Baker Family Foundation of California
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 872832674
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2022–2022
- Forms available
- Form 990 2022
- Location
- Stevenson Ranch, CA, USA
- Phone
- 6617994821
- Rating
- 57
- Verdict
- MIXED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Private Independent Foundations
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $145,057
- Expenses
- $130,049
- Assets
- $216,208
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2022. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
4 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- CATHY CRAIG (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
Highest reported compensation
- CATHY CRAIG (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $75,000 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2022. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
To serve individuals and families by providing them with the charitable and educational resources needed to overcome hardship and improve their lives, health and career.
What it reported doing in 2022
Programs for youth support - provided grants to 5 individuals and youth organizations, as well as put on a holiday movie event for low income/ foster children in our community and their caregivers where attendees enjoyed a movie, received toys and took pictures with santa clause.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 71% for direct work, and 29% for grants.
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 a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 30
- Transparency & Controls: 92
- Accountability: 74
- Sustainability: 55
- Growth: NotEnoughData
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 29.3%; rating input score 29
- Program expense ratio: 36.9%; rating input score 37
- Fundraising efficiency: $4.11 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 16; 16th percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: Limited
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: 92.9%; rating input score 93; 54th percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 3 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 38
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Fail
- Document-retention policy: Fail
- CEO compensation review process: Fail
- Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Missing
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 10.3%; rating input score 62; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.66; rating input score 53; 53rd percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 82; 82nd percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 57.7%; rating input score 3; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: Limited
- Revenue growth: Limited
- Asset growth: Limited
Details
- Where the money goes: 29.3% of revenue deployed · 36.9% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 3 of 3 board members independent · 3 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $48K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $75K · 4 people listed
- Consistency: 24 of 24 current checks pass
- Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors and grants
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 2 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.
- High — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 29/100.
- Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 37/100.
- Moderate — Accountability: Governance controls: 4 of 7 not reported.
- High — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 16/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 53/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 3/100.