Benjamin E Jones Community Resource Center

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
473068222
IRS 990 coverage
2023–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025, Form 990-N 2023
Location
Colton, CA, USA
Phone
9095563975
Rating
64
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Community, Neighborhood Development

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$435,838
Expenses
$435,847
Assets
$62,692
Liabilities
$5,487

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

Leadership & pay

5 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Paul E Jones (Officer/CEO/President)

Highest reported compensation

  • Paul E Jones (Officer/CEO/President): $30,485 total reported compensation
  • Leslie Fields (Chief Financial Officer/Treasurer): $6,880 total reported compensation
  • Alice Morgan (Secretary): $4,300 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Benjamin E Jones Community Resource Center (BEJCRC)'s mission is to transform lives and communities by providing consistent services, support, and opportunities for personal and collective growth. We are committed to enhancing the quality of life through comprehensive family services, programs designed to prevent homelessness, promote culture and education, and provide job placement assistance. Our vision is rooted in fostering a strong, dedicated team of volunteers who share our passion for the well-being of families and the broader community. Our core activities are offered through our H.E.L.P.E.R.S. program-Helping to Educate & Lead People Effectively to Resource Services. They include donations of food, clothing, toiletries, and other programs that assist those in need. We also offer additional support through our referral and partner programs that assist with homelessness, drug and alcohol recovery efforts, and showers. We assist roughly 120-125 participants each business day.

What it reported doing in 2025

RAPID REHOUSING PROGRAM: The City of San Bernardino engaged with our organization to implement and administer a Rapid Rehousing Program designed to help transition individuals experiencing homelessness into stable, temporary, or permanent housing within the City's designated 5.2-mile prioritized encampment area. The housing services provided included housing placement, case management, landlord engagement, rental assistance, and linkage to supportive resources. The housing-related program activities required that our staff be fully trained before implementing any housing activities through the Rapid Rehousing Program. During the fourth quarter, we assisted approximately 20-25 program participants referred to us by the City of San Bernardino. We evaluated each program participant to ensure they were qualified for placement in temporary housing. Those who qualified were placed in homes, hotels, or motels; those who did not qualify were referred back to the City of San Bernardino to obtain additional documents or other items required to participate in the program. We provided oversight and management of this process.

Operating model

Revenue model
Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
Distribution model
Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 100% of its reported program spending out as grants.
  • Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.

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 some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 74
  • Transparency & Controls: 89
  • Accountability: 14
  • Sustainability: 25
  • Growth: 80

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 70.9%; rating input score 71
  • Program expense ratio: 70.9%; rating input score 71
  • Fundraising efficiency: $437.75 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 95; 95th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 92.3%; rating input score 92; 24th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 81st 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; 8th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 3 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 33
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • 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: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -0%; rating input score 35; 35th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.14; rating input score 9; 9th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.09; rating input score 23; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 9.6%; rating input score 27; 27th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 6% per year; rating input score 100; 55th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 21.7% per year; rating input score 100; 88th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -7.7% per year; rating input score 0; 7th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 70.9% of revenue deployed · 70.9% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 0 of 5 board members independent · 3 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 7 filed program accomplishments · $309K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $30K · 5 people listed
  • Consistency: 33 of 34 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors and grants
  • Filing history: 3 filing years from 2023 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 3 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
  • Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • High — Accountability: Independent voting board scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Accountability: Governance controls: 6 of 9 not reported.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 35/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 9/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 23/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 27/100.