California Space Authority Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 770561111
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2010–2010
- Forms available
- Form 990 2010
- Location
- Santa Maria, CA, USA
- Phone
- 8059284343
- Rating confidence
- Limited
- Sector
- Physical & Earth Sciences,
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $380,483
- Expenses
- $1,621,387
- Assets
- $146,269
- Liabilities
- $1,081,407
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2010. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
30 people listed
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2010. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Governed by a statewide board of directors, the California space authority (csa) is a nonprofit corporation representing the commercial, civil, and national defense/homeland security interests of California's diverse space enterprise community in all four domains: industry, government, academia, and workforce.designated as California's spaceport authority, csa is member-based "enterprise" association working closely with stakeholders statewide to facilitate California's competitiveness and space enterprise vitality.
What it reported doing in 2010
Early development of a California space center, a multi-faceted, multi-year project that will inspire young people with space, science, math, and engineering educational activities and offer space-related facilities, entertainment and cultural exhibits. The center will also educate the public regarding space enterprise. This project touches three key elements: history, cultural and natual resources, and education.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Membership-supported. 66% of the money available for current operations came from membership dues.
- 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
- The available evidence is not sufficient to produce an overall rating for this filing. This is not a warning sign.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: NotEnoughData
- Transparency & Controls: 74
- Accountability: 79
- Sustainability: 4
- Growth: NotEnoughData
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: Limited
- Program expense ratio: Limited
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 59th percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: 1 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 17
- Compensation committee: Pass
- Independent consultant: Missing
- Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
- Written employment contract: Missing
- Compensation survey or study: Missing
- Board or committee approval: Missing
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: Limited
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 4 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 50
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Fail
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Other executive compensation review process: Pass
- Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Missing
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -326.1%; rating input score 0; 0th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.09; rating input score 6; 6th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 7.39; rating input score 1; 1st percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 25.3%; rating input score 15; 15th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: Limited
- Revenue growth: Limited
- Asset growth: Limited
Details
- Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
- Governance: 25 of 25 board members independent · 4 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments
- Leadership: top reported pay $168K · 30 people listed · 1 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
- Highest-paid contractors: 1 contractor listed
- Consistency: 11 of 11 current checks pass
- Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes major donors and executive pay
- Related organizations: 1 filed related-organization link
- 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 — Accountability: Governance controls: 3 of 7 not reported.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 6/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 1/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 15/100.
- High — Grant Readiness: California registration: this organization is recorded as not currently operating in California.