National Conflict Resolution Center

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
330433314
IRS 990 coverage
2019–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
San Diego, CA, USA
Phone
6192382400
Rating
72
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$11,003,293
Expenses
$11,190,372
Assets
$7,511,644
Liabilities
$2,745,869

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

Leadership & pay

30 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • STEVEN DINKIN (PRESIDENT)

Highest reported compensation

  • STEVEN DINKIN (PRESIDENT): $343,170 total reported compensation
  • ASHLEY VIRTUE (DIRECTOR OF EXTERNAL OPERATIONS): $144,844 total reported compensation
  • MARC MEYER (DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS): $140,343 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

Dispute mediation & conflict resolution

What it reported doing in 2024

During fiscal year 2024-2025 national conflict resolution provided and was involved in the following: mediations; conciliations; mitigations; conflict coaching; restorative justice community conferences; diversion programming; youth development programming; intake; information & referrals; follow-up; program evaluation; facilitating large group mediations & consensus planning, training the public in the skills & techniques of adr; training corporate managers, supervisors and staff in communication and conflict resolution skills; teaching college law school & graduate school courses in the theories & practice of adr; provide ongoing information & education to the justice system officials, members of the legal community & policy making leaders about the benefits of adr; developing new applications for adr transferability to other regions; community outreach; peacemakers awards. During fiscal year 2024-2025 number calls received - over 1,000. Number of volunteer mediators - over 50. Number of mediations - over 600, number of dispute resolution services (conciliation/mitigation/conflict coaching) - over 400.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 78% 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

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Few specific pay-setting methods are documented in the filing; unanswered boxes are not proof of absence and fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 69
  • Transparency & Controls: 65
  • Accountability: 93
  • Sustainability: 27
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 75.6%; rating input score 76
  • Program expense ratio: 74.9%; rating input score 75
  • Fundraising efficiency: $4.53 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 18; 18th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 0 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 0
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Missing
    • Board or committee approval: Missing
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 96.2%; rating input score 96; 30th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 7 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 88
    • 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: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -1.7%; rating input score 24; 24th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.67; rating input score 23; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.37; rating input score 40; 40th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 7.6%; rating input score 32; 32nd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 19.2% per year; rating input score 100; 89th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 16.9% per year; rating input score 100; 89th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 20.6% per year; rating input score 100; 90th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 75.6% of revenue deployed · 74.9% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 25 of 26 board members independent · 7 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $8.4M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $343K · 30 people listed · 0 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 5 contractors listed · $1.2M reported
  • Consistency: 32 of 32 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes major donors and executive pay
  • Filing history: 6 filing years from 2019 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 5 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
  • 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 — Transparency & Controls: Pay-setting controls scored 0/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 18/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 24/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 23/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Form 990 shared with the board not reported.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 32/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 40/100.