Associated Students of Cal Poly Humboldt
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 941201195
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2013–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Arcata, CA, USA
- Phone
- 7078264031
- Rating
- 58
- Verdict
- MIXED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Youth Community Service Clubs
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $899,108
- Expenses
- $805,474
- Assets
- $670,143
- Liabilities
- $41,942
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
21 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- ETHAN LEVERING (PRESIDENT THRU 7/24)
- WYSDEM SINGLETON (PRESIDENT THRU 12/24)
- EDUARDO CRUZ THRU 1224 (PRESIDENT/LEGISLATIVE VICE PRESIDENT)
- SAMUEL RAMOS THRU 1024 (ADMINISTRATIVE VICE PRESIDENT)
- CELENA TELLO-LINARES THRU 425 (ADMINISTRATIVE VICE PRESIDENT)
- NATE HERON (ADMINISTRATIVE VICE PRESIDENT)
Highest reported compensation
- CHRISSY HOLLIDAY (VP OF ENROLLMENT MANAGEMENT): $361,166 total reported compensation
- MITCH MITCHELL (CAL POLY HUMBOLDT DEAN OF STUDENTS): $237,031 total reported compensation
- KENDRA HIGGINS (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $91,605 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
See schedule o to provide a means for responsible and effective student participation in the governance of the cal poly humboldt campus; provide an official voice through which students' opinions may be expressed; and provide educational, social, physical, and cultural services and programs to meet the needs of the student community.
What it reported doing in 2024
Student servicessocial justice, equity & inclusion center: the vision of the social justice, equity & inclusion center or "sjeic" is to build, nurture and sustain a multicultural community at cal poly humboldt.diverse male scholars' initiative: the diverse male scholar initiative works alongside students to develop unique programs and workshops throughout the year, which promote a sense of belonging, camaraderie, and a contemporary understanding of what it means to navigate life as self-identified men of color.continued on schedule ooh snap!: campus food pantry.waste reduction and resources awareness program (wrapp): wrapp provides a means for the student body to take responsibility for the waste flow generated on campus and to make a positive contribution to the quality of the environment. Wrapp gives students hands-on training in composting and maintains a compost demonstration site on the north side of the redwood bowl. The campus community also utilizes wrapp's reusable office supply exchange (rose).campus center for appropriate technology (ccat): ccat is a sustainable living demonstration home and educational center that demonstrates that living lightly on the earth is both practical and rewarding. Ccat offers educational opportunities, including tours and classes on special topics.marching lumberjacks: the marching lumberjacks are the official student run marching band of California state polytechnic university, humboldt. Established in 1968, the band performs in the scatter band style often associated with ivy league schools, using humorous routines and scripts during its halftime field shows in redwood bowl. Student access gallery: provides cal poly humboldt students with hands-on experience preparing their works to be exhibited at one of three on-campus galleries: art foyer gallery, karshner lounge gallery, and sbs lobby gallery.women's resource center (wrc): the wrc aims to provide tools, support and safe spaces for empowerment and for people to dismantle systems of power, privilege and oppression. The center also hosts many annual programs, including take back the night, women's herstory month, and the clothesline project. The wrc also publishes the matrix, the newsletter for the women's resource center.eric rofes queer resource center: named in honor of dr. Eric rofes, the mission of the program is to move the campus from an attitude of tolerance to an attitude of acceptance of the queer community. It aims to create a focus of learning about issues facing the queer community and to bring students, faculty, and staff together for advocacy, education and a blending of ideas.drop in recreation: the mission of the drop-in program is to offer the cal poly humboldt student body a variety of non-structured recreational activities to supplement students' need for exercise, social interaction, and stress release.lap swim program: the mission of the lap swim program is to offer the cal poly humboldt student body recreational activity to supplement students' need for exercise, social interaction, and stress release. Office of student life: the mission of the office of student life is to support safe and inclusive opportunities for student involvement and engagement. They support student clubs and organizations by providing opportunities for leadership development, assisting with event management, and serving as student club and organization liaisons.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Earned-program. 99% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program 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
MIXED - 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 few specific pay-setting methods are documented in the filing; unanswered boxes are not proof of absence.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 46
- Transparency & Controls: 68
- Accountability: 82
- Sustainability: 47
- Growth: 0
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 49.4%; rating input score 49
- Program expense ratio: 55.9%; rating input score 56
- 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; 76th percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 5 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 56
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Fail
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: Fail
- Other executive compensation review process: Fail
- Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 10.4%; rating input score 62; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.83; rating input score 37; 37th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.06; rating input score 49; 49th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 32.6%; rating input score 6; 6th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: -10.4% per year; rating input score 0; 4th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -6.3% per year; rating input score 0; 4th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -3.9% per year; rating input score 0; 8th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 49.4% of revenue deployed · 55.9% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 7 of 7 board members independent · 5 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $450K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $361K · 21 people listed · 0 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
- Consistency: 29 of 29 current checks pass
- Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes grants and executive pay
- Filing history: 11 filing years from 2013 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 9 filed money-flow records
- 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.
- Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 49/100.
- High — Transparency & Controls: Pay-setting controls scored 0/100.
- Review — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 56/100.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 4 of 9 not reported.
- High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 37/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 6/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 49/100.