Fargo Senior Center Inc C/o Christian Church Homes

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
237072751
IRS 990 coverage
2017–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Walnut Creek, CA, USA
Phone
5106326712
Rating
74
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Senior Citizens' Housing/Retirement Communities
Affiliation
Christianity

Reported finances

Revenue
$75
Expenses
$1,628,534
Assets
$6,209,226
Liabilities
$3,275

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

Leadership & pay

4 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • LESLIE TAYLOR (PRESIDENT)
  • CYNTHIA ALVAREZ (PRESIDENT & CEO)

Highest reported compensation

  • CYNTHIA ALVAREZ (PRESIDENT & CEO): $329,393 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 specific and primary purposes for which this corporation is formed are to provide elderly or disabled persons with housing facilities and services specially designed to meet their physical, social, and psychological needs, and to promote their health, security, happiness, and usefulness in longer living; the changes for such facilities and services to be predicated upon the provision, maintenance, and operation thereof on the nonprofit basis.

What it reported doing in 2024

The organization previously operated a senior housing project, consisting of 75 units subsidized by hud, located in the city of san leandro, California.in june 2025, fargo senior center, inc. Amended its bylaws and articles of incorporation for cch to obtain control of the organization. At the time of obtaining control, cch recognized acquisition of a controlling interest and net assets which included a seller takeback note and interest receivable from fargo senior center, l.p.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 100% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
Distribution model
Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 99% of its reported program spending out as grants.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Few specific pay-setting methods are documented in the filing; unanswered boxes are not proof of absence and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 89
  • Transparency & Controls: 68
  • Accountability: 69
  • Sustainability: 19
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 99.9%; rating input score 100
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 0 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 0
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Missing
    • Board or committee approval: Missing
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 80th percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited
  • 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: Fail
    • 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: Fail
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -2,171,278.7%; rating input score 0; 0th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 3.81; rating input score 44; 44th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 36; 36th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 3.1%; rating input score 19; 19th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 65.7% per year; rating input score 100; 96th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -13.9% per year; rating input score 0; 26th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 1.3% per year; rating input score 100; 48th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 99.9% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 3 of 3 board members independent · 2 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $1.6M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $329K · 4 people listed · 0 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Consistency: 16 of 16 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes grants and executive pay
  • Filing history: 8 filing years from 2017 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • Related organizations: 42 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 — Transparency & Controls: Pay-setting controls scored 0/100.
  • High — Accountability: Governance controls: 6 of 8 not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 44/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 19/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 36/100.