Community Action Partnership of Sonoma County

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
941648949
IRS 990 coverage
2009–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Santa Rose, CA, USA
Phone
7075446911
Rating
84
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Community, Neighborhood Development

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$17,319,797
Expenses
$19,125,767
Assets
$6,974,301
Liabilities
$6,422,424

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

Leadership & pay

18 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • CYNTHIA R KING (CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER)

Highest reported compensation

  • CYNTHIA R KING (CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER): $170,097 total reported compensation
  • MATTHEW M BENFORD (CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER): $152,185 total reported compensation
  • JOHNATHAN M NOLEN (CHIEF OPERATIONS OFFICER): $152,074 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

We are a catalyst of equitable transformation, aligning partners and resources to implement values-based, data-driven, community-led solutions that help families reach their full potential. Our vision - we see sonoma county transformed into an empowered community of thriving families where every child is raised with joy, justice, and connection.

What it reported doing in 2024

Housing and financial stability program to encourage selfsufficiency, as well as housing, family, and financial stability, the department offers education on financial capacity while providing temporary housing and financial assistance. Capsc provides the followings programs: h20 help to others water bill assistance program for low income rate payers of santa rosa water.pathways housing temporary and lowincome shelter, temporary and permanent support housing providing a continuum of care in which participants are provided with strengths based case management, trauma informed services and peer supportive environments.volunteer income tax assistance (vita) free, quality tax return preparation to individuals, families, and seniors. Our preparers are volunteers certified by the IRS. Season of sharing program sonoma county a program supported by the san francisco chronicle's annual giving drive and administered by capsc. It provides support to sonoma county individuals needing assistance for rent, deposit, unexpected critical family needs costs that affect health or livelihood provided in the form of grants that are paid directly to the supplier of services, such as a landlords.

Operating model

Revenue model
Grant-funded. 83% of the money available for current operations came from government grants.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 88% 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

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 94
  • Transparency & Controls: 74
  • Accountability: 95
  • Sustainability: 15
  • Growth: 80

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 97%; rating input score 97
  • Program expense ratio: 87.9%; rating input score 88
  • Fundraising efficiency: $4,719.45 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 99; 99th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 93.8%; rating input score 94; 17th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 2 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 33
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Pass
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 8 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 89
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -10.4%; rating input score 10; 10th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.36; rating input score 10; 10th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.92; rating input score 9; 9th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 4.8%; rating input score 53; 53rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 7.5% per year; rating input score 100; 58th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 3.5% per year; rating input score 100; 30th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -1.8% per year; rating input score 0; 6th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 97% of revenue deployed · 87.9% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 12 of 12 board members independent · 8 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 6 filed program accomplishments · $16.8M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $170K · 18 people listed · 2 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Consistency: 31 of 32 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes grants and executive pay
  • Filing history: 11 filing years from 2009 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 21 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 15 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.
  • Staff and benefit plans: Retirement and health plans the organization files with the Department of Labor, and the people in them.

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 — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 10/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 10/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Other executive compensation review process not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 9/100.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 53/100.
  • High — Grant Readiness: Federal audit findings: this organization reported findings in its latest federal Single Audit.