Inland Empire Community Collaborative Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
812607226
IRS 990 coverage
2019–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-N 2016
Location
San Bernardino, CA, USA
Phone
9096937642
Rating
68
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Single Organization Support

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$1,415,155
Expenses
$1,131,021
Assets
$1,110,565
Liabilities
$435,549

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

7 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • SUSAN GOMEZ (CEO)
  • MEGAN MEADORS (Vice President)
  • DAVID MCCOY (President)

Highest reported compensation

  • SUSAN GOMEZ (CEO): $158,996 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Inland empire community collaborative supports nonprofits to collectively advocate in making the region more equitable, diverse and just, through capacity building strategies and collaboration

What it reported doing in 2024

Collective Impact / Power Building: IE Childrens CabinetThe Inland Empire Community Collaborative (IECC) provides backbone support to the IE Childrens Cabinet, a collaborative initiative spanning Riverside County and San Bernardino County. This initiative aims to create a unified space for organizations serving these communities. The project is funded by First 5 Riverside with a three-year grant of $282,740, First 5 San Bernardino with a three-year grant of $297,468, and Public Health Advocates (All Children Thrive California ACT-CA, funded under the California Department of Public Health) with a three-year grant of $200,000. The FY25 budget allocations were $117,284 for First 5 Riverside (Year 3 of budget), $118,813 for First 5 San Bernardino (Year 3 of budget), and $105,643.15 for ACT-CA (Year 2 of budget).IECC has continued to support the four IE Childrens Cabinet committees (Basic Needs, Child Care, Child and Youth Education, and Health and Wellness) by developing agendas, sending invitations, updating SharePoint resources, and co-facilitating meetings. Additionally, IECC is working towards earmarking funds to support and expand youth development activities in one Inland Empire city, leveraging sustainable tax revenue to create equitable and safe opportunities for youth, thereby reducing the impact of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs). IECC continued to provide resources for cabinet members, including up-to-date information related to legislative tracking and grant opportunities. In FY25, the IE Childrens Cabinet reached a total of 223 members from 147 organizations across the Inland Empire.IEHP Foundation 20252026 Champions for Vibrant Health Leadership Network awarded IECC a two-year grant totaling $130,000 ($65,000 per year) to support organizational capacity building and infrastructure development in Riverside and San Bernardino Counties. During FY25, this funding supported IECCs participation in the Champions for Vibrant Health Leadership Network, where organizational leaders engaged in leadership development, partnership-building, and collaborative learning opportunities designed to strengthen nonprofit leadership and advance vibrant health across the region. Through this initiative, IECC expanded its capacity to engage in cross-sector collaboration, contribute to collective advocacy efforts, and strengthen the organizational infrastructure needed to support its programs and services in the Inland Empire

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 98% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
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.
  • Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of voting board members are independent and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 83
  • Transparency & Controls: 65
  • Accountability: 37
  • Sustainability: 53
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 74.9%; rating input score 75
  • Program expense ratio: 93.7%; rating input score 94
  • Fundraising efficiency: $322.57 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 94; 94th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 91.7%; rating input score 92; 12th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 1 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 17
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Missing
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 0%; rating input score 0; 5th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 7 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 88
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Fail
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 20.1%; rating input score 76; 76th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.98; rating input score 42; 42nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.39; rating input score 20; 20th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 14.1%; rating input score 25; 25th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 14% per year; rating input score 100; 73rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 16.9% per year; rating input score 100; 81st percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 32.2% per year; rating input score 100; 92nd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 74.9% of revenue deployed · 93.7% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 0 of 7 board members independent · 7 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 5 filed program accomplishments · $1.1M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $159K · 7 people listed · 1 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Consistency: 23 of 24 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors and executive pay
  • Filing history: 5 filing years from 2019 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
  • 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.

  • High — Accountability: Independent voting board scored 0/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Board meeting minutes documented not reported.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 42/100.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 20/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 25/100.