California Transition Alliance

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
202520314
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2014–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2022, Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2012
Location
Talmage, CA, USA
Phone
7072723579
Rating
84
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Educational Services and Schools - Other

Reported finances

Revenue
$166,484
Expenses
$180,012
Assets
$110,278

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

8 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • DEE TORRINGTON (CO-PRESIDENT)
  • JOYCE MONTGOMERY (CO-PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • CAROL BARRETT (Former Treasure)
  • DEE TORRINGTON (CO-PRESIDENT)
  • JOYCE MONTGOMERY (CO-PRESIDENT)

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 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The California Transition Alliance supports youth-serving professionals who assist youth and families as they transition from secondary education to adult life. This mission is accomplished by strengthening partnerships with youth-serving agencies, convening, training and providing access to resources.

What it reported doing in 2025

Convener, ca cop secondary transition community of practice monthly membership and leadership meetings.leader - high school diploma workgroup.leader - ssi / financial literacy workgroup.collaborate with cde.consultant - the edge publication on secondary transition.trainer - transition planning: the essentials, train the trainer workshopsworkshop at California association of school psychologists conference.let's work! Californai project - documentary and how to videos.

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

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and revenue has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 94
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 23
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 97.5%; rating input score 97
  • Program expense ratio: 90.2%; rating input score 90

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -8.1%; rating input score 16; 16th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.61; rating input score 44; 44th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 5%; rating input score 24; 24th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 12.7% per year; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -4% per year; rating input score 0; 9th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 5.1% per year; rating input score 100; 43rd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 97.5% of revenue deployed · 90.2% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $162K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 8 people listed
  • Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 7 filing years from 2014 to 2025
  • 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.

Key Signals

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

  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 16/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 44/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 24/100.