Kumeyaay Community College Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
850736479
IRS 990 coverage
2024–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025, Form 990-EZ 2023
Location
El Cajon, CA, USA
Phone
7606852276
Rating
52
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Higher Education Institutions

Reported finances

Revenue
$430,210
Expenses
$490,803
Assets
$580,299
Liabilities
$368,140

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

20 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Stan Rodriguez (Former President)

People named in this filing

  • Stan Rodriguez (Former President)
  • Bernice Paipa (Board Member)
  • Emily Burgueno (Board Alternate)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The mission of Kumeyaay Community College is to provide high-quality education and academic training grounded in Indigenous knowledge systems with a central emphasis on the Kumeyaay perspective. The College offers a range of programs and services designed to enrich both the cultural and educational experiences of its students and the broader community. Kumeyaay Community College regularly hosts cultural and language revitalization programs and events that provide opportunities for participants to engage with and learn about Kumeyaay traditions language history and heritage. These efforts foster community connection support cultural continuity and strengthen cultural identity and pride.

What it reported doing in 2025

The goal of the kumeyaay community college is to create a program of superior education and academic training through native peoples world view with an emphasis on the kumeyaay perspective. Kumeyaay community college offers a range of program services to enrich the cultural experience and education of its participants. Evening cultural events are held regularly providing an opportunity for the community to engage with and learn about kumeyaay traditions and heritage. These events are held monthly. Meals are organized as part of the program fostering a sence of community and connection among participants. These events are tried to the humanities courses forming an integral part of the curriculum and providing additional enrichment to students.

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

MIXED - 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 voting board members are independent.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 37
  • Transparency & Controls: 84
  • Accountability: 30
  • Sustainability: 29
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 43.8%; rating input score 44
  • Program expense ratio: 38.4%; rating input score 38
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 80%; rating input score 80; 1st percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • 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; 8th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 5 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 71
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -14.1%; rating input score 15; 15th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.18; rating input score 45; 45th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.63; rating input score 7; 7th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 67; 67th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 184.5% per year; rating input score 100; 100th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 65.3% per year; rating input score 100; 98th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 41.7% per year; rating input score 100; 94th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 43.8% of revenue deployed · 38.4% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 0 of 11 board members independent · 5 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $188K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 20 people listed
  • Consistency: 30 of 41 current checks pass · 11 findings to review
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2024 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
  • 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.

  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 44/100.
  • High — Accountability: Independent voting board scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 38/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 15/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Independent financial-statement audit not reported.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 45/100.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Functional expense sum did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Part IX FeesForServicesAccounting column sum did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Part IX FeesForServicesManagement column sum did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Part IX FeesForServicesOther column sum did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Part IX InformationTechnology column sum did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Part IX Occupancy column sum did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Part IX OfficeExpenses column sum did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Part IX OtherEmployeeBenefits column sum did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Part IX OtherSalariesAndWages column sum did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Part IX PayrollTaxes column sum did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Part IX Travel column sum did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 7/100.