California Society for Biomedical Research

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
942906825
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2011–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024
Location
Sacramento, CA, USA
Phone
9165581515
Rating
74
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Biomedicine, Bioengineering Research

Reported finances

Revenue
$72,075
Expenses
$85,444
Assets
$124,724
Liabilities
$65,655

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

Leadership & pay

19 people listed

People named in this filing

  • AMANDA CARSON BANKS (Executive Direc)
  • ROBERT F PHALEN PhD (Chairman)
  • LAURIE BRIGNOLO DVM (Director)

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

Education

What it reported doing in 2024

Distribute educational materials to teachers, scientists & the general public to increase the knowledge and awareness of biomedical research

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

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. A relatively small share of total spending goes to programs and program spending has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 64
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 30
  • Growth: 20

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 67.6%; rating input score 68
  • Program expense ratio: 57%; rating input score 57

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -18.5%; rating input score 24; 24th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.46; rating input score 57; 57th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.53; rating input score 9; 9th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 42.6%; rating input score 4; 4th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -1.7% per year; rating input score 0; 43rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -1.2% per year; rating input score 0; 46th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 1% per year; rating input score 100; 43rd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 67.6% of revenue deployed · 57% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $49K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 19 people listed
  • Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 14 filing years from 2011 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.

Grant-readiness screening is separate from the live rating, not a measure of program quality. Review the source records before making a grant decision.

  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 57/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 24/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 57/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 4/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 9/100.
  • High — Grant Readiness: California registration: this organization is not authorized to operate as a charity in California.