California Family Institute

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
471140812
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2014–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024
Location
Costa Mesa, CA, USA
Phone
9493811510
Rating
85
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Counseling, Support Groups

Reported finances

Revenue
$170,204
Expenses
$164,088
Assets
$18,463
Liabilities
$22,194

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

Leadership & pay

4 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • CHRISTOPHER HOFF (President)
  • MICHELE HOFF (Vice President)

People named in this filing

  • CHRISTOPHER HOFF (President)
  • MICHELE HOFF (Vice President)
  • BRIAN BEELNER (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 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

To fullfill the need for mental health counseling services in Orange County, California's low-income communities.The training aspect is aimed to fill the need for training programs for counseling services that focus on community work. Training is provided to students and interns with a goal of inspiring them to continue to provide non-profit mental health services after they finish their education.

What it reported doing in 2024

Seeing over 50 individuals, couples and families each week at reduced and sometimes no fee.We train 20+ clinicians in providing community based mental health services every month.We are currently an approved training site for several local universities including: Pepperdine University, CSU Fullerton, Loma Linda University, Alliant International University, etc.

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 total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 92
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 32
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 90.5%; rating input score 91
  • Program expense ratio: 93.9%; rating input score 94

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 3.6%; rating input score 44; 44th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.11; rating input score 12; 12th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 1.2; rating input score 4; 4th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 15% per year; rating input score 100; 70th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 18.2% per year; rating input score 100; 81st percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 7.6% per year; rating input score 100; 54th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 90.5% of revenue deployed · 93.9% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $154K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
  • Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 11 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.
  • Staff and benefit plans: Retirement and health plans the organization files with the Department of Labor, and the people in them.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 44/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 12/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 4/100.