Harbor Regional Center
Legal name: Harbor Developmental Disabilities Foundation
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 953131243
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2009–2024
- Official website data refreshed
- Sep 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Torrance, CA, USA
- Phone
- 3105401711
- Rating
- 86
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Developmentally Disabled Centers
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $516,825,893
- Expenses
- $516,710,205
- Assets
- $148,129,583
- Liabilities
- $147,850,302
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
22 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- CHRISTOPHER PATAY (PRESIDENT)
- LA VELLE GATES (VICE-PRESIDENT)
- PATRICK RUPPE (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
Highest reported compensation
- PATRICK RUPPE (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $352,247 total reported compensation
- AHOO SAHBA (PHYSICIAN): $317,550 total reported compensation
- JUDY WADA (CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER): $302,466 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Harbor regional center provides innovative and person-centered services, support, and information that empower people with developmental disabiltiies and their circles of support to live their best lives in their culturally diverse communities.
What it reported doing in 2024
The entity was organized in accordance with the provisions of the lanterman developmental disabilities services act of the welfare and institutions code of California. In accordance with the act, the entity works to provide community-based services to individuals with intellectual/developmental disabilities or delay, in partnership with people with developmental disabilities, their families or circles of support, local communities, local organizations, service providers, local private sector organizations, and the government. Since its inception, the entity has been committed to providing innovative and person-centered services, support, and information that empowers individuals with intellectual/developmental disabilities and their circles of support to live their best lives in culturally diverse communities. The entity provides a continuum of support services including diagnosis and assessment, early intervention and prevention, individualized planning and service coordination, community living options, employment and vocational programs, as well as training and education opportunities for people served and their families.the entity served over 21,801 clients in the fiscal year ending june 30, 2025.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Grant-funded. 99% of the money available for current operations came from government grants.
- Distribution model
- Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 88% of its reported program spending out as grants.
The verdict
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 88
- Transparency & Controls: 83
- Accountability: 100
- Sustainability: 28
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 99.2%; rating input score 99
- Program expense ratio: 99.2%; rating input score 99
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 68th percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: 3 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 50
- Compensation committee: Pass
- Independent consultant: Missing
- Other Form 990s reviewed: Pass
- Written employment contract: Missing
- Compensation survey or study: Missing
- Board or committee approval: Pass
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 77th 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; 77th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 9 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 100
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: Pass
- Other executive compensation review process: Pass
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 0%; rating input score 31; 31st percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.29; rating input score 9; 9th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 1; rating input score 7; 7th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0.4%; rating input score 87; 87th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 10.4% per year; rating input score 100; 76th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 9.4% per year; rating input score 100; 74th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 12.1% per year; rating input score 100; 78th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: Mission, programs, and operating context captured from the official website.
- Where the money goes: 99.2% of revenue deployed · 99.2% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 13 of 13 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $512.5M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $352K · 22 people listed · 3 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
- Highest-paid contractors: 5 contractors listed · $119.5M reported
- Consistency: 31 of 31 current checks pass
- Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, and executive pay
- Filing history: 15 filing years from 2009 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 7 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.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 31/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 9/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 7/100.