Merced Rotary Club Foundation

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
770420740
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2011–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2010
Location
Merced, CA, USA
Phone
2097227429
Rating
93
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Philanthropy, Voluntarism, and Grantmaking Foundations N.E.C.

Reported finances

Revenue
$37,603
Expenses
$51,059
Assets
$293,481
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

11 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • STEVE TIETJEN (PAST-PRESIDENT)
  • CYRIL LAWRENCE (PRESIDENT)
  • BARBARA WARD (PRESIDENT ELECT)

People named in this filing

  • STEVE TIETJEN (PAST-PRESIDENT)
  • JORGE CISNEROS (TREASURER)
  • MARY CAMPER (CLUB ADMINISTRATOR)

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 support for community organizations and projects as well as international projects supported by rotary international.

What it reported doing in 2024

International service projects

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 67% 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

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Some filed totals do not add up and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 91
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 47
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 77.4%; rating input score 77

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: -35.8%; rating input score 16; 16th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 5.75; rating input score 86; 86th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 68; 68th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 7.1% per year; rating input score 100; 67th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 4.5% per year; rating input score 100; 69th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 5.9% per year; rating input score 100; 61st percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 77.4% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $40K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 11 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 9 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 13 filing years from 2011 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.

  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Part III transfer expenses within program total did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 16/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.