Pescadero Ides

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
841953545
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2019–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Pescadero, CA, USA
Phone
6508672321
Rating
74
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Affiliation
Christianity

Reported finances

Revenue
$10,140
Expenses
$31,330
Assets
$15,397

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

Leadership & pay

4 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • MICHAEL SARABIA (PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • MICHAEL SARABIA (PRESIDENT)
  • GINA BRAZIL (SECRETARY)
  • ANTHONY T BRAZIL (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 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Our primary function of the pescadero ides is to preserve our portuguese heritage and to hold our annual religious celebration of our holy ghost festival. This festival plays an important role for our portuguese culture and community. The holy ghost festival originated and still continues in the portuguese islands of the azores and is widely celebrated throughout the united states (see attached why we celebrate the holy ghost festival. Holy ghost festivals have survived in the united states, especially new england, Massachusetts, Rhode Island and California. The pescadero ides has been celebrating and carrying on this portuguese tradition for over 100 years, 119 to be exact. Some of our members have generations of family that have been involved since its beginning. As part of our annual holy ghost festivities, we provide a parade (sunday only) to the catholic church and back to our grounds, a free luncheon, on both days, to the public and entertain our community with an auction of dona

What it reported doing in 2025

Holy ghost festival yearly spring time festival held at the organization's grounds at the southern end of the town of pescadero, California. Almost all items for this festival are donated by donors. Fundraising events the pescadero ides as well as other local non-profits use the facilities to hold fundraising events throughout the year. These events include the crab cioppino dinner and pescadero art festival.

Operating model

Revenue model
Other-operating. 84% of the money available for current operations came from other operating revenue.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 96% 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 - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of total spending goes to programs and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 79
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 18
  • Growth: 20

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 42.5%; rating input score 43

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -209%; rating input score 4; 4th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.49; rating input score 31; 31st 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: -23.9% per year; rating input score 0; 17th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -24% per year; rating input score 0; 13th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 2.5% per year; rating input score 100; 47th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 42.5% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $13K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
  • Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 7 filing years from 2019 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • 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 43/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 4/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 31/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.