COMMUNITY SAILING SCHOOL FOUNDATION

EIN: 92-2752412 · BLOOMFIELD HILLS, MI · Data spans: TY2023–TY2025

Sailing's public record, made legible. All numbers come directly from this organization's own sworn 990 filing. Patterns are computed from years of filings — not assessments or judgments.

Read trends in context: compare like with like, note the filing year, and treat major disruptions (like 2020–2021) as discontinuities rather than a continuous baseline.

Missing or N/A does not always mean absent. It can mean the item was not disclosed on that form, not collected on that filing type, or not available for that year.

Cash basisNo audit disclosedPart XII · TY2025
Total Revenueℹ️Form 990, Part VIII — Statement of Revenue. Includes contributions, grants, member dues, program service revenue, and investment income. Does NOT include borrowed funds or asset sales proceeds.

$409,987

Total Expensesℹ️Form 990, Part IX (full 990) or Part I Line 17 (990-EZ) — Total functional expenses. Includes program service expenses, management and general, and fundraising. The gap between revenue and expenses is the operating surplus or deficit for the year.

$326,715

Total Assetsℹ️Form 990, Part X — Balance Sheet, end of year. Includes cash, receivables, investments, land, buildings, and equipment.

$140,177

Net Assetsℹ️Form 990, Part X — Total assets minus total liabilities (also called fund balance). Positive values indicate assets exceed liabilities; negative values indicate liabilities exceed assets.

$140,177

18 W-2 employees reported (Form W-3, most recent filing — contractors and volunteers excluded) · TY2025 · 990

Total compensation, benefits & payroll taxes (Part IX)

TY2025

$196,654

Full cost to employ everyone — wages + employer benefits + payroll taxes. Not officer pay alone.

~$11,000 per employee average across 18W-2 employees; includes benefits & payroll taxes; part-time and seasonal staff counted at full weight.

Named officers/key employees (Part VII‑A) show reportable compensation only and are already included in the Part IX total above. They are not additive.

Named staff org comp sums to $102,000. The remaining $94,654is unlisted staff labor cost — includes benefits & payroll taxes for all employees, not any one person's salary.

Professional & consulting fees (Part IX, line 11)

TY2025

$33,436

Payments to outside firms and independent contractors — not included in the Part IX labor total above. Combined with the labor total, full people cost is $230,090.

Accounting$2,800
Other$30,636

Functional Expense Allocation (Part IX)

TY2025

$326,715total functional expenses

100.0%

Program services

$326,715

0.0%

Management & general

$0

0.0%

Fundraising

$0

Source: Form 990, Part IX, line 25.

Historical Trends

Revenue vs. Expenses

Net Revenue / Operating Margin

Net Assets

Financial Health Snapshot

Derived from IRS 990 filings. Figures are as reported — they reflect a single point in time and should be read alongside the full filing history and program context above. No benchmark is a verdict.

Operating Margin

+20.3%TY2025

Net revenue as a share of total revenue. Positive = surplus; negative = deficit.

Sector context: sailing organizations typically run thin margins by design. A small surplus signals structural balance; a deficit is not automatically a warning without multi-year trend context.

Net asset reserve (months, proxy)

5.1 monthsTY2025

Total net assets divided by monthly expense. Proxy only — includes restricted assets. Part X balance sheet data required for a more precise figure.

A common practitioner benchmark: 3–6 months of unrestricted reserves provides a buffer for seasonal revenue gaps or unexpected costs. This figure is not a compliance threshold.

Revenue Change (YoY)

+15.3%TY2025

Change in total revenue from TY2024 to TY2025.

A single year of revenue change is a data point, not a trend. See the historical trends above for multi-year pattern context.

Revenue Trend

Tax YearPeriodFormRevenueExpensesNet RevenueNet Assets
TY20232022+990$339,686$281,138$58,548$58,548
TY20242022+990$355,646$357,289-$1,643$56,905
TY20252022+990$409,987$326,715$83,272$140,177

Revenue trend is a filing-history view. It helps you compare operating periods, not infer the club's live condition today.

Revenue Breakdown (Part VIII — most recent year)

Form 990, Part VIII — Statement of Revenue. Includes, but is not limited to: Line 1 = contributions and grants (including member dues reported as contributions). Lines 2a–2f = program service revenue (activities that directly further the organization's exempt purpose). Line 3 = investment income. The specific mix varies by organization type. Source: the organization's own sworn filing.

LineDescriptionAmount
12Total revenue$409,987
1fAll other contributions, gifts, grants$82,039
1gNoncash contributions included in 1a-1f$35,000
1hTotal contributions and grants$82,039
2aCOMMUNITY SAILING SCHOOL$318,116
2bFUNDRAISERS$374
2fTotal program service revenue$318,490
3Investment income$208

Most revenue is reported in a single category this year. That can be normal for some org types; see the source filing for detail.

Balance Sheet (Part X)

TY2025
LineDescriptionBOYEOY
16Total assets$56,905$140,177
26Total liabilities$0$0
33Total net assets or fund balances$56,905$140,177

Source: Form 990, Part X, Balance Sheet.

Officers & Key Staff (Part VII)

How to read this section

This is not a full staff directory. It is the subset of people the organization had to disclose in Form 990, Part VII (the officer, director, trustee, key employee, and highest-compensated employee section of the filing). Why this matters: a missing name does not mean a person was not employed or involved.

Total Volunteer Board Hours/Week (Selected Year): 0

Hours per week are self-reported by each officer on Form 990, Part VII. They are not verified.

Officers and directors as reported on Form 990, Part VII. These are typically unpaid, elected positions. If an officer receives compensation, it will appear in the Paid Staff tab.

Operationally, this section is most useful for understanding disclosed leadership structure, compensation visibility, and board labor — not for reconstructing the full staffing model of a club.

NameTitleHours/WeekStatus
LYNN FRIKKERCEOVolunteer
GREGG KITTINGERPRESIDENTVolunteer
WILLIAM SANDERSVICE PRESIDEVolunteer
JAMIE STEWARTSECRETARYVolunteer

Governance & Transparency Signals

The IRS Form 990 is a sworn disclosure document — not just a tax return. Beyond financials, it captures governance policies, compensation practices, and relationships between insiders and the organization. Every category below comes directly from that filing. When a field is blank, it is often because this form type doesn’t require it, or the org doesn’t meet the threshold that triggers disclosure. That context is itself worth knowing.

Conflict of Interest Policy

Form 990, Part VI — Line 12a

Not reported

No written conflict of interest policy was reported on the filing. This means Part VI does not document a formal recusal process in this return. The IRS does not require a policy in every case, but this line is included so readers can see whether the filing itself records one.

Whistleblower Protection Policy

Form 990, Part VI — Line 13

Not reported

No whistleblower protection policy reported. The IRS added this question in 2008 following Sarbanes-Oxley. Absence does not imply wrongdoing; many smaller organizations have not formalized this in writing.

Officer & Key Employee Compensation (Part VII)

Form 990, Part VII — Named individuals with reportable compensation

Part VII requires individual disclosure of all officers, directors, trustees, key employees, and the five highest-compensated employees earning above the reporting threshold. The individuals listed here are from the most recent available filing.

NameTitleComp from Org
ERIC ELLISONEDUCATION DI$90,000
JULIE DZIUBATREASURER$12,000

Compensation shown is reportable compensation from this organization only, as disclosed in Part VII. Most volunteer-run sailing clubs report $0 officer compensation, while larger organizations may report paid executive roles. The figures above show exactly what this filing reports for named individuals.

Independent Compensation Consultant

Schedule J, Part I — Organizations filing when comp exceeds $150K

Schedule J not required for this organization.

Schedule J is only filed when at least one individual in Part VII received more than $150,000 in total compensation. This organization doesn’t meet that threshold, so this schedule is not required. Among the 35.7% of organizations in this corpus that file Schedule J, that same percentage used an independent compensation consultant to benchmark executive pay against market rates.

Equity-Based Compensation

Schedule J, Part II — Per-person compensation detail

Schedule J not required for this organization.

Related-Party Transactions (Schedule L)

Schedule L — Transactions with Interested Persons (officers, directors, their families, controlled entities)

Schedule L requires disclosure of loans, grants, and business transactions between the organization and its own insiders — board members, officers, key employees, and their family members or entities they control. Nonprofits are not prohibited from transacting with insiders, but they must disclose it, follow fair-market-value standards, and document that the transaction benefited the organization, not just the insider. These disclosures exist because self-dealing is the most direct way nonprofit assets can flow to those in control.

No related-party transactions found in our data for this organization. Schedule L is only required when transactions occur — absence means none were reported, not necessarily that none occurred.

Voting Board Members

6

Independent Members

6

Total Employees

18

Total Volunteers

18

Schedule O — Supplemental Information (most recent year)

Organizations use Schedule O to provide additional explanation for answers given on the main 990 form. These are direct excerpts from the filed document.

FORM 990 - ORGANIZATION'S MISSION

TO RECEIVE AND ADMINISTER FUNDS THROUGH PRIVATE DONATIONS AND FUNDRAISING FOR SAILING EDUCATION IN THE COMMUNITY; EXCLUSIVELY FOR THE PURPOSE OF RECEIVING AND ADMINISTERING FUNDS FOR THE PURPOSES SET FORTH IN IRC SECTION 501(C)(3).

FORM 990, PAGE 1, PART I, LINE 6

STUDENTS AND PARENTS HELP WITH FUND RAISING EVENTS, AND WITH MOVING AND STORING EQUIPMENT.

FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 11B

MANAGEMENT TAKES RESPONSIBILITY FOR REVIEW OF FROM 990 FOR ACCURACY AND COMPLETENESS PRIOR TO SUBMISSION.

FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 15A

OFFICERS ARE NOT CURRENTLY RECEIVING COMPENSATION. THE EDUCATION DIRECTOR RECEIVES COMPENSATION AS DETERMINED BY THE GOVERNING BODY.

FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 15B

MANAGMENT TAKES RESPONSIBILITY FOR HIRING PERSONNEL AT APPROPRIATE LEVELS OF COMPENSATION FOR WORK PERFORMED

Mission

TO RECEIVE AND ADMINISTER FUNDS THROUGH PRIVATE DONATIONS AND FUNDRAISING FOR SAILING EDUCATION IN THE COMMUNITY; EXCLUSIVELY FOR THE PURPOSE OF RECEIVING AND ADMINISTERING FUNDS FOR THE PURPOSES SET FORTH IN IRC SECTION 501(C)(3).

As stated in the organization's 990 filing.

IRS Source Filings

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Why this matters: the XML is the receipt. Harbor Commons is the reading layer on top of that receipt. If you ever need to verify a number, wording choice, or disclosure, the source filing is where to check.

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📡 Filing Signals (5 total)

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