Coastpride Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 842227224
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2024–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990 2025, Form 990-EZ 2023
- Location
- Half Moon Bay, CA, USA
- Phone
- 6507280205
- Rating
- 52
- Verdict
- MIXED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Counseling, Support Groups
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $1,619,296
- Expenses
- $706,051
- Assets
- $1,432,796
- Liabilities
- $11,558
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
4 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- LAUREN CLAIRE SMITH WELLS (PRESIDENT)
Highest reported compensation
- LAURA CARTWRIGHT (EXECUTIVE DI): $33,163 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Coastpride is an organization created by our local community in san mateo county to improve the support, visibility, and awareness of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (lgbtq) individuals and families.coastpride embraces allies to create an affirming and welcoming community that nurtures individuals of all ages, ethnicities, cultures, sexual orientation, gender identity, and gender expression to live to their full potential. We believe that together we will continue to make the coastside, from pacifica to pescadero, a kind and safe place for the lgbtq+ community at large.
What it reported doing in 2025
Health and wellness program- - lgbtq+ spanish language one-on-one telehealth counseling - lgbtq+ youth groups: middle school and high school social groups - lgbtq+ families groups - lgbtq+ older adults support groups - youth counseling - regular social events at the pride center: like movie night, book club, interfaith gatherings and more - wellness yoga - monthly social happy hour - trans wardrobe - free chest binder distribution - center drop-in hours, 3 days per week education and visibility program- - increased community education and exhibits at the pride center and in public spaces, like outside markets, dia de los meurtos, and unity event (many of these co-created by our youth) - speakers bureau- presentations upon request from community partners - june pride month community events - october lgbtq history month community events - december world AIDS day art presentation social justice program- - establishing and supporting gender sexuality alliances at schools and working in partnership with schools to provide training and other supportive services to improve school climate - youth scholarships sustaining our programs- achievements this past year - hired administrative assistant, elana ron, part time - proactive partnerships with our coastside neighbors in pacifica and pescadero - increased our board membership to expand our diversity - maintained strong participation in middle & high school peer support groups, with youth reporting increased confidence, connection, and access to supportive resources (including pantry services). - transgender & intersex adult group (ages 2660+) provided consistent peer support and resource navigation amid changing policy and healthcare access. - parents & caregivers group offered ongoing support and engagement, with increased interest in advocacy.4. Aging well lgbtq+ groups (55+) sustained attendance and strengthened community connections through regular programming"
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 96% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- 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
MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up and most voting board members are independent. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 4
- Transparency & Controls: 92
- Accountability: 70
- Sustainability: 76
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 2.9%; rating input score 3
- Program expense ratio: 6.7%; rating input score 7
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: Limited
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: Limited
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 2 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 29
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
- Whistleblower policy: Fail
- Document-retention policy: Fail
- CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Missing
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 56.4%; rating input score 92; 92nd percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.03; rating input score 65; 65th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.01; rating input score 62; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 4.7%; rating input score 51; 51st percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 111.7% per year; rating input score 100; 99th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 52.6% per year; rating input score 100; 96th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 54.3% per year; rating input score 100; 96th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 2.9% of revenue deployed · 6.7% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 8 of 8 board members independent · 2 of 7 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $47K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $33K · 4 people listed
- Consistency: 27 of 27 current checks pass
- Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors
- Filing history: 2 filing years from 2024 to 2025
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
- Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
- 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 — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 3/100.
- High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 7/100.
- High — Accountability: Governance controls: 4 of 6 not reported.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 51/100.