Alliance for Nuclear Responsibility
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 202098666
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2019–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024, Form 990-N 2010
- Location
- San Luis Obispo, CA, USA
- Phone
- 8583372703
- Rating
- 74
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Pollution Abatement and Control Services
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $238,907
- Expenses
- $214,819
- Assets
- $160,140
- Liabilities
- $1,513
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
5 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- ROCHELLE BECKER (PRESIDENT)
- JACQUE WHEELER (VICE PRESIDENT)
- DAVID WEISMAN (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
Highest reported compensation
- DAVID WEISMAN (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $101,536 total reported compensation
- ROCHELLE BECKER (PRESIDENT): $12,157 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
1 reduction of nuclear waste production on californias vulnerable earthquake active coastal zones; 2 advocate for the replacement of nuclear-fueled power plants with alternative renewable sustainable and conservation energy sources; 3 educate California residents regarding decommissioning impacts at the states nuclear power facilities and advocate for reasonable and prudent rates.
What it reported doing in 2024
PUBLIC OVERSIGHT of both regulators and regulated utilities and governmental agencies; files as intervenors with active participation in California Public Utilities Commission proceedings regarding Diablo Canyon extended operations ratemaking; Provide and file comments with both Diablo Canyon Independent Safety Committee and Diablo Canyon Decommissioning Engagement Panel; Monitor NRC notices of violation and incident reports for Diablo Canyon; Comment on San Luis Obispo County proposals regarding Diablo license extensions; advise local school boards on budgetary consequences of Diablo extended operations; oversight of failures of state Department of Water Resources regarding federal Community Benefits Plan. Review and comment on California Energy Commission updated energy needs and generation forecasts.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Other-operating. 88% 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: 82
- Transparency & Controls: 92
- Accountability: 50
- Sustainability: 44
- Growth: 20
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 88.1%; rating input score 88
- Program expense ratio: 98%; rating input score 98
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: Limited
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: Limited
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 50%; rating input score 50; 16th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 4 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 50
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Fail
- Document-retention policy: Fail
- CEO compensation review process: Pass
- Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Missing
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 10.1%; rating input score 60; 60th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.75; rating input score 33; 33rd percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.01; rating input score 46; 46th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 52.9%; rating input score 3; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: -30.1% per year; rating input score 0; 4th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -27.1% per year; rating input score 0; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 11.3% per year; rating input score 100; 69th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 88.1% of revenue deployed · 98% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 2 of 4 board members independent · 4 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $210K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $102K · 5 people listed
- Highest-paid contractors: 1 contractor listed · $147K reported
- Consistency: 40 of 40 current checks pass
- Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors
- Filing history: 5 filing years from 2019 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
- Related organizations: 1 filed related-organization link
- 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.
- Review — Accountability: Independent voting board scored 50/100.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 3 of 7 not reported.
- High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 33/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 3/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 46/100.