Associated Students Inc California State Polytechnic Univ Pomona
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 952259044
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2012–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024, Form 990-T 2024
- Location
- Pomona, CA, USA
- Phone
- 9098692800
- Rating
- 71
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Student Services, Organizations of Students
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $22,733,502
- Expenses
- $17,070,122
- Assets
- $56,227,869
- Liabilities
- $5,834,723
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
23 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- CADE WHEELER (PRESIDENT)
- MEGAN SHADRICK (VICE PRESIDENT)
- LIZ ROOSA MILLAR (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
- KRISTA SMITH (ASSOCIATE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
Highest reported compensation
- LIZ ROOSA MILLAR (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $226,041 total reported compensation
- KRISTA SMITH (ASSOCIATE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $185,340 total reported compensation
- DANISHA LAWRENCE (DIRECTOR OF HUMAN RESOURCES): $178,170 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Associated students, inc. California state polytechnic university pomona is a California state university recognized auxiliary organization and a non-profit corporation that seeks to: foster student advocacy, representation, engagement and academic success. To establish opportunities for learning, leadership and development for students and its staff and to create an environment that promotes collaborative partnerships, cultural diversity and campus pride. We also provide high quality facilities, programs and services to students, administrators, faculty, staff, alumni and the off-campus community.
What it reported doing in 2024
To provide student services, programs, facilities and activities for California state polytechnic university, pomona students.
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 97% 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 - The filed numbers largely add up and most voting board members are independent. 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: 44
- Transparency & Controls: 86
- Accountability: 95
- Sustainability: 77
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 47.5%; rating input score 47
- Program expense ratio: 54.1%; rating input score 54
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: 4 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 67
- Compensation committee: Pass
- Independent consultant: Pass
- Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
- Written employment contract: Missing
- Compensation survey or study: Pass
- Board or committee approval: Pass
- 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: 100%; rating input score 100; 66th 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: 24.9%; rating input score 85; 85th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 3.29; rating input score 77; 77th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.1; rating input score 73; 73rd percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 5.2%; rating input score 49; 49th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 4.4% per year; rating input score 100; 37th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 8.2% per year; rating input score 100; 66th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 14.9% per year; rating input score 100; 81st percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 47.5% of revenue deployed · 54.1% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 15 of 15 board members independent · 7 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $9.2M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $226K · 23 people listed · 4 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
- Consistency: 32 of 32 current checks pass
- Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes grants and executive pay
- Filing history: 13 filing years from 2012 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 5 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.
- Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 47/100.
- Review — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 54/100.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Form 990 shared with the board not reported.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 49/100.