California Avocado Society Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 952851429
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2009–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2025
- Location
- Ventura, CA, USA
- Phone
- 9499408869
- Rating
- 45
- Verdict
- MIXED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $105,286
- Expenses
- $88,037
- Assets
- $140,824
- Liabilities
- $191
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
19 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Nick Lahr (President)
- Consuelo Fernandez (Vice President)
People named in this filing
- Nick Lahr (President)
- Consuelo Fernandez (Vice President)
- Carl Stucky (Secretary/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 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
The California Avocado Society provides weekly publications to members to update them regarding marketing information of the avocado industry.
What it reported doing in 2025
The CA Avocado Society produces seminars and an annual meeting to provide the latest developments of cultural practicesfor avocado growers. The CA Avocado Society publishes yearly updates on research and other related member activities.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
- Distribution model
- Transfer-based 990-EZ. The 990-EZ reports grants or member benefits, but it does not separate enough spending to show the nonprofit’s full delivery mix.
The verdict
MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up and revenue comfortably covers expenses. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and program spending has declined or grown slowly.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 15
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 65
- Growth: 20
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 24.2%; rating input score 24
- Program expense ratio: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 16.4%; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.6; rating input score 73; 73rd percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 45; 45th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: -16.1% per year; rating input score 0; 12th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -0.7% per year; rating input score 0; 16th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 6.4% per year; rating input score 100; 48th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 24.2% of revenue deployed
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 19 people listed
- Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
- Schedules: 1 filed schedules
- Filing history: 14 filing years from 2009 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.
- High — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 24/100.
- High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 45/100.