Ken Onstad Benevolent Fund
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 680440945
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2023–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2022
- Location
- San Andreas, CA, USA
- Phone
- 2095596296
- Rating
- 87
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Public Safety, Disaster Preparedness & Relief N.E.C.
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $23,251
- Expenses
- $28,829
- Assets
- $47,393
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
4 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- CHRIS MORSE (President)
- BRITAN IMLACH (Vice President)
People named in this filing
- CHRIS MORSE (President)
- BRITAN IMLACH (Vice President)
- CINDY HUDDY (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-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
To provide financial assistance to employees of the California department of forestry and fire protection (cdf), their dependents, and the retired employees of cdf and their dependants, who are stationed/employed in the tuolumne/calaveras ranger unit. The financial assistance shall be granted to these individuals in the event of a personal catastrophe such as, but not limited to, illness, death, travel or housing necessary due to illness or death, funeral expenses, & travel or housing necessary due to funeral issues. Financial assistance will also be granted annually for two employees requesting assistance for education costs to enhance their employment/promotional possibilities. Funds will be generated by voluntary individual contribution and fund raising events.
What it reported doing in 2024
Provide financial assistance to employees of the California department of forestry and fire protection (cdf), their dependents, and the retired employees of cdf and their dependants, who are stationed/employed in the tuolumne/calaveras ranger unit.
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
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and assets have declined or grown slowly.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 97
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 34
- Growth: 80
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
- Program expense ratio: 92.5%; rating input score 92
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -24%; rating input score 21; 21st percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.64; rating input score 60; 60th 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: 27% per year; rating input score 100; 86th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 1.5% per year; rating input score 100; 58th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -11.1% per year; rating input score 0; 16th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 92.5% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $27K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
- Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- Filing history: 2 filing years from 2023 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 — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 21/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.