California Lobster & Trap Fishermens Association

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
934094454
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2023–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024
Location
Santa Barbara, CA, USA
Phone
8054034811
Rating
86
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Water Resource, Wetlands Conservation and Management

Reported finances

Revenue
$5,223
Expenses
$7,407
Assets
$10,896
Liabilities
$379

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

Leadership & pay

11 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • RAY KENNEDY (President)
  • CAMERON CRIBBEN (Vice President)

People named in this filing

  • RAY KENNEDY (President)
  • CAMERON CRIBBEN (Vice President)
  • ZACH GREENFIELD (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 ensure the long-term sustainability of the California commercial lobster fishery through proactive environmental stewardship and effective policy advocacy. We protect the marine environment by recovering lost fishing gear and debris from the California coast, while advocating for regulations that support the fishery's ecological and economic future.

What it reported doing in 2024

The California Coastal Cleanup Initiative: The removal of lost, abandoned, and derelict commercial fishing gear and other marine debris from the California coast and Channel Islands. The initiative identifies, retrieves, and either returns salvageable gear to its owner or disposes of non-salvageable debris at appropriate recycling and waste facilities.Industry Advocacy and Education: We advocate on behalf of the California commercial lobster fishery to promote regulations and policies that ensure its long-term sustainability. This includes submitting public comments, providing testimony at hearings, and educating policymakers and the public about the industry's economic and ecological importance.Member & Board Governance Meetings: We conduct an Annual Spring Board Meeting for strategic planning and hold Pre-Season Virtual Meetings to prepare members for the upcoming fishing season.

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. Revenue has declined or grown slowly and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 100
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 27
  • Growth: 40

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 99%; rating input score 99

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -41.8%; rating input score 15; 15th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.47; rating input score 57; 57th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.03; rating input score 23; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 61.1%; rating input score 2; 2nd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 165.2% per year; rating input score 100; 99th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -87.8% per year; rating input score 0; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -15.3% per year; rating input score 0; 13th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 99% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $7K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 11 people listed
  • Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 1 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2023 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • 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 — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 15/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 57/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 2/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 23/100.