Associated Students California State University Bakersfield Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
770293800
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Bakersfield, CA, USA
Phone
6616542741
Rating
70
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Student Services, Organizations of Students

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$4,225,631
Expenses
$4,658,585
Assets
$3,629,353
Liabilities
$907,940

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

Leadership & pay

28 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • ERIN PRUITT (PRESIDENT)
  • MARCILA DIAZ (EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT)
  • ALEJANDRO MARTINEZ (VICE-PRESIDENT OF CAMPUS LIFE)
  • KRISTYN DELAMAR (VICE-PRESIDENT OF FINANCE)
  • ANTHONIO REYES (VICE-PRESIDENT OF LEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS)
  • RICKI LEE KORBA (VICE-PRESIDENT OF UNIVERSITY AFFAIRS)

Highest reported compensation

  • DR VERNON B HARPER JR (UNIVERSITY PRESIDENT): $609,296 total reported compensation
  • THOM DAVIS - TERM 12825 (VICE PRESIDENT AND CFO): $393,131 total reported compensation
  • DR KRISTEN WATSON (VICE PRESIDENT AND CFO): $322,880 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

The associated students, California state university, bakersfield, inc. Exists to provide an official voice through which students' opinions and issues may be expressed regarding university and statewide affairs. Asi seeks to assist in the protection of the rights and interests of individual students and the student body as a whole. Asi provides resources and programs that encourage leaderships development and broaden social, educational, political and cultural awareness for the betterment of the students.

What it reported doing in 2024

Student services - provides for programs that support leadership development, student life, and reduced cost child care services.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 99% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
Distribution model
Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 67% of its reported program spending out as grants.

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 few specific pay-setting methods are documented in the filing; unanswered boxes are not proof of absence.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 89
  • Transparency & Controls: 68
  • Accountability: 37
  • Sustainability: 24
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 99.3%; rating input score 99
  • 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
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Missing
    • Board or committee approval: Missing
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 0%; rating input score 0; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 7 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 88
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -10.2%; rating input score 13; 13th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.78; rating input score 29; 29th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.25; rating input score 39; 39th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 6.9%; rating input score 42; 42nd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 3.7% per year; rating input score 100; 31st percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 3.3% per year; rating input score 100; 29th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 8.2% per year; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 99.3% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 0 of 18 board members independent · 7 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $4.6M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $609K · 28 people listed · 0 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 1 contractor listed · $279K reported
  • Consistency: 26 of 26 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes grants and executive pay
  • Filing history: 15 filing years from 2010 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • Related organizations: 5 filed related-organization links
  • 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 — Accountability: Independent voting board scored 0/100.
  • High — Transparency & Controls: Pay-setting controls scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 13/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 29/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Form 990 shared with the board not reported.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 39/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 42/100.