Blast 4 Kids
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 872802294
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2021–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2024
- Location
- San Diego, CA, USA
- Phone
- 7602155064
- Rating
- 84
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Children's, Youth Services
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $145,452
- Expenses
- $116,821
- Assets
- $175,601
- Liabilities
- $10
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
4 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- PAT BACCEI (PRESIDENT)
- ARTHUR BENJAMIN (VICE PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- PAT BACCEI (PRESIDENT)
- ARTHUR BENJAMIN (VICE PRESIDENT)
- KIMBERLY SCHULTZ (SECRETARY)
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 purpose of blast 4 kids is to provide reduced-cost before and after school care, academic assistance, and character-building enrichment programs to children in at-risk households. These families face challenges finding affordable childcare due to their limited income.
What it reported doing in 2024
Supplemental services (30% of time): additional assistance is given to the families as needed in the form of food, personal care items, clothing, angel tree christmas gifts, and holiday grocery gift cards. Donations of these items are secured from businesses, individuals and churches in the community. Food is donated by local restaurants and the food bank.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Earned-program. 82% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program 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
STRONG - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. Liabilities are high compared with assets.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 72
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 69
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 66.5%; rating input score 66
- Program expense ratio: 82.8%; rating input score 83
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 19.7%; rating input score 73; 73rd percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.5; rating input score 72; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 53; 53rd percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 19.4% per year; rating input score 100; 75th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 3.1% per year; rating input score 100; 37th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 25.7% per year; rating input score 100; 85th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 66.5% of revenue deployed · 82.8% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $97K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
- Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 4 filing years from 2021 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.
- Review — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 53/100.