Mission Action Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
942919302
IRS 990 coverage
2012–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
San Francisco, CA, USA
Phone
4152826209
Rating
81
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Homeless Shelters

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$28,719,629
Expenses
$23,565,389
Assets
$25,169,874
Liabilities
$17,464,934

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

Leadership & pay

17 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • ANJALI CAMERON (PRESIDENT)
  • ANDREW MAYNE (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • LAURA VALDEZ (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

Highest reported compensation

  • LAURA VALDEZ (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $240,964 total reported compensation
  • SAUL HIDALGO L (DEPUTY DIRECTOR): $232,376 total reported compensation
  • YULAN LAI NOLIA (HR DIRECTOR): $213,694 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Mission action nurtures individual wellness and cultivates collective power among low-income and immigrant communities to create a more just society.

What it reported doing in 2024

Community engagement and organizing - housing rights: 1) mission single room occupancy collaborative - a collaboration of four agencies, coordinated and led by dscs, that provides outreach, tenant stabilization and community programs for very low income single room occupancy (sro) tenants in the mission district. 2) tenant rights counseling - this program provides services to tenants from across the city but with a focus on the mission district. The program will focus on eviction prevention and educate tenants on their rights, help to provide them with documentation to keep for their records and share with landlords, and to refer them to other community resources, including housing attorneys, where applicable.immigrant rights: 1) deportation defense and legal advocacy - a program that provides pro bono legal defense and advocacy for immigrants facing imminent deportation from the united states. The program was combined with the immigrant legal & education program in 2016, then reestablished as a separate program during the 2018 fiscal year. 2) immigrant rights community empowerment 2a) san francisco immigrant legal and education network - a network, coordinated and led by dscs, of thirteen agencies providing legal counseling, representation, processing, referrals, outreach, and education to san francisco's diverse immigrant communities. 2b) rapid response network - consists of 21 organizations that provide legal and education services to immigrants living in san francisco. The primary goal of the network is to respond immediately in the event of any immigration enforcement activity.worker rights: 1) worker center - these programs economically and politically empower their members through the provision of job referrals and other basic services, as well as engaging them in leadership development and community organizing around issues of immigrant and worker rights. 2) equity pilot co-op - this program helps community members with limited income-earning potential to establish a worker-owned co-operative business.

Operating model

Revenue model
Grant-funded. 75% of the money available for current operations came from government grants.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown and liabilities are high compared with assets.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 74
  • Transparency & Controls: 79
  • Accountability: 100
  • Sustainability: 55
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 68.5%; rating input score 68
  • Program expense ratio: 83.4%; rating input score 83
  • Fundraising efficiency: $64.02 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 79; 79th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 3 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 50
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Pass
    • Compensation survey or study: Pass
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 9 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 100
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: Pass
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 17.9%; rating input score 80; 80th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.07; rating input score 38; 38th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.69; rating input score 18; 18th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 7.6%; rating input score 32; 32nd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 14.1% per year; rating input score 100; 82nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 15.1% per year; rating input score 100; 87th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 8.7% per year; rating input score 100; 59th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 68.5% of revenue deployed · 83.4% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 7 of 7 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $19.7M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $241K · 17 people listed · 3 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 5 contractors listed · $7.3M reported
  • Consistency: 28 of 28 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes major donors and executive pay
  • Filing history: 13 filing years from 2012 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 10 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 2 filed related-organization links
  • 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.
  • Staff and benefit plans: Retirement and health plans the organization files with the Department of Labor, and the people in them.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 38/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 18/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 32/100.