Pacifica Environmental Family

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
943229680
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2015–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2017, Form 990-EZ 2024
Location
Pacifica, CA, USA
Rating
56
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Fund Raising and/or Fund Distribution

Reported finances

Revenue
$12,295
Expenses
$13,926
Assets
$28,481

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

Leadership & pay

4 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Cindy Abbott (President)
  • Margaret Goodale (Vice President)

People named in this filing

  • Cindy Abbott (President)
  • Margaret Goodale (Vice President)
  • Walter L Earnest (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

Pacificas Environmental Family promotes the discovery of and caring for our wealth of natural resources. We do this by: Helping to protect preserve restore and beautify the environment. Raising awareness of environmental issues. Offering education on natural history. Inspiring stewardship and community. Providing non-profit fiscal sponsorship to local projects that align with our mission.

What it reported doing in 2024

Habitat Monitoring and Documentation: Rockaway Ocean Conservation Stewards monitored and documented the health of marine life in the intertidal zone. 5 - 10 stewards survey the intertidal zone on a monthy basis documenting findings as part of a longitudinal study in partnership with SFSU. Pacifica Shorebird Alliance 2-10 individuals depending on time of year monitors the protected habitat area of the Western Snowy Plover at Pacifica State Beach including the annual bird count submitting data to State Parks and other agencies.

Operating model

Revenue model
Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
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

MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 42
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 39
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 44%; rating input score 44
  • Program expense ratio: 38.8%; rating input score 39

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -13.3%; rating input score 28; 28th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.05; rating input score 66; 66th 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: -30.9% per year; rating input score 0; 13th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -17.7% per year; rating input score 0; 16th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -7.6% per year; rating input score 0; 20th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 44% of revenue deployed · 38.8% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $5K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
  • Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 7 filing years from 2015 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.

  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 44/100.
  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 39/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 28/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.