Calm Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
237097910
IRS 990 coverage
2011–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-T 2023
Location
Santa Barbara, CA, USA
Phone
8059652376
Rating
82
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Child Abuse, Prevention

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$13,036,185
Expenses
$9,199,809
Assets
$23,011,608
Liabilities
$1,295,842

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

Leadership & pay

28 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • ALANA WALCZAK (PRESIDENT & CEO)

Highest reported compensation

  • ALANA WALCZAK (PRESIDENT & CEO): $297,500 total reported compensation
  • ADOLFO GARCIA (CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER): $188,266 total reported compensation
  • ASHLYN MCCAGUE (DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT): $144,787 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

Calm's mission is to prevent childhood trauma, heal children and families, and build resilient communities throughout santa barbara county.

What it reported doing in 2024

Trauma prevention & early intervention departmentrecognizing that early support has the greatest impact, the trauma prevention & early intervention department provides services designed to foster healthy relationships, build resilience, and address challenges before they escalate. Services are designed for children prenatally through age nine, along with their caregivers and professional support networks. Programs offer a comprehensive range of services-including prevention, early intervention, and treatment-delivered in homes, community settings, and calm clinics. These services aim to prevent childhood trauma, support caregiver mental health, strengthen caregiver-child attachment, promote positive parenting practices, and reduce the effects of toxic stress. By also working with early childhood professionals, the department helps build systemic capacity in early childcare settings to strengthen resilience and capabilities among caregivers and professionals. For the fiscal year ended june 30, 2025, the trauma prevention & early intervention department provided 1,318 clients with 8,775 services.

Operating model

Revenue model
Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
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.
  • Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 73
  • Transparency & Controls: 84
  • Accountability: 95
  • Sustainability: 73
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 81.4%; rating input score 81
  • Program expense ratio: 79%; rating input score 79
  • Fundraising efficiency: $4.54 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 18; 18th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 4 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 67
    • Compensation committee: Pass
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Pass
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Pass
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • 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; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 8 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 89
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 29.4%; rating input score 88; 88th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.5; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.06; rating input score 82; 82nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 11%; rating input score 17; 17th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 3.2% per year; rating input score 100; 27th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 6% per year; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 3.2% per year; rating input score 100; 24th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 81.4% of revenue deployed · 79% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 22 of 22 board members independent · 8 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $7.3M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $298K · 28 people listed · 4 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 3 contractors listed · $461K reported
  • Consistency: 35 of 35 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes major donors and executive pay
  • Filing history: 14 filing years from 2011 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 6 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 — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 18/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Other executive compensation review process not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 17/100.