Nami Nevada County

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
943013036
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2024–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2023
Location
Grass Valley, CA, USA
Phone
5306480178
Rating
83
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate

Reported finances

Revenue
$100,668
Expenses
$96,522
Assets
$33,245
Liabilities
$16,488

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

Leadership & pay

11 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Lael Walz (President)
  • Scott Gassaway (Vice President)

People named in this filing

  • Lael Walz (President)
  • Scott Gassaway (Vice President)
  • Pam Carcido (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 purposes for which NAMI Nevada County is organized are exclusively charitable and educational. NAMI Nevada County provides compassionate support, the latest information, and how to live with these serious medical conditions.

What it reported doing in 2024

The purposes for which NAMI Nevada County is organized are exclusively charitable and educational. NAMI Nevada County provides compassionate support, the latest information, and how to live with these serious medical conditions. Over the past 40 years, NAMI NC has provided individual and group support, mental health education, and mental health care system navigation to people of all ages in Nevada County. Contractor's facilitate general education meetings monthly with myriad topics and various speakers 12 times per year. Increase outreach by providing 6 speaking engagements per year to service groups, non-profit organizations, and healthcare agencies. Hold NAMI Basics Education Program 2x per year. Hold NAMI Family-to-Family Education Program 2x per year. Facilitate In-person support meetings, 2 times per month. Provide on-line support meetings, 2 times per month. Provide increased follow-up and community system navigation assistance with families in crisis - what resources are available and how to access them.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 73% 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.

The verdict

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

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 98
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 31
  • Growth: NotEnoughData

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 95.9%; rating input score 96
  • 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: 4.1%; rating input score 45; 45th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.34; rating input score 28; 28th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.5; rating input score 10; 10th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 46%; rating input score 5; 5th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: Limited
  • Asset growth: Limited

Details

  • Where the money goes: 95.9% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $97K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 11 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 1 filing year from 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 6 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.

Key Signals

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

  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 45/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 28/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 5/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 10/100.