Lassen Park Foundation

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
680065902
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2009–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2023, Form 990-EZ 2024
Location
Anderson, CA, USA
Phone
5303785199
Rating
78
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate

Reported finances

Revenue
$142,909
Expenses
$183,037
Assets
$240,570
Liabilities
$76,539

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

Leadership & pay

19 people listed

People named in this filing

  • GARY BUCCIARELLII (BOARD MEMBER)
  • PATRICK CARR (BOARD MEMBER)
  • JEFF CLARY (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

Provide philanthropic support to lassen national park and invites all, especially youth, to experience and preserve the natural and cultural resouces of this special place

What it reported doing in 2024

The youth camping program provides grants to northern California school and youth organizations for camping trips to lassen valcanic national park. Through these grants and resulting opportunities for discovery hikes, enviromental education activities and science experiments, at-risk youth are able to enrich their understanding of the park eco-system and complex web of life. Build and support camping facilities to introduce youth to the joys of a national park experience

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 70% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 76% for direct work, and 24% for grants.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and liabilities are high compared with assets.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 83
  • Transparency & Controls: 76
  • Sustainability: 31
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 90.4%; rating input score 90
  • Program expense ratio: 70.5%; rating input score 71

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 92.9%; rating input score 93; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -28.1%; rating input score 5; 5th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.31; rating input score 68; 68th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.32; rating input score 14; 14th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 6.8% per year; rating input score 100; 53rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 1.5% per year; rating input score 100; 28th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 5.8% per year; rating input score 100; 48th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 90.4% of revenue deployed · 70.5% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 2 filed program accomplishments · $129K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 19 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 4 filing years from 2009 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 — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 5/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 14/100.