German American Societies of San Diego
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 475054543
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2025–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2025
- Location
- El Cajon, CA, USA
- Phone
- 6195839487
- Rating confidence
- Limited
- Sector
- Cultural, Ethnic Awareness
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $0
- Expenses
- $16,809
- Assets
- $326,308
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
7 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Joel Contreras (President)
- Lisel Ferguson (Vice President)
People named in this filing
- Joel Contreras (President)
- Laurence Parme (Secretary)
- Deborah Sandvig (Treasurer)
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 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
The mission is to preserve the German heritage through educational, cultural and service activities ultimately furthering the understanding of German-American contributions to the growth of American history.
What it reported doing in 2025
Foster German and American cultures by organizing various social, cultural and educational activities designed to contribute to the enrichment and enjoyment of life. The Organization conducted regular cultural events (German language plays, seasonal celebrations such as Maifest, Karnival, Oktoberfest, Christmas programs, etc.) so as to present German culture with proper dignity and charm in America. Support German language classes, German radio program and maintained a German language library.
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
- 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: 82
- Sustainability: 35
- Growth: 20
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: Limited
- Program expense ratio: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: Limited
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 19.41; rating input score 96; 96th 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: Limited
- Revenue growth: -0.7% per year; rating input score 0; 47th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 5.7% per year; rating input score 100; 58th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 7 people listed
- Consistency: 4 of 5 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- 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.
- Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Part I part ii net assets crosscheck did not reconcile in the filed values.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.