Gold River Discovery Center Pto
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 462224421
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2014–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2025
- Location
- Rancho Cordova, CA, USA
- Phone
- 5303042404
- Rating
- 72
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Parent/Teacher Group
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $147,617
- Expenses
- $186,351
- Assets
- $129,513
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
3 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Erina Mora (Vice President)
- Sarah Nazemi (Vice President)
People named in this filing
- Smaranda Ciobanu (Treasurer)
- Erina Mora (Vice President)
- Sarah Nazemi (Vice President)
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 of the gold river discovery center parent teacher organization (pto)is to foster a collaborative and inclusive community where parents, teachers, andstudents work together to enhance the educational experience and well-being of all students. We are dedicated to: supporting educational excellence: partnering with teachers and staff to provideresources, programs, and opportunities that enrich the learning environment andsupport academic success.encouraging parental involvement: promoting active and meaningful involvement ofparents and guardians in their childrens education through volunteeropportunities, events, and open communication.building a strong school community: creating a welcoming and inclusive atmospherethat strengthens the connections between families, educators, and the broadercommunity.advocating for students needs: representing the interests and needs of students toensure they have access to a safe, supportive, and enriching schoolexperience.fostering lifelong l
What it reported doing in 2025
Middle school programsthe gold river discovery center pto is committed to enhancing the middle schoolexperience through dedicated programs and initiatives that support the uniqueneeds of students in this transitional stage. We achieve our purpose by: supporting academic excellence, promoting social and emotional development, encouraging extracurricular engagement, facilitating career and college readiness, enhancing student leadership, creating a safe and inclusive environment andensuring transparency and accountability. Some of these programs include: afterschool clubs, camp funds, clubs and school uniforms, sports, yearbook parties andstudent/staff appreciation.by focusing on these key areas, the pto ensures that middle school studentsreceive comprehensive support that prepares them for academic success and personalgrowth, setting a strong foundation for their future endeavors
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 - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. A relatively small share of total spending goes to programs and expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 65
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 24
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 70.9%; rating input score 71
- Program expense ratio: 56.2%; rating input score 56
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -26.2%; rating input score 5; 5th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.69; rating input score 47; 47th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 19.3% per year; rating input score 100; 74th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 1.8% per year; rating input score 100; 27th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 8% per year; rating input score 100; 53rd percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 70.9% of revenue deployed · 56.2% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $105K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
- Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 11 filing years from 2014 to 2025
- 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.
- Review — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 56/100.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 5/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 47/100.