Dna Saves

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
263832094
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2010–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2022, Form 990-EZ 2024
Location
Carlsbad, NM, USA
Phone
5753611931
Rating
83
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Alliance/Advocacy

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$19,462
Expenses
$86,886
Assets
$256,953

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

Leadership & pay

5 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • JAYANN SEPICH (PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • JAYANN SEPICH (PRESIDENT)
  • DAVID SEPICH (TREASURER/SE)
  • CARALINE SEPICH (VICE PRESIDE)

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

Dna saves seeks to educate policy makers and the public about the value of forensic dna. Dna saves is committed to working with every state to pass laws allowing dna to be taken upon arrest, and to provide meaningful funding for dna programs. Volunteers advocate for changes in legislation and funding for dna collection and for its use in catching repeat offenders sooner, preventing violent crimes, exonerating the innocent, protecting civil liberties, and reducing the costs of the criminal justice system.

What it reported doing in 2024

Legislative advocacy is the cornerstone of this association's purpose. Jayann sepich regularly speaks with legislators at all levels of government educating and urging them to adopt model legislation which would both create and fund the collection and use of dna in solving and preventing crimes.

Operating model

Revenue model
Investment-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from recurring investment income.
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 revenue has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 98
  • Transparency & Controls: 74
  • Sustainability: 23
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 94.1%; rating input score 94

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 90.9%; rating input score 91; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -346.4%; rating input score 3; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.96; rating input score 74; 74th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 82.9%; rating input score 0; 0th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 0.1% per year; rating input score 100; 49th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -3.5% per year; rating input score 0; 38th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 6.1% per year; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 94.1% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 2 filed program accomplishments · $82K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
  • Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 12 filing years from 2010 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 3 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.

  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 3/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 0/100.