Center for Radical Futures

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
921903613
IRS 990-PF coverage
2023–2024
Forms available
Form 990-PF 2024
Location
Santa Barbara, CA, USA
Phone
8312001342
Rating
87
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Standard
Sector
Private Grantmaking Foundations

Reported finances

Revenue
$6,097,300
Expenses
$306,318

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

Overview

Mission

Private Grantmaking Foundations

What it reported funding in 2024

The foundation reported 2 grants totaling $114,050. The stated grant purposes included to provide funding to support the following projects: protect our pollinators art show, 2024/2025 beehive program, hydroponics grow gardens, and mindfulness mongolian yurt which are all programs aimed at providing children meaningful experiences in nurturing ecosystems while reinforcing the importance of mental and environmental well-being. and to assist in the planning and development of the pine springs preparatory academy upper school including, but not limited to, capital-related expenses, marketing, and outreach..

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 99% of the foundation's positive operating resources came from contributions.
Distribution model
Grant intermediary. The foundation distributed 100% of its reported charitable disbursements as grants.
  • Includes asset-sale income: Asset-sale income is shown separately from recurring resources when classifying the revenue model.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes to charitable grants and the filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of spending goes to grants.

Rating breakdown

  • Grant Deployment: 100
  • Cost Efficiency: 37
  • Transparency: 100
  • Compliance: 100
  • Endowment Health: 94

Detailed rating inputs

Grant Deployment

  • Grant deployment ratio: 100%; rating input score 100; 80th percentile among comparable filings

Cost Efficiency

  • Grant expense ratio: 37.2%; rating input score 37; 11th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency

  • Grant recipient disclosure: Yes; rating input score 100

Compliance

  • Part VII-B activity disclosures: 19 of 19 controls in place; rating input score 100
    • Property sale or exchange with a disqualified person: Pass
    • Borrowing from or lending to a disqualified person: Pass
    • Goods, services, or facilities involving a disqualified person: Pass
    • Compensation paid to a disqualified person: Pass
    • Assets transferred to a disqualified person: Pass
    • Payment to a government official: Pass
    • Uncorrected prior self-dealing: Pass
    • Prior-year undistributed income: Pass
    • Excess business holdings: Pass
    • Investments that may jeopardize charitable purposes: Pass
    • Uncorrected prior-year jeopardizing investments: Pass
    • Attempt to influence legislation: Pass
    • Attempt to influence an election: Pass
    • Grants to individuals: Pass
    • Grants to organizations: Pass
    • Spending for a noncharitable purpose: Pass
    • Funds received for a personal-benefit contract: Pass
    • Premiums paid on a personal-benefit contract: Pass
    • Prohibited tax-shelter transaction: Pass
  • Filing consistency checks: 10; rating input score 100

Endowment Health

  • Endowment-health comparison: 51.01; rating input score 94; 94th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
  • Grants: 100% of grant recipient detail disclosed
  • Payout: At least 100% grant deployment rate
  • Trustees: Filed trustees detail
  • Self-dealing: 100% of reviewed questions answered “No”
  • Investments: 94th percentile for endowment coverage
  • Consistency: 10 of 10 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 1 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2023 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 2 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.

  • Moderate — Cost Efficiency: Grant expense ratio scored 37/100.