Malibu Mountain Rescue Team Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
953786532
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2018–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2019, Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2017
Location
Agoura Hills, CA, USA
Phone
8187301875
Rating
60
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Search and Rescue Squads

Reported finances

Revenue
$140,613
Expenses
$38,348
Assets
$226,990

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

Leadership & pay

3 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • NEAL THORNHILL (President)

People named in this filing

  • KRISTIN BRUMFIELD (Treasurer)
  • NEAL THORNHILL (President)
  • JAMES GRASSO (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 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Supply search and rescue equipment

What it reported doing in 2025

Supply search and rescue equipment to los angeles county sheriff search and rescue team at malibu/lost hills station serving all residents of los angeles county.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 98% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 100% of its reported program spending out as grants.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and revenue comfortably covers expenses. 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: 30
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 81
  • Growth: 20

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 14.7%; rating input score 15
  • Program expense ratio: 54%; rating input score 54

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: 72.7%; rating input score 97; 97th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 5.92; rating input score 96; 96th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -26.4% per year; rating input score 0; 9th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -3.6% per year; rating input score 0; 10th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 14% per year; rating input score 100; 68th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 14.7% of revenue deployed · 54% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $21K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
  • Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 6 filing years from 2018 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • 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 15/100.
  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 54/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.