Candela Group
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 873536560
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2023–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2022
- Location
- Moorpark, CA, USA
- Phone
- 0000000000
- Rating
- 89
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Alliance/Advocacy Organizations
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $45,575
- Expenses
- $44,468
- Assets
- $1,457
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
5 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Christopher Tejeda (CEO)
People named in this filing
- Christopher Tejeda (CEO)
- Christine Novak (Treasurer)
- Mary Haffner (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
The mission of the Candela Group is to bring stability and an improved quality of life to our clients and their loved ones affected by mental illness by uniting them with public and private mental health services Our lived experience as family members and consumers motivates us to pursue long term advocacy education guidance and support for the sustained recovery of our clients We treat our clients and their loved ones with dignity respect and confidentiality to maintain the highest level of trust while continuously improving and refining our quality of service and linkage to resources
What it reported doing in 2024
The Candela Group has continued to serve the population of Ventura County Los Angeles County and Santa Barbara County for helping individuals with serious and persistent mental illness and other behavioral health challenges Candela works with individuals and their family members by educating them on how to navigate the behavioral health system and advocate for their needs Candela hosted 24 workshop series outlining the continuum of behavioral healthcare and highlighting the available resources in Ventura County Candela works very closely with all individuals and family members seeking help when navigating the behavioral health system Candella focuses on 10 areas of stability when helping an individual which include housing psychology psychiatry substance use general health legal financial transportation education and career and recidivism By addressing these ten elements Candela helps to bring stability and an improved quality of life to individuals with behavioral health challenges
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Earned-program. 98% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
- 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. Total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown and expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 99
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 34
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 97.6%; rating input score 98
- Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 2.4%; rating input score 50; 50th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.03; rating input score 7; 7th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 68; 68th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 91%; rating input score 0; 0th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 32.6% per year; rating input score 100; 88th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 33.9% per year; rating input score 100; 95th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 122.5% per year; rating input score 100; 99th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 97.6% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $44K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
- Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- Filing history: 2 filing years from 2023 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
- 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: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 7/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 50/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 0/100.