California RCV Coalition Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
871586880
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2022–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2021
Location
Laguna Niguel, CA, USA
Rating
85
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Alliance/Advocacy

Reported finances

Revenue
$111,076
Expenses
$100,149
Assets
$35,065

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

Leadership & pay

9 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Thomas Charron (President)
  • Marcela Miranda-Caballero (Executive Director)

People named in this filing

  • Thomas Charron (President)
  • June Genis (Director)
  • Karen Fink (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

We advocate for legislation and influence the decisions of our elected leaders in California to pass Ranked Choice Voting in the states various cities counties and state elections. Our volunteers and leadership provide domain expertise around what is Ranked Choice Voting as well as how to write legislation for implementing Ranked Choice Voting in various California municipalities. Our volunteers also attend public events to promote Ranked Choice Voting by explaining to the public what it is how it benefits them and how it depolarizes politics. We spend approximately 30 percent of our efforts on education and the remainder on advocacy and support of passing Ranked Choice Voting legislation.

What it reported doing in 2024

Supporting the campaign to pass ranked choice voting for the city of Richmond California in Nov 2024. Cal RCV raised over $50,000 from partner nonprofits and individuals that support election reform to fund mailers and other campaign activities. We also provided campaign consulting providing information about RCV and strategic input. Cal RCV works with local partners when possible and for Richmond the local partner campaigning in favor of Measure L is East Bay Working Families.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 60% of its reported program spending out as grants.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 90
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 38
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 86.1%; rating input score 86
  • Program expense ratio: 95.5%; rating input score 96

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 9.8%; rating input score 58; 58th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.35; rating input score 29; 29th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 19.2%; rating input score 16; 16th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 37.9% per year; rating input score 100; 88th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 29.4% per year; rating input score 100; 90th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 23.2% per year; rating input score 100; 83rd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 86.1% of revenue deployed · 95.5% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $96K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 9 people listed
  • Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 1 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 3 filing years from 2022 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 — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 29/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 58/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 16/100.