Partners for Peace
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 770408564
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2015–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2014
- Location
- Salinas, CA, USA
- Phone
- 8317543888
- Rating
- 80
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Delinquency Prevention
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $1,431,635
- Expenses
- $1,157,599
- Assets
- $595,612
- Liabilities
- $14,211
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
10 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- VICKI LAW (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
- DAVID JENKINS (Past President)
- ALBERT SANCHEZ (Vice President)
- DR JOHN SILVA (President)
Highest reported compensation
- VICKI LAW (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $119,270 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Partners For Peace is a community-based nonprofit organization dedicated to building strong families and safer communities throughout Monterey County. Founded on the belief that peace is possible when families are supported and empowered, the organization provides a continuum of evidence-based programs that strengthen parent-child relationships, foster positive youth development, and reduce risk factors associated with violence and substance use. Through family education, youth mentoring, community engagement, and collaborative partnerships with schools, agencies, and local leaders, Partners For Peace creates opportunities for children, teens, and caregivers to learn, grow, and thrive together. With a focus on cultural responsiveness, prevention, and long-term impact, the organization plays a vital role in promoting resilience, safety, and hope for families across the region.The mission of Partners For Peace is to build strong families and safe communities by empowering parents, caregi
What it reported doing in 2024
PARENT PROJECT SR & JR: Parent Project, Sr. - 10-week program, 2-hour class The Parent Project and Loving Solutions are nationally recognized, family education programs designed to support families in raising strong, responsible, and resilient children. Parent Project focuses on parents and caregivers of strong-willed or high-risk adolescents, offering practical tools to address issues such as poor school performance, defiance, substance use, and gang involvement. Through a structured curriculum, participants learn strategies to set firm boundaries, build trust, and strengthen family communication. Loving Solutions is a companion program specifically designed for parents of children ages 510, emphasizing positive discipline, nurturing routines, and effective problem-solving to support early intervention and prevention. Together, these programs equip parents with concrete skills to reduce family conflict, promote healthy development, and build stronger, safer homes and communities.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Grant-funded. 79% of the money available for current operations came from government grants.
- 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
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 total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 72
- Transparency & Controls: 92
- Accountability: 79
- Sustainability: 54
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 74.1%; rating input score 74
- Program expense ratio: 91.7%; rating input score 92
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
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: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 4 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 50
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Fail
- Document-retention policy: Fail
- CEO compensation review process: Pass
- Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Missing
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 19.1%; rating input score 75; 75th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.51; rating input score 24; 24th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.02; rating input score 61; 61st percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 10.3%; rating input score 36; 36th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 14.4% per year; rating input score 100; 74th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 14.8% per year; rating input score 100; 78th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 11.2% per year; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 74.1% of revenue deployed · 91.7% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 9 of 9 board members independent · 4 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 5 filed program accomplishments · $1.1M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $119K · 10 people listed
- Consistency: 24 of 24 current checks pass
- Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors
- Filing history: 9 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: 3 of 7 not reported.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 24/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 36/100.