Webster Groves Hockey Association

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
436073035
IRS 990 coverage
2011–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
St Louis, MO, USA
Phone
3145639673
Rating
81
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Winter Sports

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$1,257,299
Expenses
$1,394,503
Assets
$665,071
Liabilities
$41,026

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

Leadership & pay

14 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • PETER VISHION (PRESIDENT)
  • ANDREW ACREE (PRESIDENT (THRU 9/24))
  • MARILYN DREDGE (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • ROBERT B SKINNER (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

Highest reported compensation

  • ROBERT B SKINNER (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $90,204 total reported compensation
  • MARILYN DREDGE (VICE PRESIDENT): $600 total reported compensation
  • JARED BALINT (TREASURER (THRU 10/24)): $600 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

We are a fully-sanctioned member of USA hockey, and we rely on the collaborative efforts of many people who volunteer their efforts in providing a forum for youth ice hockey. While our players have a wide range of skill levels, they are all committed (continued on sch o)to the sport and display an intense desire to improve as athletes and individuals. Our programs stress sportsmanship, friendship, goodwill, and strong values. Our players go on to play high school hockey, win state championships and earn collegiate scholarship opportunities, but all of our players take away lifetime skills, team concepts and relationships that will benefit them both on and off the ice.

What it reported doing in 2024

St. Louis rockets offer youth hockey programming at multiple levels for approximately 600 area youth, ages 4-19. Programs for the newest skaters include learn to skate, where youth learn the basics of skating, and learn to play which is designed for graduates of learn to skate who are interested in learning hockey basics (stopping, shooting, passing).traditional hockey league programs commence in early fall each year with evaluations and run through early spring, culminating with divisional playoffs for many team programs (the blue note cup). (see schedule o...)at the season onset, evaluators focus on each skater's overall hockey ability, including skating, puck skills, hockey sense, competitiveness, and coachability. Players are evaluated in game-like situations to ensure they are placed on skill-level appopriate teams for the season to best ensure continued development of sportsmanship, friendships, goodwill and strong values. Once league programs end, players have the continued opportunity to build upon their individual skills by participating in special spring and summer sessions. The rockets hockey family firmly believe that ice hockey provides an unparalleled opportunity for children to develop a strong body, mind and character. The rockets 47 fund was established to ensure a skater's ability to experience this opportunity is not jeopardized by financial capacity. The 47 fund currently offers four differnt scholsarships to youth participants to directly offset the cost of programing: the art martin memorial scholarship, the gunther "show me your salt" scholarship, the butch giessman memorial scholarship, and the ethan locigno memorial scholarship.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 98% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 98% 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: 75
  • Transparency & Controls: 93
  • Accountability: 82
  • Sustainability: 25
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 74%; rating input score 74
  • Program expense ratio: 77.3%; rating input score 77
  • Fundraising efficiency: $36.14 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 72; 72nd percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 76th percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 5 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 56
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Fail
    • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -10.9%; rating input score 16; 16th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.48; rating input score 22; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.06; rating input score 49; 49th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 6.8%; rating input score 48; 48th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 7.2% per year; rating input score 100; 53rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 8.3% per year; rating input score 100; 60th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 4.9% per year; rating input score 100; 38th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 74% of revenue deployed · 77.3% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 9 of 9 board members independent · 5 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $1.1M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $90K · 14 people listed
  • Consistency: 29 of 29 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes grants
  • Filing history: 13 filing years from 2011 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 10 filed money-flow records
  • 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: 3 of 8 not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 16/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 22/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 48/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 49/100.