Peacemakers Love Foundation Good Cause Sacramento

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
474757475
IRS 990 coverage
2021–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025
Location
Citrus Heights, CA, USA
Phone
9169131918
Rating
80
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Temporary Housing

Reported finances

Revenue
$353,948
Expenses
$281,584
Assets
$69,468
Liabilities
$758

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

3 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • MALCOLM A JOHNSON (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • MALCOLM A JOHNSON (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND PRESIDENT)
  • COLLEEN MCCUSKER (TREASURER)
  • BRIHAN BROWNE (SECRETARY)

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 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Peacemakers love foundation good cause sacramento (plfgcs) provides trauma-informed, peer-led transitional housing, workforce readiness services, and individualized support for adults experiencing homelessness, justice involvement, addiction recovery, or other destabilizing life circumstances. The organization promotes long-term stability by offering safe housing, employment pathways, life-skills development, and structured peer support that assists participants in reintegrating into the community as stable and self-sufficient adults.

What it reported doing in 2025

Transitional housing and stabilization services - plfgcs operates a structured, sober transitional housing program for men ages 18 and older. The program provides safe housing, daily routines, and peer accountability for individuals exiting homelessness, incarceration, or treatment programs. Participants receive onsite mentorship, transportation assistance, support in obtaining identification and benefits, and guidance in meeting probation, court, medical, and behavioral-health requirements. The program emphasizes household responsibility, consistent routines, and the development of stability necessary for long-term independence. During the tax year, plfgcs provided housing and stabilization services to 788 unduplicated individuals.

Operating model

Revenue model
Other-operating. 74% of the money available for current operations came from other operating revenue.
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.
  • Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.

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: 76
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 70
  • Sustainability: 50
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 70.6%; rating input score 71
  • Program expense ratio: 88.7%; rating input score 89
  • Fundraising efficiency: $28.26 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th 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; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 2 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 29
    • 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: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 20.4%; rating input score 72; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.25; rating input score 14; 14th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.01; rating input score 39; 39th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 67; 67th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 3% per year; rating input score 100; 41st percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 9.8% per year; rating input score 100; 68th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 41.5% per year; rating input score 100; 94th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 70.6% of revenue deployed · 88.7% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 3 of 3 board members independent · 2 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $250K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
  • Consistency: 23 of 23 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 5 filing years from 2021 to 2025
  • 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.

  • High — Accountability: Governance controls: 4 of 6 not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 14/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 39/100.