United States Bowling Congress Inc 86861 Wisconsin State Usbc Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
900271628
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025
Location
Watertown, WI, USA
Phone
4144469988
Rating
69
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Amateur Sports Competitions

Reported finances

Revenue
$2,349,012
Expenses
$2,139,855
Assets
$935,654
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

20 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • MARCIA SNYDER (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • DOUG SLEAFORD (PRESIDENT)

Highest reported compensation

  • JASON PEIRICK (DIRECTOR/ASSOCIATION MANAGER): $92,247 total reported compensation
  • DOUG SLEAFORD (PRESIDENT): $2,000 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

The Wisconsin state usbc, inc, representing the national governing body, ensures the integrity, protects the future and provides equal opportunity for all in the sport of bowling. It also promotes the game of bowling.

What it reported doing in 2025

A regular bowling tournament is held for 18 consecutive weeks between january and may. Members of the 130 associations throughout Wisconsin may participate (approximately 70,000 bowlers are eligible). An average of approximately 10,000 bowlers participate. Bowlers are recognized for their accomplishments. The tournaments provide championship level competition for men and women.

Operating model

Revenue model
Other-operating. 98% of the money available for current operations came from other operating 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

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of voting board members are independent and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 73
  • Transparency & Controls: 90
  • Accountability: 26
  • Sustainability: 48
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 79%; rating input score 79
  • Program expense ratio: 86.3%; rating input score 86
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

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: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 0%; rating input score 0; 4th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 5 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 62
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 8.9%; rating input score 53; 53rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.44; rating input score 14; 14th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 96; 96th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 4.4%; rating input score 61; 61st percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 7% per year; rating input score 100; 47th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 6.4% per year; rating input score 100; 47th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 8.5% per year; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 79% of revenue deployed · 86.3% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 0 of 22 board members independent · 5 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 5 filed program accomplishments · $1.8M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $92K · 20 people listed
  • Consistency: 21 of 21 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 14 filing years from 2010 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
  • 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 — Accountability: Independent voting board scored 0/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 7 not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 14/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 53/100.