Cal Bears in the Desert

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
861607773
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2020–2023
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2023
Location
Palm Desert, CA, USA
Phone
7607734078
Rating
72
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Alumni Associations

Reported finances

Revenue
$23,000
Expenses
$3,000
Assets
$30,868

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2023. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

5 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Rosemary Bautista (President)
  • Max Ochoa (Vice President)

People named in this filing

  • Rosemary Bautista (President)
  • Luisa Armijo (Secretary)
  • Oscar R Armijo (Treasurer)

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 2023. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Engage alumni to advance support of UC Berkeley.

What it reported doing in 2023

Engage alumni to advance support of UC Berkeley

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
Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 100% of its reported program spending out as grants.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and program spending has grown recently. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and reported officer compensation is a large share of total spending, which may reflect staffing concentration.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 46
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 80
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 13%; rating input score 13
  • Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100

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: 87%; rating input score 98; 98th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 10.29; rating input score 92; 92nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 25.7% per year; rating input score 100; 84th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 55.6% per year; rating input score 100; 97th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 65.1% per year; rating input score 100; 97th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 13% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $3K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
  • Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 3 filing years from 2020 to 2023
  • 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 — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 13/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.