Monterey County Forward

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
991105928
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2024–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024
Location
Salinas, CA, USA
Phone
8319703433
Rating
68
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate

Reported finances

Revenue
$127,333
Expenses
$52,243
Assets
$75,090

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

Leadership & pay

4 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Aaron Johnson (President & CEO)

People named in this filing

  • Aaron Johnson (President & CEO)
  • Kim Stemler (Secretary)
  • Mark Kennedy (Treasurer)

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

The mission of this organization is to promote social welfare by informing the public, public officials, the media and opinion leaders about housing, transportation, education, open space, water, public safefy, in the cities of Monterey County and the unincorporated areas of Monterey County. It will include mobilizing the public around future solutions to these quality of life challenges.

What it reported doing in 2024

This organization performed education activities in the community about specific issues of housing, transportation, education, open space, water, and public safety.

Operating model

Revenue model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent revenue detail to tell how this nonprofit funds its work.
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

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of total spending goes to programs. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 63
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 73
  • Growth: NotEnoughData

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 41%; rating input score 41
  • Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 59%; rating input score 95; 95th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.44; rating input score 71; 71st 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: Limited
  • Revenue growth: Limited
  • Asset growth: Limited

Details

  • Where the money goes: 41% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $52K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
  • Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 1 filed schedules
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • 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 — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 41/100.