Del Mar Community Alliance Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
330852352
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2021–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024
Location
Del Mar, CA, USA
Phone
6195251334
Rating
34
Verdict
REVIEW
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Community Coalitions

Reported finances

Revenue
$24,546
Expenses
$48,288
Assets
$34,263
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

3 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • ARLENE PRATER (PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • ARLENE PRATER (PRESIDENT)
  • PHILIP POSNER (TREASURER)
  • ARLENE PRATER (SECRETARY)

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 purpose of the Del Mar Community Alliance is to foster informed and transparent public and government decision-making in the City of Del Mar, to advocate for the principles and goals of the Del Mar Community Plan, to help protect the community character and natural resources of Del Mar and its environs, and to secure financial support and provide operational oversight for the publication of the community journal, The Sandpiper.

What it reported doing in 2024

The DMCA published and mailed to all addresses in the city of Del Mar 10 editions of The Sandpiper Community journal

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 94% 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

REVIEW - 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: 0
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 29
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

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

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -96.7%; rating input score 8; 8th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.71; rating input score 37; 37th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 68; 68th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: -21.1% per year; rating input score 0; 14th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -21.7% per year; rating input score 0; 9th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 0% of revenue deployed · 0% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 1 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 4 filing years from 2021 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • 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.

Grant-readiness screening is separate from the live rating, not a measure of program quality. Review the source records before making a grant decision.

  • High — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 0/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 8/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 37/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.
  • Review — Grant Readiness: California registration: this organization could not be resolved against the register, so the check is unfinished.