Dos Pueblos Institute

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
874400050
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2023–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2022, Form 990-EZ 2024
Location
Goleta, CA, USA
Phone
8054034620
Rating confidence
Limited
Sector
Environmental Education and Outdoor Survival Programs

Reported finances

Revenue
$165,629
Expenses
$143,949
Assets
$66,494
Liabilities
$4,758

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

Leadership & pay

5 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • SOREN EILERTSEN (President)
  • ROBIN HIMOVITZ (Vice President)
  • Geoff Alexander (executive director)

People named in this filing

  • SOREN EILERTSEN (President)
  • ROBIN HIMOVITZ (Vice President)
  • TERRI BOWMAN (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 Corporation is organized to conserve, preserve, restore and protect the diverse ecosystems of Dos Pueblos Ranch located on the Gaviota Coast, to preserve and honor the archaeological and historical artifacts and tribal and agricultural history of Dos Pueblos Ranch.

What it reported doing in 2024

To promote the principles of environmental justice, to foster research and collaboration with other educational, charitable and scientific organizations concerning Dos Pueblos ranch, and to provide opportunities for the public to enjoy, participate in, and learn about Dos Pueblos ranch through low impact recreation, onsite cultural activities, retreats, educational workshops, eco-voluntourism, limited camping and lower-cost overnight accommodations.

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
Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent spending detail to tell whether the nonprofit works directly or through others.

The verdict

- The available evidence is not sufficient to produce an overall rating for this filing. This is not a warning sign.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: NotEnoughData
  • Transparency & Controls: 93
  • Sustainability: 51
  • Growth: 20

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: Limited
  • Program expense ratio: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 91.7%; rating input score 92; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 13.1%; rating input score 64; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.46; rating input score 36; 36th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.07; rating input score 27; 27th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: -31.1% per year; rating input score 0; 1st percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 11.2% per year; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
  • Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2023 to 2024
  • 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 — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 36/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 27/100.