California Spectrum Care Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
811444578
IRS 990 coverage
2017–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-N 2016
Location
Santa Clarita, CA, USA
Phone
6616213789
Rating
80
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Developmentally Disabled Centers

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$6,636,104
Expenses
$5,439,251
Assets
$3,640,823
Liabilities
$616,710

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

Leadership & pay

9 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • JONATHAN FLINT (PRESIDENT)
  • DARRELL BUNCH (VICE PRESIDENT)

Highest reported compensation

  • MARK BUNCH (CFO): $148,287 total reported compensation
  • ANDREW COLLETTE (EXECUTIVE CLINICAL DIRECTO): $146,303 total reported compensation
  • JONATHAN FLINT (PRESIDENT): $144,629 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

California spectrum care has set out to create programs that serve all and any individual with developmental disabilities and that target the needs of every client on an individual basis.

What it reported doing in 2024

Ast: California spectrum care's innovative adaptive skills training (ast)program brings in home services to individuals diagnosed withconditions that warrant and are approved by/for regional centerservices. Csc's ast program addresses the missing or underdevelopedcomponents in an individual's development that are crucial to thelearning process. Csc provides a systematic learning experience byteaching an individual a wide range of skills including: the ability toself-regulate, appropriate communication, negotiation, etc. Equippingan individual with these skills will bridge a gap commonly observed inindividuals and the community.

Operating model

Revenue model
Grant-funded. 100% of the money available for current operations came from government grants.
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. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 73
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 80
  • Sustainability: 52
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 76.4%; rating input score 76
  • Program expense ratio: 93.1%; rating input score 93
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 88.9%; rating input score 89; 20th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 6 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 67
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: Pass
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 18%; rating input score 75; 75th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.67; rating input score 24; 24th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.17; rating input score 48; 48th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 8.9%; rating input score 33; 33rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 24.8% per year; rating input score 100; 89th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 26.6% per year; rating input score 100; 93rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 30.7% per year; rating input score 100; 93rd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 76.4% of revenue deployed · 93.1% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 8 of 9 board members independent · 6 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $5.1M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $148K · 9 people listed
  • Consistency: 21 of 22 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 8 filing years from 2017 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 5 filed money-flow records
  • 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.
  • Staff and benefit plans: Retirement and health plans the organization files with the Department of Labor, and the people in them.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 8 not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 24/100.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 33/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 48/100.