Dare America
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 954242541
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2010–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Santa Monica, CA, USA
- Phone
- 8002233273
- Rating
- 65
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Alcohol, Drug Abuse, Prevention Only
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $4,403,883
- Expenses
- $4,443,803
- Assets
- $1,146,298
- Liabilities
- $748,842
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
24 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- PEGUEROS FRANCISCO X (PRESIDENT AN)
- HAZELTON THOMAS (PRESIDENT OF)
Highest reported compensation
- PEGUEROS FRANCISCO X (PRESIDENT AN): $289,020 total reported compensation
- MOWERY TAMMY K (CFO): $147,818 total reported compensation
- HAZELTON THOMAS (PRESIDENT OF): $147,251 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
D.a.r.e america's primary mission is to implement, oversee, and support educational programs throughout the united states that provide students the decision-making skills needed to avoid drugs and other dangerous activities.
What it reported doing in 2024
The training, development, evaluation and implementation of age appropriate curricula for delivery by d.a.r.e instructors to elementary, middle, and high school students, as well as to parents. D.a.r.e. Is the largest and most comprehensive educational program for k-12 students. These specialized curricula are designed to prevent the use of illegal drugs, the abuse of prescription and over-the-counter medicines, bullying, and other destructive behaviours, ensuring that the students can lead productive, safe, and healthy lives.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 60% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Direct operator. The filing allocates 99% 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
SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and most voting board members are independent. 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: 42
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Accountability: 88
- Sustainability: 20
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 47.5%; rating input score 48
- Program expense ratio: 44.1%; rating input score 44
- Fundraising efficiency: $1.15 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 3; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: 3 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 50
- Compensation committee: Pass
- 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: 80%; rating input score 80; 14th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 9 of 9 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: Pass
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -0.9%; rating input score 30; 30th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.26; rating input score 8; 8th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.65; rating input score 15; 15th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 15.4%; rating input score 18; 18th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 4.6% per year; rating input score 100; 37th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 6% per year; rating input score 100; 48th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 3.9% per year; rating input score 100; 29th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 47.5% of revenue deployed · 44.1% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 16 of 20 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $2M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $289K · 24 people listed · 3 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
- Consistency: 33 of 33 current checks pass
- Schedules: 8 filed schedules · includes grants and executive pay
- Filing history: 14 filing years from 2010 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 22 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.
Key Signals
Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.
- Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 48/100.
- Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 44/100.
- High — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 3/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 30/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 8/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 15/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 18/100.