5%; rating input score 58
  • Program expense ratio: 63.4%; rating input score 63
  • Fundraising efficiency: $15.87 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 47; 47th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 92.9%; rating input score 93; 13th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 3 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 50
    • Compensation committee: Pass
    • 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: 17.6%; rating input score 18; 12th percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 8 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 89
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 13.2%; rating input score 65; 65th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.33; rating input score 7; 7th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.97; rating input score 3; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 10.7%; rating input score 21; 21st percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -0.2% per year; rating input score 0; 10th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 2.3% per year; rating input score 100; 17th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -0.1% per year; rating input score 0; 7th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 58.5% of revenue deployed · 63.4% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 14 of 14 board members independent · 8 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $5.9M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $214K · 23 people listed · 3 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 2 contractors listed · $427K reported
  • Consistency: 33 of 34 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 9 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, and executive pay
  • Filing history: 13 filing years from 2012 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 9 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 1 filed related-organization link
  • 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.
  • Staff and benefit plans: Retirement and health plans the organization files with the Department of Labor, and the people in them.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 58/100.
  • High — Transparency & Controls: Grant itemization coverage scored 18/100.
  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 47/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 7/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Other executive compensation review process not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 3/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 21/100.
  • Review — Transparency & Controls: Domestic grant itemization did not reconcile in the filed values.