Healing Justice Santa Barbara
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 881792712
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2024–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2023, Form 990-T 2024
- Location
- Goleta, CA, USA
- Rating
- 42
- Verdict
- MIXED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Arts, Cultural Organizations - Multipurpose
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $484,552
- Expenses
- $432,661
- Assets
- $77,802
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
3 people listed
People named in this filing
- ETHNY STEWART (Chairman)
- DYLAN GRIFFITH (Treasurer)
- BRI VELASQUEZ (Secretary)
Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Healing justice santa barbara aspires to uplift all black/african americans to affirm that they are deserving of safety, love, equity, respect, and joy.
What it reported doing in 2024
The black student alliance bsa is a dynamic mentorship program designed to empower black-identyfying high school students by providing a platform for self-expression, visibility, and advocacy. Through this initiative, we strive to build a strong sense of community among students, fostering an environment where they can connect, share experiences and support one another as they navigate the challenges of adolescence and education. Our student mentors play a pivotal role in nurturing the next generation of leaders by equipping them with essential skills, resources and guidance. This mentoring not only promotes academic success but also encourages personal growth, resilience and confidence. Ultimately our goal is to amplify the voices of these students ensuring they feel seen, heard and valued. By advocating for their needs and fostering an inclusive, supportive space, we aim to create lasting positive change in their lives and empower them to be advocates for themselves and their communities.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Earned-program. 78% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
- Distribution model
- Direct operator. The filing allocates 97% 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
MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up and revenue has grown recently. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of voting board members are independent.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 17
- Transparency & Controls: 80
- Accountability: 30
- Sustainability: 49
- Growth: 60
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 16.7%; rating input score 17
- Program expense ratio: 18.7%; rating input score 19
- Fundraising efficiency: $1.67 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 8; 8th percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 88.9%; rating input score 89; 5th percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: Limited
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: Limited
- Major donor itemization: Limited
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 0%; rating input score 0; 7th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 5 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 71
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Missing
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 10.7%; rating input score 61; 61st percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.18; rating input score 10; 10th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 80; 80th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: Limited
- Revenue growth: 136.2% per year; rating input score 100; 100th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 112.5% per year; rating input score 100; 99th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 16.7% of revenue deployed · 18.7% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 0 of 3 board members independent · 5 of 7 filing controls reported
- Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $81K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
- Consistency: 20 of 21 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
- 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.
- Staff and benefit plans: Retirement and health plans the organization files with the Department of Labor, and the people in them.
Key Signals
Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.
- High — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 17/100.
- High — Accountability: Independent voting board scored 0/100.
- High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 19/100.
- High — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 8/100.
- Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Independent financial-statement audit not reported.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 10/100.