Daily Californian Education Foundation

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
943110529
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2015–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2019, Form 990-EZ 2024
Location
Berkeley, CA, USA
Phone
5105488300
Rating
58
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Education

Reported finances

Revenue
$104,814
Expenses
$114,413
Assets
$26,588
Liabilities
$9,341

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

Leadership & pay

18 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Linda Gage (President)
  • Kyle Garcia-Takata (EIC & President)
  • Ananya Rupanagunta (EIC & President)

People named in this filing

  • Anna Armstrong (Director)
  • Matthew Brown (Director)
  • Annette Doornbos (Director)

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

The Daily Californian Education Foundation supports student journalism and newspaper management training at the Daily Californian, a student-run independent newspaper. The Daily Californian Education Foundation supports the Daily Californian through student scholarships, funding for training opportunities, and assistance with major capital investments.

What it reported doing in 2024

Provided support to the Daily Californian, a Berkeley based student-run newspaper. Funds to be used for scholarships, training, and equipment acquisition.

Operating model

Revenue model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent revenue detail to tell how this nonprofit funds its work.
Distribution model
Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 62% for direct work, and 38% for grants.

The verdict

MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up. 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: 35
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 18
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 36.2%; rating input score 36
  • Program expense ratio: 33.2%; rating input score 33

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -9.2%; rating input score 16; 16th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.23; rating input score 21; 21st percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.35; rating input score 13; 13th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 10.9%; rating input score 20; 20th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -9.6% per year; rating input score 0; 15th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -9.9% per year; rating input score 0; 5th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -18.4% per year; rating input score 0; 7th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 36.2% of revenue deployed · 33.2% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $38K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 18 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 8 filing years from 2015 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 4 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 2 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.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 36/100.
  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 33/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 16/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 21/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 13/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 20/100.