California Lupus Foundation Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
330717512
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2009–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2020, Form 990-EZ 2024
Location
San Diego, CA, USA
Phone
8582782788
Rating
48
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Specifically Named Diseases

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$53,900
Expenses
$105,144
Assets
$84,053
Liabilities
$426

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

Leadership & pay

6 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Neda Gappy-Cortez (President)
  • Gerardo Becerra (Vice President/Treasurer)
  • Matthew Fitz (Vice President/Secretary)
  • Daniel Womack (Vice President Operations)

People named in this filing

  • Neda Gappy-Cortez (President)
  • Gerardo Becerra (Vice President/Treasurer)
  • Matthew Fitz (Vice President/Secretary)

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

Improving the life of people with Lupus The Organization is dedicated to improving the quality of life for people with Lupus by providing educational and emotional support to persons and the families of those with Lupus.

What it reported doing in 2024

Provide educational and emotional support to persons and the families of those with Lupus.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 95% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent spending detail to tell whether the nonprofit works directly or through others.

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: 21
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 26
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 26%; rating input score 26
  • Program expense ratio: 13.3%; rating input score 13

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -95.1%; rating input score 8; 8th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.8; rating input score 40; 40th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.01; rating input score 31; 31st percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -16.1% per year; rating input score 0; 21st percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 0.4% per year; rating input score 100; 53rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 3.1% per year; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 26% of revenue deployed · 13.3% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $14K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 6 people listed
  • Consistency: 7 of 8 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 13 filing years from 2009 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 26/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 13/100.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Part III transfer expenses within program total did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 8/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 40/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 31/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.