Motor for Toys Charitable Foundation

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
470960486
IRS 990 coverage
2018–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Thousand Oaks, CA, USA
Phone
8054435363
Rating
68
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Gift Distribution

Reported finances

Revenue
$520,843
Expenses
$514,132
Assets
$99,769
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

2 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Dustin Troyan (President hours avg Aug thru Jan)

People named in this filing

  • Dustin Troyan (President hours avg Aug thru Jan)
  • Kathleen Doran (CEM/CFO hours avg Aug thru Jan)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

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

Overview

Mission

Mission Statement: "To boldly go, in the company of the motor sport community, and gather as many toys for as many children as possible. All this shall be done without personal gain, absolutely no one making any money and with a great measure of fun." Our charter also includes benefit to charitable programs in the metropolitan areas of Los Angeles, and Ventura counties and their neighbors and includes health and humanity needs.

What it reported doing in 2024

Our core function is providing a venue for the collection of toys for disadvantaged children. All monetary donations are used to purchase toys with are then added to those collected at the solicitation event and forwarded to other are used to purchase toys with are then added to those collected at the solicitation event and forwarded to other 501(c)3 organizations for vetting and distribution. Any expense is directly related to this effort. Event expenses consist mainly of insurance policies, permits, rentals, boxes for toys, and any used for minor donation gifts (t-shirts, donuts, sodas.) A large portion of the event expense goes to insurance and porta-potties. Grants listed here are non-cash, ALL TOYS, and are shown in schedule M. As this is our core function, all revenue listed also includes those contributions made for the purpose of event function support but not needed for that event year which are combined with all other funds and used to purchase more toys. Remainder covered background or sustaining costs with a cash core held in reserve towards the next year's event. As this is the sole event for the sole purpose, donations made outside of the event are what we use for operational expenses even though it could all be considered one single function. We prefer that the subsistence costs are reviewable as an identifiable element within the operation.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 95% 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. A relatively small share of voting board members are independent and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 86
  • Transparency & Controls: 85
  • Accountability: 24
  • Sustainability: 42
  • Growth: 20

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 96.3%; rating input score 96
  • Program expense ratio: 97.5%; rating input score 98
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 91.7%; rating input score 92; 12th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 89.7%; rating input score 90; 38th percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 0%; rating input score 0; 5th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 4 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 57
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 1.3%; rating input score 40; 40th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.19; rating input score 9; 9th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 91; 91st percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 81; 81st percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -1% per year; rating input score 0; 15th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -0.3% per year; rating input score 0; 14th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 22.5% per year; rating input score 100; 85th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 96.3% of revenue deployed · 97.5% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 0 of 2 board members independent · 4 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $501K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 2 people listed
  • Consistency: 40 of 42 current checks pass · 2 findings to review
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes grants
  • Filing history: 7 filing years from 2018 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 13 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 13 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.

Key Signals

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

  • High — Accountability: Independent voting board scored 0/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 6 not reported.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 40/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 9/100.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Review — Transparency & Controls: Domestic grant itemization did not reconcile in the filed values.