Downtown San Diego Partnership Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
951729734
IRS 990 coverage
2009–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
San Diego, CA, USA
Phone
6192340201
Rating confidence
Limited

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$15,845,220
Expenses
$15,665,467
Assets
$3,851,522
Liabilities
$3,550,125

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

Leadership & pay

36 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • ELIZABETH BRENNAN (PRESIDENT & CEO)
  • ALONSO VIVAS (SVP & EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR,)

Highest reported compensation

  • ELIZABETH BRENNAN (PRESIDENT & CEO): $344,684 total reported compensation
  • JUSTIN APGER (CHIEF OPERATIONS OFFICER): $241,873 total reported compensation
  • ALONSO VIVAS (SVP & EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR,): $161,477 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The downtown san diego partnership serves as the principal voice and driving force behind the economic prosperity and cultural vitality of downtown san diego through membership, advocacy, enhanced services, and community investment.

What it reported doing in 2024

Formed in 2010, the downtown partnership clean & safe program works hard to keep downtown looking its best through enhanced maintenance, safety, unhoused care, and beautification services on behalf of those who live, work, and play within the 275 blocks that make up the pbid. Residents, businesses, and property owners can have confidence in downtown because of the best practices, continuous improvement, and recognized excellence that the clean & safe team brings to the responsibility of serving downtown's urban neighborhoods. Funded by downtown property owners, the clean & safe services provided within the neighborhoods of city center, columbia, cortez hill, east village, gaslamp quarter, and marina are over and above those otherwise available through any existing government entity.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 99% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
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: 94
  • Accountability: 100
  • Sustainability: 24
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

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

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 6 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 100
    • Compensation committee: Pass
    • Independent consultant: Pass
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Pass
    • Written employment contract: Pass
    • Compensation survey or study: Pass
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 9 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 100
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: Pass
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 1.1%; rating input score 38; 38th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.25; rating input score 6; 6th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.92; rating input score 9; 9th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 8.3%; rating input score 28; 28th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: 6.7% per year; rating input score 100; 57th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 5.4% per year; rating input score 100; 38th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
  • Governance: 35 of 35 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments
  • Leadership: top reported pay $345K · 36 people listed · 6 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 2 contractors listed · $1.6M reported
  • Consistency: 15 of 15 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes major donors and executive pay
  • Filing history: 16 filing years from 2009 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 7 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 6 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.
  • Staff and benefit plans: Retirement and health plans the organization files with the Department of Labor, and the people in them.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 38/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 6/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 9/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 28/100.