Orange County Bird Breeders

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN: 953097843
IRS 990-EZ coverage: 2018–2024
Forms available: Form 990 2017, Form 990-EZ 2024
Location: Whittier, CA, USA
Rating: 66
Verdict: SUPPORTED
Rating confidence: Moderate
Sector: Professional Societies, Associations

Reported finances

Revenue: $5,349
Expenses: $5,611
Assets: $6,290

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

Leadership & pay

5 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

JASON BROWNING (PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

JASON BROWNING (PRESIDENT)
MARIE CALLEJA (SECRETARY)
TONY CANDELARIA (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

Bird breeding education/support

What it reported doing in 2024

Support to orange county bird breeders with equip.svcs. & sply. Creating interest to properly breed and care for all typesand varieties of birds

Operating model

Revenue model: Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model: Transfer-based 990-EZ. The 990-EZ reports grants or member benefits, but it does not separate enough spending to show the nonprofit’s full delivery mix.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. Some filed totals do not add up and program spending has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

Financial Efficiency: 62
Transparency & Controls: 82
Sustainability: 38
Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
Program expense ratio: Limited

Transparency & Controls

Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

Operating margin: -4.9%; rating input score 36; 36th percentile among comparable filings
Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.12; rating input score 50; 50th percentile among comparable filings
Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

Program expense growth: -64.7% per year; rating input score 0; 6th percentile among comparable filings
Revenue growth: -5.7% per year; rating input score 0; 33rd percentile among comparable filings
Asset growth: -5.2% per year; rating input score 0; 24th percentile among comparable filings

Details

Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed
Governance: Filed governance answers
Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment
Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
Consistency: 4 of 5 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
Schedules: 1 filed schedules
Filing history: 6 filing years from 2018 to 2024
Contacts: How to reach this organization
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.

Grant-readiness screening is separate from the live rating, not a measure of program quality. Review the source records before making a grant decision.

Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Part I part ii net assets crosscheck did not reconcile in the filed values.
High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 36/100.
High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 50/100.
Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.
High — Grant Readiness: California registration: this organization is not authorized to operate as a charity in California.