Highland Oaks Designing Dads

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
954669838
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2011–2017
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2017
Location
Arcadia, CA, USA
Phone
6263891233
Rating
38
Verdict
REVIEW
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Community Foundations

Reported finances

Revenue
$36,687
Expenses
$0
Assets
$81,816
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2017. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

12 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • KAREN HSUEH (PRESIDENT)
  • MARIA VAZQUEZ (VICE PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • PATTI MATTERA (DIRECTOR)
  • JULIA CHANG (DIRECTOR)
  • KEVIN HWANG (DIRECTOR)

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 2017. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

To improve the educational environment of the children attending highland oaks school, arcadia.

What it reported doing in 2017

To provide funds to highland oaks elementary school for instructional supplies.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
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

REVIEW - The filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and some filed totals do not add up.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 8
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 9
  • Growth: 20

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 11.8%; rating input score 12
  • 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: Limited
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 74; 74th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: Limited

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -8.7% per year; rating input score 0; 31st percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -9.7% per year; rating input score 0; 27th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 30.7% per year; rating input score 100; 91st percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 11.8% of revenue deployed
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $4K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 12 people listed
  • Consistency: 6 of 7 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 7 filing years from 2011 to 2017
  • 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.

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 — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 12/100.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Part III program expenses within total did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Grant Readiness: Automatic revocation: this organization had its federal tax-exempt status automatically revoked.
  • High — Grant Readiness: California registration: this organization is not authorized to operate as a charity in California.