Disability Business and Arts Access

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
884265453
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2024–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2023
Location
San Francisco, CA, USA
Rating
80
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Vocational Rehabilitation

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$73,206
Expenses
$112,898
Assets
$18,367
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

5 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • PETER C DEHAAS (BOARD PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • PETER C DEHAAS (BOARD PRESIDENT)
  • ANDREA BAKER (BOARD SECRETARY)
  • JONATHAN ALBA (BOARD TREASURER)

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 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The san francisco disability business alliance aims to assist individuals with disabilities in attaining economic self-sufficiency through entrepreneurship. By fostering equal opportunities the sfdba enables them to thrive in the business realm benefiting the bay area with their expertise and innovation. The sfdba supports the success of individuals with disabilities in operating or starting small businesses.

What it reported doing in 2025

Future entrepreneur program - an 8-week cohort-based initiative supports individuals with disabilities in launching or growing businesses. The program offers a comprehensive curriculum covering topics like business planning financial literacy and pitch development. Participants receive 1:1 technical assistance and networking opportunities with entrepreneurs and mentors. The goal is to empower individuals with disabilities for financial independence and to overcome entrepreneurial barriers. The program teaches financial concepts such as finance management budgeting and tax planning vital for business success. Sfdba promotes an inclusive entrepreneurial ecosystem through support and resources.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 62% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 94% 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 - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. A relatively small share of total spending goes to programs and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 75
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 18
  • Growth: 40

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 87%; rating input score 87
  • Program expense ratio: 56.4%; rating input score 56

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -54.2%; rating input score 12; 12th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.16; rating input score 16; 16th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 55.7%; rating input score 2; 2nd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 40.7% per year; rating input score 100; 90th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -68.4% per year; rating input score 0; 4th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -104.2% per year; rating input score 0; 1st percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 87% of revenue deployed · 56.4% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 4 filed program accomplishments · $64K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2024 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
  • 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.

  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 56/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 12/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 16/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 2/100.