American Council of Engineering Companies of California-san Diego Chap
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 956095328
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2013–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2024
- Location
- San Diego, CA, USA
- Phone
- 6193343083
- Rating
- 45
- Verdict
- MIXED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $114,054
- Expenses
- $100,688
- Assets
- $172,299
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
13 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- DANIEL LEE (PAST PRESIDENT)
- CARLOS MENDOZA (Vice President)
- MICHAEL GRUBSTEIN (President)
People named in this filing
- DANIEL LEE (PAST PRESIDENT)
- CARLOS MENDOZA (Vice President)
- IAN ALLEGOREN (Director)
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
The organization's primary exempt purpose is to enhance, encourage and foster cooperation between all engineering and land surveying companies engaged in established private practice in san diego county, to establish a code of practice and ethics as to the conduct of their business and to maintain the standards of the profession, protecting the general public and promoting the growth and development of our state. The organization serves approximately 70 member firms/individual practices.
What it reported doing in 2024
The organization holds a monthly chapter meeting at which various topics related to fostering cooperation among all registered civil engineers and licensed land surveyors in san diego county; establishing and maintaining a code of practice, ethics and professional standards, and addressing other matters affecting the profession. The organization sends representatives to state board meetings in order to keep abreast of current developments at the state level and bring this information back to the san diego chapter as well as represent the san diego chapter at the state level. The organization provides scholarships to engineering students.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent revenue detail to tell how this nonprofit funds its work.
- Distribution model
- Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent spending detail to tell whether the nonprofit works directly or through others.
The verdict
MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up and program spending has grown recently. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 9
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 58
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 8.6%; rating input score 9
- Program expense ratio: 9.8%; rating input score 10
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 11.7%; rating input score 61; 61st percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.71; rating input score 76; 76th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 2.1% per year; rating input score 100; 37th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 7.4% per year; rating input score 100; 58th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 11% per year; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 8.6% of revenue deployed · 9.8% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 2 filed program accomplishments · $10K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 13 people listed
- Consistency: 6 of 7 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 12 filing years from 2013 to 2024
- 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.
- High — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 9/100.
- High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 10/100.
- Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Part III transfer expenses within program total did not reconcile in the filed values.