Foundation for Del Mar Community Cable Tevision

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
330158220
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2013–2023
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2023, Form 990-N 2012
Location
Del Mar, CA, USA
Rating
94
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate

Reported finances

Revenue
$48,739
Expenses
$46,638
Assets
$318,117
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2023. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

3 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Debi Salmon (Executive Director)

People named in this filing

  • Peter Glaser (Consultants Honorary Director)
  • Debi Salmon (Executive Director)
  • Meghan Anderson (Station Manager)

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 2023. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The Foundation is dedicated to support Del Mars Public Access television. The primary focus is to provide programming education training and an historical video archive for Del Mar and north county San Diego.

What it reported doing in 2023

Provide annual broadcast of City Council Planning Commission and Design Review Board public meetings for the City of Del Mar CA. Also public meetings workshops lectures and discussion forums as requested. We directly serve 4,500 community residents a 200,000 regional audience through cable broadcast and unknown number via internet streaming. Programs include Community Calendar events Producers Showcase allows interested community producers to produce their own shows and Public Service Announcements. Programs include entertainment education information and documentary productions.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 99% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 96% 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

STRONG - 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 expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 95
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 60
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 92.7%; rating input score 93
  • Program expense ratio: 97.8%; rating input score 98

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 4.3%; rating input score 54; 54th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 6.82; rating input score 88; 88th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 36.4%; rating input score 5; 5th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -1.5% per year; rating input score 0; 45th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 1.8% per year; rating input score 100; 61st percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 15% per year; rating input score 100; 80th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 92.7% of revenue deployed · 97.8% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $46K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 10 filing years from 2013 to 2023
  • 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.

Grant-readiness screening is separate from the live rating, not a measure of program quality. Review the source records before making a grant decision.

  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 54/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 5/100.
  • High — Grant Readiness: California registration: this organization is not authorized to operate as a charity in California.