Aikido West

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
942535832
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2014–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024
Location
Redwood City, CA, USA
Phone
6503669106
Rating
87
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate

Reported finances

Revenue
$142,343
Expenses
$108,265
Assets
$96,166
Liabilities
$64

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

Leadership & pay

7 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • BRUCE WONNACOTT (President)

People named in this filing

  • Alex Gologorsky (Member)
  • CYNTHIA HAYASHI (Vice Chairman)
  • BRUCE WONNACOTT (President)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

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

Overview

Mission

Educational and Social Programs Thru Martial Arts

What it reported doing in 2024

Aikido west has provided educational and charitable services to students and to community based organizations since the date of last report as follows:1. Participation in ongoing adult program2. Participation in ongoing children's program3. Maintenance of reading and video library.4. Public service: scholarship program for children and adults

Operating model

Revenue model
Membership-supported. 63% of the money available for current operations came from membership dues.
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

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Program spending has declined or grown slowly and assets have declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 84
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 61
  • Growth: 40

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 75.1%; rating input score 75
  • Program expense ratio: 97.8%; rating input score 98

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 23.9%; rating input score 78; 78th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.89; rating input score 55; 55th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 51; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 16.3%; rating input score 18; 18th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -1.2% per year; rating input score 0; 26th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 0.1% per year; rating input score 100; 21st percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -4.6% per year; rating input score 0; 17th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 75.1% of revenue deployed · 97.8% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $106K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 7 people listed
  • Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 10 filing years from 2014 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • 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 — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 55/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 18/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 51/100.