Central Coast Aquarium Society
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 770372604
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2017–2017
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2017, Form 990-N 2016
- Location
- Shell Beach, CA, USA
- Phone
- 8057732439
- Rating confidence
- Limited
- Sector
- Zoo, Zoological Society
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $17,543
- Expenses
- $0
- Assets
- $24,043
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2017. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
6 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Brian Craig Kreowski (President)
People named in this filing
- Brian Craig Kreowski (President)
- Marc Lebed (Director)
- Kevin Cushing (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 2017. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Marine Science Study, Education and Conservation
What it reported doing in 2017
The long-standing mission of CCAS is to help preserve the Central Coast's aquatic habitats through innovative educational programs that bring marine life encounters to the general public. CCAS operates a traveling marine exhibit, known as "Tidepool Treasures" and an interpretive outreach program known as "Tidepool Outreach". Most recently, CCAS has been working with California Polytechnic State University and the City of Pismo Beach in establishing a research program to determine the reasons of the demise of the Pismo Clam (Tivela stultorum) and developing a maricultute process for propagation of the species.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent spending detail to tell whether the nonprofit works directly or through others.
The verdict
- The available evidence is not sufficient to produce an overall rating for this filing. This is not a warning sign.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 4
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 9
- Growth: NotEnoughData
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 5.7%; rating input score 6
- Program expense ratio: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: Limited
- Total-asset coverage ratio: Limited
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 74; 74th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: Limited
Growth
- Program expense growth: Limited
- Revenue growth: Limited
- Asset growth: Limited
Details
- Where the money goes: 5.7% of revenue deployed
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $1K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 6 people listed
- Consistency: 8 of 9 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- 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.
Grant-readiness screening is separate from the live rating, not a measure of program quality. Review the source records before making a grant decision.
- High — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 6/100.
- Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Part III program expenses within total did not reconcile in the filed values.
- High — Grant Readiness: California registration: this organization is not authorized to operate as a charity in California.