Inspiration Transportation

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
822881140
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2020–2023
Forms available
Form 990 2021, Form 990-EZ 2023, Form 990-N 2019
Location
Fresno, CA, USA
Phone
5595783848
Rating
70
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Transportation Assistance

Reported finances

Revenue
$82,592
Expenses
$91,847
Assets
$25,372
Liabilities
$29,979

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2023. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

5 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • MATTHEW GILLIAN (President & CEO)
  • JEPAHL WHITE (Vice President)

People named in this filing

  • MATTHEW GILLIAN (President & CEO)
  • JEPAHL WHITE (Vice President)
  • AMY FUENTES (Interim Treas.)

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 2023. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The vision of Inspiration Transportation is to utilize sustainable transportationtechnologies to meet the needs of underserved and underprivileged communitiesthroughout the San Joaquin Valley; providing necessary micro transit social servicetransportation to individuals and families. Our goal is to aid in diminishing thebarriers towards self-sufficiency and upward mobility by providing access totransportation services for employment, education, healthcare, and personalservices. We will also help develop the San Joaquin Valley EV charginginfrastructure and beyond transportation; our vision sees the education andempowerment of these communities with the prospect of positive change.

What it reported doing in 2023

Ride Service Programs: Through our all-electric, micro-transit transportationservices, Inspiration Transportation fills service gaps in areas where fixed-routepublic transit is not accessible in both rural and urban Fresno County areas. Through our services, the valley's most vulnerable residents have accessed food, employment opportunities, and health care services. During the year ended April 30, 2024, the organization provided the following:- Helped sponsor the Fresno/Clovis Children's Business Fair.- Provided 808 trips through the Central Valley Regional Center program for individuals with developmental disabilities.

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 program spending has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 63
  • Transparency & Controls: 93
  • Sustainability: 21
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 65.6%; rating input score 66
  • Program expense ratio: 59%; rating input score 59

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 92.3%; rating input score 92; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -11.2%; rating input score 31; 31st percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.28; rating input score 19; 19th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 1.18; rating input score 4; 4th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 43.3%; rating input score 4; 4th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -27.7% per year; rating input score 0; 14th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -34.9% per year; rating input score 0; 9th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -41.5% per year; rating input score 0; 5th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 65.6% of revenue deployed · 59% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $54K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
  • Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 3 filing years from 2020 to 2023
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 4 filed money-flow records
  • 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 59/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 31/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 19/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 4/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 4/100.