One805 Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 832571437
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2022–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2020, Form 990-N 2019
- Location
- Santa Barbara, CA, USA
- Phone
- 8056982209
- Rating
- 67
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Disaster Preparedness and Relief Services
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $2,320,263
- Expenses
- $1,250,914
- Assets
- $2,654,486
- Liabilities
- $2,938
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
7 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- KIRSTEN CAVENDISH WESTIN-SMITH (CEO)
People named in this filing
- KIRSTEN CAVENDISH WESTIN-SMITH (CEO)
- JOHN J THYNE III (CFO/SECRETARY)
- RICHARD WESTIN-SMITH (COO)
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
The mission of One805 Inc. is to support and celebrate the people in our community who put their lives on the line during local disasters, our First RespondersFire, Police, and Sheriffin three ways: with grants for essential equipment, for mental wellness programs, and by building a culture of preparedness in Santa Barbara County.
What it reported doing in 2024
Santa Barbara County, an area of nearly 4,000 square miles, 45% of which is part of Los Padres National Forest, and bounded by 110 miles of rugged coastline, is home to some 450,000 people who live with the inherent dangers of fire, flood, and earthquakes. Under 1,000 First RespondersFire, Police, and Sheriffprotect residents and their property and must be ready at all times for every kind of emergency. Since One805s founding in 2021 with a 10-hour appreciation music festival event for over 3,000 First Responders to the 2018 Montecito debris flow disaster, One805 has made over 50 grants to First Responder agencies in the County, distributing $6 million for wellness and needed equipment, and building up a Mental Wellbeing Reserve Fund of $760,000, with funds directed by an advisory board comprised of leaders from all 12 County First Responder agencies. See www.one805.org for more information.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 82% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 83% of its reported program spending out as grants.
The verdict
SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of total spending goes to programs. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 62
- Transparency & Controls: 92
- Accountability: 25
- Sustainability: 83
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 49.1%; rating input score 49
- Program expense ratio: 88.4%; rating input score 88
- Fundraising efficiency: $13.01 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 46; 46th 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: 42.9%; rating input score 43; 7th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 0 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 0
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
- Whistleblower policy: Fail
- Document-retention policy: Fail
- CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
- Board meeting minutes documented: Fail
- Audit committee oversight: Missing
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 46.1%; rating input score 91; 91st percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.12; rating input score 64; 64th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 92; 92nd percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 91; 91st percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 80.3% per year; rating input score 100; 99th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 51.7% per year; rating input score 100; 98th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 55.5% per year; rating input score 100; 98th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 49.1% of revenue deployed · 88.4% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 3 of 7 board members independent · 0 of 7 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $1.1M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 7 people listed
- Consistency: 23 of 23 current checks pass
- Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors
- Filing history: 3 filing years from 2022 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
- 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 — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 49/100.
- High — Accountability: Governance controls: 6 of 6 not reported.
- Moderate — Accountability: Independent voting board scored 43/100.
- Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 46/100.