Exposure Skate

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
464935624
IRS 990 coverage
2016–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025, Form 990-EZ 2015
Location
Vista, CA, USA
Phone
2488270111
Rating
78
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Human Service Organizations

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$644,738
Expenses
$462,678
Assets
$352,576
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

3 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • AMELIA BRODKA (PRESIDENT)
  • LESLI COHEN (VICE PRESIDENT/TREASURER)

Highest reported compensation

  • AMELIA BRODKA (PRESIDENT): $51,717 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Exposure skate is a California non-profit corporation formed for the purpose of the education and empowerment of women and girls in the areas of health, community service, sports and athletic opportunity through activities, including but not limited to filmmaking and the sport of skateboarding.

What it reported doing in 2025

Exposure skate's youth program called "skate rising" a free series of classes and camps for girls age 4-16 were offered throughout 2025. Each class consisted of three parts: education, community service and skateboarding. Each session begins with a "teaching moment" during which a guest speaker addresses a need in the community such as support for the homeless, refugees or victims of abuse. Afterwards, students participate in a community service project designed to alleviate that need such as making bracelets for victims of bullying, making activity kits for children at the local hospital or hygiene kits for the homeless.the program also includes teaching emotional strength and mindfulness and include lessons on expressing gratitude, boosting self-esteem and having a positive mental attitude. Lastly, girls work with professional and olympic skateboarders to develop confidence and new skills through skateboarding. Each coach is certified through the center for healing justice through sport, doc wayne and adidas' "keeping girls in sport" to ensure he or she is equipped to discuss mental health and sensitive topics with participants.exposure's sesh(e) program to teaches women, trans and nonbinary individuals 16 + how to skateboard in a safe and welcoming environment in exchange for a donation of canned food, blankets, shoes and jackets for the local domestic violence shelter. Our programs director jess robledo became certified in domestic violence advocacy to further her ability to teach women about healthy relationships.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 69% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 99% 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 - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 70
  • Transparency & Controls: 94
  • Accountability: 69
  • Sustainability: 62
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 68.5%; rating input score 69
  • Program expense ratio: 95.5%; rating input score 96
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 78th percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 2 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 25
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: Fail
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 28.2%; rating input score 80; 80th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.76; rating input score 35; 35th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 88; 88th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 11.2%; rating input score 34; 34th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 23.5% per year; rating input score 100; 83rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 22.6% per year; rating input score 100; 85th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 21.3% per year; rating input score 100; 81st percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 68.5% of revenue deployed · 95.5% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 3 of 3 board members independent · 2 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $442K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $52K · 3 people listed
  • Consistency: 26 of 26 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors and grants
  • Filing history: 9 filing years from 2016 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 3 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 1 filed related-organization link
  • 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 — Accountability: Governance controls: 5 of 7 not reported.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 35/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 34/100.