Bay Area Advertising Relief Committee

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
943102506
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2014–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Mill Valley, CA, USA
Phone
4153922272
Rating
63
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate

Reported finances

Revenue
$46,834
Expenses
$19,639
Assets
$245,256
Liabilities
$9,019

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

12 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • DIANE HAYES (PRESIDENT)
  • KRIS KILFOIL (VICE PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • VENA TAMBELLINI (CFO)
  • DIANE HAYES (PRESIDENT)
  • KRIS KILFOIL (VICE PRESIDENT)

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 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

See schedule 0

What it reported doing in 2025

Provided grants for food, housing, medical, insurance, and transportation needs for individuals in the advertising industry

Operating model

Revenue model
Other-operating. 94% of the money available for current operations came from other operating revenue.
Distribution model
Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 100% of its reported program spending out as grants.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and revenue comfortably covers expenses. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and program spending has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 48
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 79
  • Growth: 40

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 31.8%; rating input score 32
  • Program expense ratio: 75.8%; rating input score 76

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 58.1%; rating input score 92; 92nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 12.49; rating input score 93; 93rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.04; rating input score 19; 19th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -4.3% per year; rating input score 0; 37th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 1.3% per year; rating input score 100; 55th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -2% per year; rating input score 0; 31st percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 31.8% of revenue deployed · 75.8% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $15K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 12 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 12 filing years from 2014 to 2025
  • 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 — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 19/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.