The Foundation for Chabot-Las Positas Community College District
Overview
Mission
The purpose of The Foundation for Chabot-Las Positas Community College District (District Foundation or Foundation) is to further public education at the community college level and promote the welfare of the Chabot-Las Positas Community College District's students, faculty, and staff in the following ways: 1) By communicating the value of Chabot College and Las Positas College to the communities of which they are a part; and 2) By providing scholarships to students, and assisting in the funding of the colleges' programs, equipment, and educational projects by soliciting and obtaining funds and other support from the community.
What it reported doing in 2024
Providing scholarships and grants to students of Chabot and Las Positas colleges in support of higher education.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Investment-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from recurring investment income.
- Distribution model
- Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 59% for direct work, and 41% for grants.
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 237074515
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2011–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Headquarters
- Dublin, CA, USA
- Rating
- 47
- Verdict
- MIXED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Education
The verdict
MIXED - 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 a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 60
- Transparency & Controls: 64
- Accountability: 9
- Sustainability: 45
- Growth: 0
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 74.2%; rating input score 74
- Program expense ratio: 38%; rating input score 38
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: 0 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 0
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: Limited
- Major donor itemization: Limited
- Related-party transparency: Limited
- Public monitoring controls: Limited
- Public policy transparency: Limited
- Public financial transparency: Limited
- Impact reporting controls: Limited
- Public relationship transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 0%; rating input score 0; 9th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 2 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 22
- Public governance controls: Limited
- Zakat policy transparency: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -18.7%; rating input score 40; 40th percentile among comparable filings
- Operating reserve ratio: 9.27; rating input score 62; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 1,379.9%; rating input score 1; 1st percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: -11.1% per year; rating input score 0; 27th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -9.6% per year; rating input score 0; 32nd percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -4.5% per year; rating input score 0; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 74.2% of revenue deployed · 38% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 0 of 12 board members independent · 2 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $23K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $545K · 12 people listed · 0 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
- Consistency: 19 of 19 current checks pass
- Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes executive pay
- Filing history: 9 annual filings from 2011 to 2024
- Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
- Related organizations: 3 filed related-organization links