City to City Socal

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
821138499
IRS 990 coverage
2019–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2018
Location
Long Beach, CA, USA
Phone
6266536036
Rating
60
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Public Foundations
Affiliation
Christianity

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$1,835,077
Expenses
$1,700,073
Assets
$814,771
Liabilities
$2,868

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

Leadership & pay

11 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • LARRY ACOSTA (EXEC DIR AND PRESIDENT)

Highest reported compensation

  • LARRY ACOSTA (EXEC DIR AND PRESIDENT): $221,960 total reported compensation
  • BRANNIN PITRE (CHAIR): $106,403 total reported compensation
  • SAM SONG (CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER): $53,833 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

To build a network of christian individuals, communities, churches and ministries in the city of los angeles and the surrounding area that supports, engages and trains people in the areas of mercy, justice, and church planting.

What it reported doing in 2024

In 2024, city to city southern California advanced its mission to start, strengthen, and support gospel-centered churches across the region by equipping pastors and church planters through training, coaching, and collaborative learning environments.leadership development & training: we mentored over 70 emerging pastors through our monthly learning communities, several of whom are preparing to plant new churches as part of our leadership pipeline. In addition, we trained 12 seasoned pastors through our train the trainers program, equipping them to teach city to city curriculum and multiply impact within their own church networks.conferences and theological formation: we directly impacted more than 250 pastors and ministry leaders through our annual centered conference and city labs, which focused on deepening gospel theology, spiritual health, and practical ministry skills. These gatherings foster collaboration across cities, denominations, and ethnic communities.coaching and ongoing support: as of year-end, 27 church planters are receiving one-on-one coaching from certified city to city coaches, providing critical support in areas such as leadership, fundraising, pastoral care, and organizational development.resourcing new churches: we invested $115,000 in micro-grants, directly supporting 20 churches and church plants across southern California. These funds helped leaders launch new congregations, expand community outreach, and strengthen their ministry infrastructure.through these initiatives, city to city southern California continues to build a growing pipeline of church planters and ministry leaders, working toward the long-term vision of cultivating a regional gospel movement.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 98% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 83% 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.
  • Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and program spending has grown recently. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and few specific pay-setting methods are documented in the filing; unanswered boxes are not proof of absence.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 58
  • Transparency & Controls: 61
  • Accountability: 58
  • Sustainability: 43
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 53.9%; rating input score 54
  • Program expense ratio: 58.2%; rating input score 58
  • Fundraising efficiency: $61.86 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 81; 81st percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 92.3%; rating input score 92; 16th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 0 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 0
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Missing
    • Board or committee approval: Missing
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 61.9%; rating input score 62; 31st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 75%; rating input score 75; 16th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 3 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 33
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: Fail
    • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Fail
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 7.4%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.48; rating input score 22; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 75; 75th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 24.5%; rating input score 10; 10th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 20.3% per year; rating input score 100; 83rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 23.6% per year; rating input score 100; 89th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 29.5% per year; rating input score 100; 90th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 53.9% of revenue deployed · 58.2% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 6 of 8 board members independent · 3 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $990K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $222K · 11 people listed · 0 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Consistency: 29 of 30 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, and executive pay
  • Filing history: 5 filing years from 2019 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 12 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 8 filed related-organization links
  • 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.

  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 54/100.
  • High — Transparency & Controls: Pay-setting controls scored 0/100.
  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 58/100.
  • Moderate — Accountability: Governance controls: 6 of 9 not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 22/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 56/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 10/100.
  • Review — Transparency & Controls: Domestic grant itemization did not reconcile in the filed values.