Bakersfield Twilight Rotary Foundation

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
371585513
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2018–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2015, Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2023
Location
Bakersfield, CA, USA
Phone
6618088434
Rating
51
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Community Service Clubs

Reported finances

Revenue
$5,073
Expenses
$10,269
Assets
$77,215
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

3 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • MARGARET PALMER (PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • MARGARET PALMER (PRESIDENT)
  • BRAD HENDERSON (SECRETARY)
  • DENISE THOMAS (TREASURER)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

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

Overview

Mission

The foundation is dedicated to giving back to the community. It supports education and literacy, provides donations to youth groups, and mentors young adults in their pursuit of education and service to the community. It provides donations to the rotary international polio plus initiative.

What it reported doing in 2024

Help support elementary school education

Operating model

Revenue model
Other-operating. 64% of the money available for current operations came from other operating revenue.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% 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 revenue has grown recently. 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: 26
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 45
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 31.7%; rating input score 32
  • Program expense ratio: 15.3%; rating input score 15

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -102.4%; rating input score 8; 8th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 7.52; rating input score 89; 89th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 68; 68th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: 35.7% per year; rating input score 100; 95th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 35.7% per year; rating input score 100; 93rd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 31.7% of revenue deployed · 15.3% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $2K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2018 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • 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 32/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 15/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 8/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.