Planetary Skin Institute

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
271412101
IRS 990 coverage
2013–2014
Forms available
Form 990 2014, Form 990-N 2011
Location
San Jose, CA, USA
Phone
2023634808
Rating confidence
Limited
Sector
Environmental Education and Outdoor Survival Programs

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$0
Expenses
$15,205
Assets
$4,006
Liabilities
$7,000

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2014. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

3 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • JUAN CARLOS CASTILLA-RUBIO (Director, President & CEO)

People named in this filing

  • JUAN CARLOS CASTILLA-RUBIO (Director, President & CEO)
  • DR SARA BOETTIGER (Director)
  • SIMON WILLIS (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. Selected filing: tax year 2014. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

PSI's primary activity is in conducting scientific

What it reported doing in 2014

As part of the energy data initiative, planetary skin institute collaborated with the u.s. Department of energy and its pacific northwest national laboratory to release a new open tool to better visualize energy data and make this information more available and useful for state and local governments, private industry and other energy researchers. The free energy data platform (fred) builds on the broader energy data initiative -- making energy usage and generation data more transparent, while accelerating the transition to clean energy future.

Operating model

Revenue model
No positive adjusted resources. The filing reports no positive adjusted operating resources.
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

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

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 59
  • Transparency & Controls: 91
  • Accountability: 51
  • Sustainability: 11
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: Limited
  • Program expense ratio: 78.9%; rating input score 79
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 90.9%; rating input score 91; 15th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 66.7%; rating input score 67; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 2 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 29
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • 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: 0.26; rating input score 12; 12th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 1.75; rating input score 2; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 62; 62nd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -169.2% per year; rating input score 0; 5th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -200% per year; rating input score 0; 1st percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -60% per year; rating input score 0; 4th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 78.9% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 2 of 3 board members independent · 2 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $12K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
  • Consistency: 14 of 14 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2013 to 2014
  • 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.

Grant-readiness screening is separate from the live rating, not a measure of program quality. Review the source records before making a grant decision.

  • High — Accountability: Governance controls: 4 of 6 not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 12/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 2/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Grant Readiness: Automatic revocation: this organization had its federal tax-exempt status automatically revoked.