John Muir Memorial Association
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 946130869
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2009–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2024
- Location
- Martinez, CA, USA
- Phone
- 5104991381
- Rating
- 65
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Arts, Culture, and Humanities N.E.C.
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $49,690
- Expenses
- $26,247
- Assets
- $170,132
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
7 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- LINDA VIDA SUNNEN (Vice President)
- MARK THOMSON (President)
People named in this filing
- ASAL BIDOKHTI (Board Member)
- JAMIE MENASCO (Treasurer)
- CARLOS MONTALVO (BOARD MEMBER)
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 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
The mission of the john muir association is to celebrate life, share the vision, and preserve the legacy of john muir through education, preservation, advocacy, and stewardship in partnership with the national park service at the john muir national historic site.
What it reported doing in 2024
Birthday / earth day celebration festival / open house: average of 2,500 attendees celebrate john muir's birthday and conservation concepts.
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
- Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 62% for direct work, and 38% for grants.
The verdict
SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and program spending has grown recently. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 35
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 75
- Growth: 80
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 26.3%; rating input score 26
- Program expense ratio: 49.7%; rating input score 50
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 47.2%; rating input score 90; 90th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 6.48; rating input score 88; 88th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 12.5% per year; rating input score 100; 75th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 3.4% per year; rating input score 100; 66th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -2.6% per year; rating input score 0; 30th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 26.3% of revenue deployed · 49.7% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $13K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 7 people listed
- Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 15 filing years from 2009 to 2024
- 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.
- High — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 26/100.
- Review — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 50/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.