Creative Living Options Inc CO Garrett Broadbent
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 680484121
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2013–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Sacramento, CA, USA
- Phone
- 9163722102
- Rating
- 80
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Centers to Support the Independence of Specific Populations
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $6,427,381
- Expenses
- $7,082,235
- Assets
- $4,544,133
- Liabilities
- $1,905,009
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
10 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Garrett Broadbent (CEO)
Highest reported compensation
- Garrett Broadbent (CEO): $157,913 total reported compensation
- Royisha Singh (Program Director): $115,234 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Creative Living Options (CLO) is committed to enhancing the quality of life for people with developmental disabilitiesand their satisfaction with servicesby providing superior, individualized supports in each persons home and community. Choice, individual rights, the freedom to design ones own life, and person-centered supports are core to CLOs values and philosophy.
What it reported doing in 2024
The agency supports 43 adults with developmental disabilities to live in homes of their own within the community. We help individuals find, modify, and maintain housing; access community resources; and become active participants in community life. Services include researching home-ownership and low-income housing options and maintaining current information from housing authorities. We recruit, hire, and train direct-support staff and maintain required background checks, DMV records, auto insurance, medical exams, drug testing, and First Aid/CPR certifications. We facilitate circles of support, provide recreational resources, and assist individuals in building friendships and developing future life plans across all relevant domains. The agency develops individualized program and service plans (IPPs/ISPs) that detail how services will be delivered, and we monitor progress daily, monthly, and annually. We provide training in social, behavioral, and daily-living skills; offer assistance with money management, income, bill payment, and benefits; and coordinate medical and dental care, including medication management and appointments. We maintain 24-hour emergency response systems, support self-advocacy, assist with employment goals, and facilitate family and inter-agency collaboration. The agency also maintains a library of up-to-date books, materials, and resources for all employees.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Earned-program. 98% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
- 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
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: 79
- Transparency & Controls: 74
- Accountability: 100
- Sustainability: 23
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 91.3%; rating input score 91
- Program expense ratio: 84.5%; rating input score 84
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd 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: Limited
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd 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: -10.2%; rating input score 13; 13th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.64; rating input score 23; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.42; rating input score 25; 25th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 3.9%; rating input score 62; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 6.5% per year; rating input score 100; 48th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 6.2% per year; rating input score 100; 50th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 8.4% per year; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 91.3% of revenue deployed · 84.5% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 8 of 8 board members independent · 8 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $6M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $158K · 10 people listed · 2 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
- Consistency: 26 of 26 current checks pass
- Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors and executive pay
- Filing history: 11 filing years from 2013 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
- 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.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 13/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 23/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 25/100.