Community Support Network
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 942159583
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2011–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Santa Rosa, CA, USA
- Phone
- 7075750979
- Rating
- 78
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $6,284,464
- Expenses
- $6,089,677
- Assets
- $5,093,374
- Liabilities
- $4,577,053
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
6 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Jim Churchill (President)
- Matthew Everson (Vice President/Treasurer)
- Tom Bieri (Executive Director)
Highest reported compensation
- Tom Bieri (Executive Director): $165,000 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Community Support Network helps individuals with complex care needs realize their potential by providing strength-based holistic services.
What it reported doing in 2024
Social Rehabilitation Housing Program - provides support and life skills training for our residents, many of whom are taking early steps in independent living in houses supported by the Sonoma County Behavior Health. These small homes are nestled in communities throughout Sonoma County, and are managed by dedicated staff who act as guides for the residents as they make positive life changes. These are their time-tested programs and support services help residents through the structure and allotted time, build independence by addressing educational, health, behavioral health, employment, housing, income and addiction treatment needs. Residents are empowered as individuals, while engaging in a communal atmosphere, and important life skills are learned at weekly group meetings conducted by the Organization's staff.Their board and care homes provide long term housing for men and women who depend on supportive programming for daily living. Designed to help residents address self-care, health, behavioral health and addiction treatment needs alongside personal goals, our board and care homes offer ongoing support and guidance. These homes are located in residential neighborhoods with access to public transportation and shopping. Residents are empowered as individuals while engaging in a communal atmosphere, where house issues are solved together and important life skills are learned at weekly group meetings conducted by the Organization's staff.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Grant-funded. 77% of the money available for current operations came from government grants.
- 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.
- Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.
The verdict
SUPPORTED - 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: 80
- Transparency & Controls: 71
- Accountability: 88
- Sustainability: 39
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 80.1%; rating input score 80
- Program expense ratio: 82.7%; rating input score 83
- Fundraising efficiency: $35.63 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 72; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 94.1%; rating input score 94; 23rd 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: Pass
- Written employment contract: Missing
- Compensation survey or study: Missing
- Board or committee approval: Pass
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: Limited
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 80%; rating input score 80; 14th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 8 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 100
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: Pass
- Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 3.1%; rating input score 45; 45th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.84; rating input score 31; 31st percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.9; rating input score 7; 7th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 2.7%; rating input score 71; 71st percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 9.5% per year; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 8.8% per year; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 4.9% per year; rating input score 100; 34th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 80.1% of revenue deployed · 82.7% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 4 of 5 board members independent · 8 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $5M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $165K · 6 people listed · 2 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
- Highest-paid contractors: 1 contractor listed · $188K reported
- Consistency: 33 of 34 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
- Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes major donors and executive pay
- Filing history: 11 filing years from 2011 to 2024
- 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.
- 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.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 45/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 31/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 7/100.
- Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.