Military Outreach Mission-san Diego

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
921427597
IRS 990 coverage
2024–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025
Location
La Mesa, CA, USA
Phone
6192499131
Rating
78
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Military, Veterans' Organizations

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$1,035,679
Expenses
$1,024,879
Assets
$172,565
Liabilities
$48

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

Leadership & pay

9 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • CHUCK COX (President)

Highest reported compensation

  • BARBARA CHAVEZ (Director): $54,771 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

Military outreach mission-san diego provides practical assistance to junior enlisted military families (e5 and below) in san diego, ca to help lift some of their burden and to say "thank you" for their sacrifices in service to our country.

What it reported doing in 2025

Military outreach mission-san diego serves a vastly underserved population of junior enlisted military in san diego county with basic needs to help stretch their limited funds while they live in one of the most expensive areas in the country. Our "one stop shopping" approach fills multiple basic needs. We provide: household, weekly food distributions at military housing and installations, lift spirits with our 5 special events: baby showers, thanksgiving meals, christmas stores shopping, easter egg hunts, back to school backpacks, and help when families experience an emergency which impacts their ability to provide the normal household needs of food, clothing, baby items, etc.

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 90% of its reported program spending out as grants.
  • Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and program spending has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 82
  • Transparency & Controls: 93
  • Accountability: 73
  • Sustainability: 33
  • Growth: 20

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 91.7%; rating input score 92
  • Program expense ratio: 92.6%; rating input score 93
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 78th percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 88.9%; rating input score 89; 25th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 4 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 50
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Fail
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 1%; rating input score 34; 34th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.17; rating input score 9; 9th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 75; 75th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 5.3%; rating input score 49; 49th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -127.1% per year; rating input score 0; 0th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -122.1% per year; rating input score 0; 0th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 6.5% per year; rating input score 100; 42nd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 91.7% of revenue deployed · 92.6% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 8 of 9 board members independent · 4 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $949K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $55K · 9 people listed
  • Consistency: 27 of 27 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes grants
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2024 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.

  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 4 of 8 not reported.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 34/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 9/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 49/100.