Breathe California of the Bay Area Golden Gate and Central Coast
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 941156307
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2014–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- San Jose, CA, USA
- Phone
- 4089985865
- Rating
- 82
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $1,648,480
- Expenses
- $1,373,246
- Assets
- $2,743,796
- Liabilities
- $749,227
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
9 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Margaret Sidener (President & CEO)
People named in this filing
- Margaret Sidener (President & CEO)
- Thomas M Dailey MD (Director)
- Rosalyn Bienenstock (Director)
Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
As the local clean air and healthy lungs leader, breathe California of the bay area fights lung disease in all its forms and works with our communities to promote lung health.
What it reported doing in 2024
Environmental Health: Breathe California provides education on both indoor and outdoor air pollution, sponsors clean air campaigns, including those for secondhand smoke protection (most recently in outdoor dining and multi-unit housing), and staffs a Secondhand Smoke Helpline to assist people who are impacted by this toxic pollution. As the coordinator for the Silicon Valley Clean Cities coalition, it convenes and coordinates activities for 259 stakeholders such as corporate fleet managers, school and elected officials, consumers, transportation programs, truck drivers, etc., education on electric vehicles and alternative fuels. Its Ride and Drive provides an opportunity to try out electric vehicles. Its Youth for Cool Earth program provided 14 education/training sessions to 174 students and teachers on climate change and environmental stewardship, with trainees reaching an additional 2,500 people through their projects. The Secondhand Smoke Helpline assisted 131 families, and 100% of 2,505 people trained in 15 presentations on the issue increased their knowledge of the subject. The agency worked in 11 jurisdictions to get 6 ordinances passed to protect against secondhand smoke! The agency reached a total of 7,186 individuals directly through environmental programs, even during the pandemic, and it reached 315,899 through social media (Twitter, You Tube, Instagram, and Facebook) mass media, including through the Breathe California TV show on local community television channels that is focused on the environment and has a viewership of 50,000, and our website.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
- 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 - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Liabilities are high compared with assets.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 72
- Transparency & Controls: 84
- Accountability: 100
- Sustainability: 66
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 75.4%; rating input score 75
- Program expense ratio: 90.5%; rating input score 91
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 92.9%; rating input score 93; 19th percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: Limited
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: Limited
- Major donor itemization: Limited
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 7 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 100
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 16.7%; rating input score 72; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 2; rating input score 65; 65th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.27; rating input score 26; 26th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 81; 81st percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 0% per year; rating input score 100; 18th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 4.5% per year; rating input score 100; 40th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 5.1% per year; rating input score 100; 39th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 75.4% of revenue deployed · 90.5% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 13 of 13 board members independent · 7 of 7 filing controls reported
- Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $1.2M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 9 people listed
- Consistency: 23 of 23 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 10 filing years from 2014 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.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 26/100.