Community Builders for Monterey County

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
872964928
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2021–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2024
Location
Monterey, CA, USA
Rating
41
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Human Services N.E.C.

Reported finances

Revenue
$39,798
Expenses
$24,397
Assets
$23,892

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

Leadership & pay

5 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Karen Csejtey (President)
  • Tish Sammon (Executive Director)

People named in this filing

  • Karen Csejtey (President)
  • Erin Morita (Treasurer)
  • Eric Mora (Board Member)

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

To build community through volunteer and community engagement. Community Builders for Monterey serves as a hub to support promote and connect people looking to volunteer with the organizations who need them. We also provided education training to nonprofit volunteer and community engagement professionals as well as amplify community needs and opportunitie2 to be involved in support of a health thriving and inclusive Monterey County.

What it reported doing in 2024

Volunteer Connect helps volunteers connect with the organizations that need them through an online platform in-person recruitment and outreach as well as workshops and training for volunteers and local organizations. We work with more than 100 local agencies and reached 2,500 potential volunteers through our newsletter and social media. There were more than 10,000 views of the volunteer needs listed on our platform. In addition we have expanded our role with local environmental agencies better filter people with interested in climate and environmental stewardship. Grants and donations were for general operation that which includes programs or focus areas.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
No current program activity. The filing reports no program spending for the current year.

The verdict

MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up and program spending has grown recently. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 0
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 55
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 0%; rating input score 0
  • Program expense ratio: Limited

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 38.7%; rating input score 86; 86th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.98; rating input score 46; 46th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 28.4%; rating input score 6; 6th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 60% per year; rating input score 100; 94th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 23.8% per year; rating input score 100; 92nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 20.7% per year; rating input score 100; 86th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 0% of revenue deployed
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
  • Consistency: 5 of 5 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 4 filing years from 2021 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • 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 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 46/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 6/100.