Diablo Firesafe Council
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 311661233
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2010–2023
- Forms available
- Form 990 2021, Form 990-EZ 2023
- Location
- Oakland, CA, USA
- Phone
- 5102821265
- Rating
- 93
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Fire Prevention
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $161,961
- Expenses
- $165,015
- Assets
- $115,701
- Liabilities
- $90,050
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2023. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
11 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- SHERYL DRINKWATER (President)
- JEFF ISAACS (Vice President)
People named in this filing
- ROSEMARY CHANG (Treasurer)
- LINCOLN CASIMERE (BOARD MEMBER)
- RA CRISCITIELLO (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 2023. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Fire safety and education in alameda and contra costa counties.
What it reported doing in 2023
The diablo firesafe council was founded in 1998 as a coalition of public and private members whose mission is to preserve alameda and contra costa county's natural and manmade resources from wildfire through education and fuels reduction programs.
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
- 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: 98
- Transparency & Controls: 92
- Sustainability: 36
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 98.4%; rating input score 98
- Program expense ratio: 96.6%; rating input score 97
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 90%; rating input score 90; 1st percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -1.9%; rating input score 29; 29th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.7; rating input score 48; 48th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.78; rating input score 7; 7th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 10% per year; rating input score 100; 60th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 5% per year; rating input score 100; 49th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 2.9% per year; rating input score 100; 37th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 98.4% of revenue deployed · 96.6% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $159K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 11 people listed
- Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 6 filing years from 2010 to 2023
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
- 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.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 29/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 48/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 7/100.