Center for Effective Life Transitions

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
383861020
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2023–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2022
Location
Rch Cucamonga, CA, USA
Rating
87
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Counseling, Support Groups

Reported finances

Revenue
$77,200
Expenses
$75,800
Assets
$6,605

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

Leadership & pay

5 people listed

People named in this filing

  • CATRINA JOHNSON-COLEMAN (DIRECTOR)
  • TITWAN SEBALA (DIRECTOR)
  • GRETA WILLIAMS (TREASURER)

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

He Center for Effective Life Transitions CFELT is organized and operated exclusively for charitable and educational purposes within the meaning of Internal Revenue Code 501c3. Its primary exempt purpose is to provide community-based mental health behavioral intervention and supportive reentry services to underserved at-risk and justice-involved individuals and families. CFELT delivers evidence-based counseling educational programming and life-skills development designed to reduce recidivism prevent family violence promote emotional well-being and improve long-term social and economic stability.

What it reported doing in 2025

During the reporting year the Center for Effective Life Transitions CFELT provided critical outreach and basic needs support to over 359 homeless and unhoused individuals throughout the community. Through direct service efforts CFELT distributed hot meals hygiene kits blankets beanies and socks addressing immediate survival needs and promoting health dignity and stability among vulnerable populations. As a result: Individuals experienced improved access to essential resources for daily living and hygiene Outreach efforts helped build trust and engagement connecting participants to additional services including housing mental health care and reentry support The program contributed to reducing barriers to stability and increasing participants readiness to access long-term support systems This program advances CFELTs charitable mission by meeting urgent basic needs while serving as a gateway to supportive services ultimately helping individuals transition toward stabi

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 70% 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: 98
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 33
  • Growth: 80

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 97.5%; rating input score 98
  • Program expense ratio: 99.3%; rating input score 99

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 1.8%; rating input score 48; 48th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.09; rating input score 12; 12th 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: 0.2% per year; rating input score 100; 48th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 5.8% per year; rating input score 100; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -16.3% per year; rating input score 0; 13th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 97.5% of revenue deployed · 99.3% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 2 filed program accomplishments · $75K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
  • Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 1 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 3 filing years from 2023 to 2025
  • 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.

  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 12/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 48/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.