California Western Dressage Association
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 901006203
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2016–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2024
- Location
- Tehachapi, CA, USA
- Phone
- 8059906303
- Rating
- 58
- Verdict
- MIXED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Equestrian
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $34,319
- Expenses
- $38,047
- Assets
- $24,290
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
7 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- CYNTHIA COLLINS (PRESIDENT)
- VIVIAN MEVORAH (VICE PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- CYNTHIA COLLINS (PRESIDENT)
- VIVIAN MEVORAH (VICE PRESIDENT)
- LISA GABALDON (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
To focus on the education of the rider and well-being of the horse to improve the partnership between horse and rider.
What it reported doing in 2024
The California western dressage association provided opportunities both online and live events for riders of all horse breeds to learn how to ride and to participate in the sport of western dressage. Riders would video tape themselves on the horse which they would then submit and be graded. So they can learn the next steps to improve their ability to communicate with their equine partners. Riders can also earn medals recognizing their achievements.
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
MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up and program spending has grown recently. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 38
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 31
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 39.6%; rating input score 40
- Program expense ratio: 35.7%; rating input score 36
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -10.9%; rating input score 30; 30th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.64; rating input score 35; 35th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 12% per year; rating input score 100; 74th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 8% per year; rating input score 100; 78th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 18.6% per year; rating input score 100; 85th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 39.6% of revenue deployed · 35.7% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $14K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 7 people listed
- Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- Filing history: 8 filing years from 2016 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- 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.
- Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 40/100.
- Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 36/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 30/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 35/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.