Central Coast Cactus and Succulent Society

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
274672174
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2016–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2012
Location
Arroyo Grande, CA, USA
Phone
8057103737
Rating confidence
Limited

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$-2,539
Expenses
$14,830
Assets
$21,674
Liabilities
$221

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

Leadership & pay

11 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • HARRY HARLOW (PAST PRESIDENT)
  • PAT GILSON (PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • ROB SKILLIN (CSSA REP)
  • ANN BYRNE (MEMBERSHIP)
  • MARY PERACCA (MEMBER AT LARGE)

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

Educate and promote knowledge of cacti.

What it reported doing in 2024

Monthly public meetings to educate and promote interest in cacti and succulents. To promote protection of endangered species of cacti and succulents.

Operating model

Revenue model
No positive adjusted resources. The filing reports no positive adjusted operating resources.
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

- The available evidence is not sufficient to produce an overall rating for this filing. This is not a warning sign.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 70
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 28
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: Limited
  • Program expense ratio: 70.4%; rating input score 70

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -684.1%; rating input score 2; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.46; rating input score 57; 57th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.01; rating input score 29; 29th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -10.7% per year; rating input score 0; 26th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -12.4% per year; rating input score 0; 21st percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -2% per year; rating input score 0; 32nd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 70.4% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 2 filed program accomplishments · $10K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 11 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 8 filing years from 2016 to 2024
  • 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: Operating margin scored 2/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 57/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 29/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.