Eastern Tule White Area Growers Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 825266197
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2018–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2024
- Location
- Edison, CA, USA
- Phone
- 6613957015
- Rating
- 79
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Chambers of Commerce & Business Leagues
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $31,819
- Expenses
- $30,327
- Assets
- $7,996
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
2 people listed
People named in this filing
- Steven Etchegaray (Chairman)
- Jeffrey Giumarra (CFO)
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 specific purpose of this corporation is to preserve, protect, and improve the beneficial use of groundwater for agricultural owners and lessees in the Eastern Tule Groundwater Sustainability Agency (ETGSA) White Area by engaging in activities which include: (1) establishing and/or participating in a cohesive group to advance the interests of White Area groundwater users that use groundwater and/or non-district surface water as of the date of incorporation of the corporation; (2) developing and promoting policies that protect and support the interests of its Members with respect to sustainable groundwater use; (3) providing the corporations members with information regarding (i) sustainable groundwater use, (ii) development of a groundwater sustainability plan (GSP) by ETGSA as required by the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA), (iii) implementation of ETGSAs GSP when it becomes effective, and (iv) other SGMA-related information and developments; and (4) participating in
What it reported doing in 2024
The specific purpose of this corporation is to preserve, protect, and improve the beneficial use of groundwater for agricultural owners and lessees in the Eastern Tule Groundwater Sustainability Agency (ETGSA) White Area by engaging in activities which include: (1) establishing and/or participating in a cohesive group to advance the interests of White Area groundwater users that use groundwater and/or non-district surface water as of the date of incorporation of the corporation; (2) developing and promoting policies that protect and support the interests of its Members with respect to sustainable groundwater use; (3) providing the corporations members with information regarding (i) sustainable groundwater use, (ii) development of a groundwater sustainability plan (GSP) by ETGSA as required by the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA), (iii) implementation of ETGSAs GSP when it becomes effective, and (iv) other SGMA-related information and developments; and (4) participating in the promulgation of a GSP by ETGSA as required by SMGA.
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
SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Program spending has declined or grown slowly and revenue has declined or grown slowly.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 88
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 38
- Growth: 0
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 86.3%; rating input score 86
- Program expense ratio: 90.5%; rating input score 91
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 4.7%; rating input score 54; 54th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.26; rating input score 19; 19th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: -22.9% per year; rating input score 0; 16th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -39.1% per year; rating input score 0; 8th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -43.5% per year; rating input score 0; 4th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 86.3% of revenue deployed · 90.5% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $27K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 2 people listed
- Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
- Filing history: 6 filing years from 2018 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- 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: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 19/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 54/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.