Associated Students of California State University Chico

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
941254630
IRS 990 coverage
2009–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-T 2024
Location
Chico, CA, USA
Phone
5308986411
Rating
76
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Educational Services and Schools - Other

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$20,390,938
Expenses
$18,971,790
Assets
$31,910,364
Liabilities
$2,784,442

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

Leadership & pay

23 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • AUTUMN ALANIZ-WIGGINS (PRESIDENT)
  • CHRIS SULLIVAN (PRESIDENT)
  • AARON SCHWARTZ (EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT)
  • ALLISON WAGNER (EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT)
  • TIA SAUNDERS DEFACTO OFFICER (CURRENT AS PRESIDENT)
  • JAMIE CAMAREN CLYDE (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

Highest reported compensation

  • JAMIE CAMAREN CLYDE (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $387,802 total reported compensation
  • ISAAC BRUNDAGE (CSUC, VP FOR STUDENT AFFAI): $356,759 total reported compensation
  • TRACY BUTTS (CSUC FACULTY MEMBER): $283,356 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 purpose of the associated students is to enrich the quality of campus life at California state university, chico and to complement the educational mission of the university providing full actualization of the university experience through student governance, bell memorial union facilities, a broad spectrum of programs, services and integral campus commercial enterprises.

What it reported doing in 2024

Campus programs - provides co-curricular learning environments and experiences for the students at csu, chico. The child development lab is a program funded in part by the activity fee combined with grant funding, as described in the sponsored programs section below.student programming - student generated programming to facilitate, motivate, educate, and celebrate the wide spectrum of clubs and organizations recognized on the csu, chico campus. Students have the ability to approach funding councils with proposals while recognized campus organizations also have the ability to participate in the annual revenue allocation process held during the campus elections.community programs community action volunteers in education, a volunteer organization coordinated by students offering both educational and volunteer opportunities to csu, chico students focusing on kids and/or adult programs, weekend immersion programs and supports the service-learning mission of the campus. Contract programs - in addition to its variety of in-house programs, the associated students contributes operational funding for a collection of campus-based entities that provide significant programs and services to the student community. Government affairs - the activity fee fund is guided and governed by the eight elected students who comprise the government affairs committee (gac) and, aided by staff support, oversee the extensive network of as councils and student appointments to integral campus committees that collectively demonstrate the objective of shared governance on the csu, chico campus. The elected positions and their various initiatives represent academic and legislative affairs, environmental affairs, community affairs, and diversity affairs.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 83% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 96% 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 total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 85
  • Transparency & Controls: 87
  • Accountability: 42
  • Sustainability: 57
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 88.2%; rating input score 88
  • 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: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Pass
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Pass
    • 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: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 0%; rating input score 0; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 9 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 100
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: Pass
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 7%; rating input score 60; 60th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.68; rating input score 55; 55th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.09; rating input score 76; 76th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 7.4%; rating input score 33; 33rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 5% per year; rating input score 100; 42nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 0.8% per year; rating input score 100; 11th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 6.1% per year; rating input score 100; 43rd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 88.2% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 0 of 9 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $16.7M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $388K · 23 people listed · 4 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 1 contractor listed · $115K reported
  • Consistency: 31 of 31 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 8 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, and executive pay
  • Filing history: 16 filing years from 2009 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 11 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 4 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.
  • Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 55/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 33/100.