Peace Resource Center of San Diego
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 953594247
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2021–2023
- Official website data refreshed
- Sep 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2020, Form 990-EZ 2023
- Location
- San Diego, CA, US
- Phone
- 619-263-9301
- Rating
- 65
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- International Peace and Security
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $7,709
- Expenses
- $14,215
- Assets
- $68,285
- Liabilities
- $4,446
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2023. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
11 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- LaVern Olberding (President)
- Michael Brackney (Vice President)
People named in this filing
- LaVern Olberding (President)
- Michael Brackney (Vice President)
- Nancy Casady (Director)
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 2023. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
The Peace Resource Center was established to provide a clearinghouse of peace and social justice resources, issues and activities; to promote networking among peace-related organizations; to offer nonviolent alternatives in conflict resolution; and to carry on an expanding program of peace education in San Diego County.
What it reported doing in 2023
Conducted peacekeeping training for community groups, individuals, and elementary school students. Conducted training for peaceful demonstration control measures to individuals who then served as monitors for several local demonstrations.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 80% 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.
The verdict
SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. A relatively small share of total spending goes to programs and expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 61
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 38
- Growth: 0
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 73.8%; rating input score 74
- Program expense ratio: 39.5%; rating input score 39
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -84.4%; rating input score 9; 9th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 4.8; rating input score 83; 83rd percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.07; rating input score 21; 21st percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: -138.2% per year; rating input score 0; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -100.1% per year; rating input score 0; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -44% per year; rating input score 0; 5th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: 8 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 1 operating location identified
- Where the money goes: 73.8% of revenue deployed · 39.5% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 2 filed program accomplishments · $6K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 11 people listed
- Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- Filing history: 3 filing years from 2021 to 2023
- 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: Program expense ratio scored 39/100.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 9/100.
- High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 21/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.