People of Progress

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
237386480
IRS 990 coverage
2015–2023
Forms available
Form 990 2023
Location
Sacramento, CA, USA
Phone
9163959000
Rating confidence
Limited
Sector
Educational Services and Schools - Other

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$0
Expenses
$0
Assets
$0
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2023. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

8 people listed

Highest reported compensation

  • BRYAN WAGNER (CFO): $309,180 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2023. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

People of progress pop has served the city of redding as an essential community resource center for no-income and low-income families and individuals since 1973. Our mission is to strengthen individuals, families and our community with particular emphasis on issues affecting low-income persons. We strive to remain an accessible, approachable, and available resource to our community. Today, pop is a growing, multifaceted and mission-driven organization that serves over 75 people every day in shasta county.

What it reported doing in 2023

Food pantry and community resource center- people of progress pop was created in order to tackle the institutionalization of poverty thus, it recognizes that hunger and food insecurity are symptoms of the overall precarious nature of poverty. The pop food pantry provides up to 60 days' worth of food per individual per year, and also supplies hygiene products, baby formula, baby food, and dog and cat food for family pets and companions. The thrift shop provides low-cost and free clothing, depending on the individuals need. Truly unique to the pop approach is the community resource center, which serves as a hub to connect individuals to resources. Pop caseworkers and supporters understand that a person facing an immediate crisis must have her basic needs met first and foremost however, in addition to that, individuals who utilize the community resource center are connected to services that either provide or teach skills to decrease and/or avoid future crises. Finally, the foodbank leverages the pop community garden project by asking participants to contribute some of their produce to the emergency food pantry therefore, fresh produce is available to individuals facing food insecurity. Accessing these multiple services is not burdensome on pop clients, and instead has been designed to take individual needs and variance into account. The organization has discontinued operations and services.

Operating model

Revenue model
No positive adjusted resources. The filing reports no positive adjusted operating resources.
Distribution model
No current program activity. The filing reports no program spending for the current year.

The verdict

- The available evidence is not sufficient to produce an overall rating for this filing. This is not a warning sign.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: NotEnoughData
  • Transparency & Controls: 79
  • Accountability: 84
  • Sustainability: NotEnoughData
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: Limited
  • Program expense ratio: Limited
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 85.7%; rating input score 86; 5th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 4 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 67
    • Compensation committee: Pass
    • Independent consultant: Pass
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Pass
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 5 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 62
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: Pass
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: Limited
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: Limited
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: Limited

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -33.2% per year; rating input score 0; 11th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -32% per year; rating input score 0; 14th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -25.2% per year; rating input score 0; 6th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
  • Governance: 7 of 7 board members independent · 5 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment
  • Leadership: top reported pay $309K · 8 people listed · 4 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Consistency: 9 of 10 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes executive pay
  • Filing history: 5 filing years from 2015 to 2023
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Related organizations: 4 filed related-organization links
  • 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.

  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 7 not reported.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Series filing activity did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Grant Readiness: California registration: this organization is not authorized to operate as a charity in California.