Oc United Together

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
463761517
IRS 990 coverage
2015–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-N 2014
Location
Fullerton, CA, USA
Phone
8185354490
Rating
84
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Human Service Organizations

Reported finances

Revenue
$2,460,060
Expenses
$2,616,611
Assets
$438,321
Liabilities
$294,171

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

Leadership & pay

10 people listed

Highest reported compensation

  • AMY GAW (Secretary): $115,510 total reported compensation
  • JAY WILLIAMS (Controller): $115,500 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

We exist to empower the vulnerable who have experienced the breakdown of the family unit through restorative relationships and life-skills development. We serve those who have experienced foster care, domestic abuse, homelessness, and under-resourced neighborhoods and schools

What it reported doing in 2024

Love cities-the mission of this program is to unite churches, city government, local businesses, public schools, universities, school organizations, and residents of north orange county to create thriving cities where people experience community and are empowered to love and serve their neighbors. Hosted a one-day multi-city serve day for volunteers to participate in a variety of community service improvement projects in their city. Participating cities included placentia, fullerton, yorba linda and laguna beach royal family kids camp: oc united sponsors the fullerton chapter of royal family kids camp and mentoring club, which provides a week-long summer camp and year-round monthly mentoring club for kids ages 6-12 who have experienced the break-down of the family unit and been part of the foster care system. Counselors and mentors are trauma-informed and strive to create healing relationships and memorable moments for kids who come from hard places grapevine: programs to walk alongside victims of domestic abuse to help them identify, recover from, and resist abusive relationships through support groups, mentorship, healthy relationship and self-worth classes, and mentorship. Homeless-the mission for this program is to love, value and empower individuals and families without permanent housing to understand they are capable of rising above the challenges of homelessness. Our jobs for life program is a job-readiness program hosted at local homeless shelters. The program includes teaching soft skills (resume-building, mock interviews, etc.) with character and identity formation. Each participant is matched with a mentor to journey with them for up to a year. The combination of jobs for life instruction, extended mentorship and business partnership allows those experiencing homelessness to experience renewed dignity, hope, and purpose. Thrive academy: a 12-week intensive program for young adults from the foster care or other underprivileged backgrounds that seeks to build community and life skills, equipping them for self-sufficiency and success. Safe families: oc united partners with local churches to provide wrap-around care and temporary respite childcare to families in crises with the goal of keeping the children out of the foster care system.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 73% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
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

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 93
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 65
  • Sustainability: 16
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 97.1%; rating input score 97
  • Program expense ratio: 91.3%; rating input score 91
  • Fundraising efficiency: $45.14 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 77; 77th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 75%; rating input score 75; 13th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 4 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 50
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Fail
    • Audit committee oversight: Fail
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -6.4%; rating input score 18; 18th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.17; rating input score 5; 5th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.67; rating input score 14; 14th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 8.8%; rating input score 34; 34th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 16.6% per year; rating input score 100; 81st percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 13.7% per year; rating input score 100; 79th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 7.8% per year; rating input score 100; 49th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 97.1% of revenue deployed · 91.3% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 6 of 8 board members independent · 4 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $2.4M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $116K · 10 people listed
  • Consistency: 29 of 29 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 10 filing years from 2015 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 2 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.

  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 4 of 8 not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 18/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 5/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 14/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 34/100.