California Association of Housing Author

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
770178982
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2013–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024
Location
San Pedro, CA, USA
Phone
9096323309
Rating
52
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate

Reported finances

Revenue
$122,734
Expenses
$142,194
Assets
$392,446
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

7 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • ANGELA ADAMS (PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • ANGELA ADAMS (PRESIDENT)
  • JIM KRUSE (DIRECTOR)
  • ANDREA RAEZ ARISTONDO (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-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The association's mission is to promote professional development, to educate the public and local, state, and national elected officials on affordable housing programs and to promote practical program improvements for participants and for the public housing agencies that administer the programs.

What it reported doing in 2024

The California association of housing authorities (caha) is a statewide association organized to facilitate cooperation and collaboration among member agencies for the promotion of affordable housing and improved programs and services. Coordinated activities may include but, not be limited to, state and federal legislative advocacy, public relations and education, maintaining effective partnerships, program research, and professional development.through our northern and southern California chapters, caha addresses the training needs of our members by providing timely seminary on a variety of topics regarding the housing choice voucher program and the administration of public housing. Since many of caha's members are also housing developers, caha monitors programmatic and legislative activities for all types of affordable housing.caha is at the forefront of legislative policy making and is the only association that represents phas in these collective enterprises.

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

MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up and revenue has grown recently. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 28
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 47
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 29.5%; rating input score 29
  • Program expense ratio: 25.5%; rating input score 25

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -15.9%; rating input score 10; 10th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.76; rating input score 88; 88th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 76; 76th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -5.4% per year; rating input score 0; 19th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 0.1% per year; rating input score 100; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 7.1% per year; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 29.5% of revenue deployed · 25.5% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $36K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 7 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 1 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 12 filing years from 2013 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 — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 29/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 25/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 10/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.