Morgan Autism Center
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 941722448
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2009–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- San Jose, CA, USA
- Phone
- 4082418161
- Rating
- 77
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $14,285,228
- Expenses
- $12,450,869
- Assets
- $25,501,668
- Liabilities
- $9,290,435
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
14 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- JOSH DRAKE (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
Highest reported compensation
- JOSH DRAKE (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $231,215 total reported compensation
- SUN GARCIA (PROGRAM DIRECTOR): $152,523 total reported compensation
- JONNETTA QUESADA (DIRECTOR OF FINANCE): $140,607 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Morgan autism center is a non-profit, non-public school located in the san francisco bay area since 1969. It is certified by the California department of education and provides programming for more than 30 bay area school districts in santa clara, san mateo, and alameda counties. The organization also provides an adult program for clients aged 22 to 60.
What it reported doing in 2024
School program: the organization's school program serves students ages 5 to 22. The students served are significantly impacted by autism and/or other developmental disabilities. The individuals served have significant challenges with social behavior, sensory integration, and communication. Students at morgan autism center are referred through, and funded by, their public-school districts. Each student's day is specially designed through a collaboration between the individualized education plan (iep) team members.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Earned-program. 80% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
- 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.
- 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. Fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised and liabilities are high compared with assets.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 66
- Transparency & Controls: 74
- Accountability: 100
- Sustainability: 62
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 66.1%; rating input score 66
- Program expense ratio: 79.1%; rating input score 79
- Fundraising efficiency: $5.96 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 24; 24th percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: 2 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 33
- Compensation committee: Missing
- Independent consultant: Missing
- Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
- Written employment contract: Missing
- 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: 8 of 8 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: NotApplicable
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 12.8%; rating input score 73; 73rd percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.05; rating input score 62; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.36; rating input score 40; 40th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 6.3%; rating input score 40; 40th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 4.9% per year; rating input score 100; 41st percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 5.4% per year; rating input score 100; 47th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 11.2% per year; rating input score 100; 70th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 66.1% of revenue deployed · 79.1% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 9 of 9 board members independent · 8 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $9.8M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $231K · 14 people listed · 2 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
- Highest-paid contractors: 3 contractors listed · $1.8M reported
- Consistency: 33 of 33 current checks pass
- Schedules: 9 filed schedules · includes major donors and executive pay
- Filing history: 15 filing years from 2009 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 5 filed money-flow records
- 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.
- High — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 24/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 40/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 40/100.