A Greener Globe

Overview

Mission

The organization has abandoned its original non-profit purpose in favor or a new purpose, which is to find a buyer for, and sell the berry street landfill to a financially responsible owner who could "close" the landfill, and, thereby, eliminate the financial and environmental burden of the landfill on the state of California and the state water board. This action was favorably endorsed by the state water board, as evidenced by its suspension of waste discharge requirements while the landfill is under the chapter 11 trustee's responsibility.in 2019, the organization entered into a plan to sell the landfill site, which was approved by the bankruptcy court, the state of California and the state water resources control board. The sale was completed on september 9, 2019.

Operating model

Revenue model

Other-operating. 100% 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

MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. 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: 64
• Transparency & Controls: 90
• Accountability: 12
• Sustainability: 34
• Growth: 40

Detailed rating inputs

Details

• Where the money goes: 95.5% of revenue deployed · 33.3% of spending went to programs
• Governance: 0 of 1 board members independent · 2 of 7 filing controls reported
• Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $243K in reported program spending
• Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 1 people listed
• Highest-paid contractors: 1 contractor listed · $169K reported
• Consistency: 19 of 19 current checks pass
• Schedules: 3 filed schedules
• Filing history: 2 filing years from 2017 to 2018
• Contacts: How to reach this organization
• 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.

Grant-readiness screening is separate from the live rating, not a measure of program quality. Review the source records before making a grant decision.

• High — Accountability: Independent voting board scored 0/100.
• Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 33/100.
• High — Accountability: Governance controls: 4 of 6 not reported.
• High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 1/100.
• High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
• High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
• High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 3/100.
• High — Grant Readiness: California registration: this organization is recorded as not currently operating in California.