Cactus Intertie Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
330418800
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2020–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
South Pasadena, CA, USA
Phone
9517327252
Rating
96
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Disaster Preparedness and Relief Services

Reported finances

Revenue
$89,699
Expenses
$91,533
Assets
$169,047
Liabilities
$12,960

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

Leadership & pay

8 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • WILL THATCHER (President / GM)
  • JAMES WALLS (Vice President)

People named in this filing

  • WILL THATCHER (President / GM)
  • MEL SWANBERG (DIRECTOR / VP)
  • JAMES WALLS (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

The purpose of cactus intertie, inc. Is to further the use of amateur radio for public service activities and to build, operate, and maintain wide area amateur radio networks which are made available to local, state, and national public service entities in the event of emergencies, and to carry out other activities that lessen the burden on government associated with this goal, as allowed by law. In the past we provided communications to regular radio nets for cal ema in preparation for potential earthquakes or other disasters.

What it reported doing in 2025

Site equipment rebuilds continued and old equipment was replaced in order to improve reliability of the network that continues to be a valuable resource to the american red cross and cal ema due to its extensive coverage.

Operating model

Revenue model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent revenue detail to tell how this nonprofit funds its work.
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. Expenses are high relative to revenue and liabilities are high compared with assets.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 98
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 45
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 99.1%; rating input score 99
  • Program expense ratio: 97.1%; rating input score 97

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -2%; rating input score 38; 38th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.85; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.08; rating input score 16; 16th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 16.4% per year; rating input score 100; 78th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 0.9% per year; rating input score 100; 53rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 20.9% per year; rating input score 100; 85th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 99.1% of revenue deployed · 97.1% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $89K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 8 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 6 filing years from 2020 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 — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 38/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 16/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.