PRIDE Industries

Legal name: PRIDE Industries One Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
911827109
IRS 990 coverage
2009–2024
Official website data refreshed
Sep 2026
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Roseville, CA, USA
Phone
(800) 550-6005
Rating
78
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Vocational Rehabilitation

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$188,597,745
Expenses
$189,842,915
Assets
$79,457,845
Liabilities
$83,480,870

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

26 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Jeffery Dern (President/CEO)

Highest reported compensation

  • Jeffery Dern (President/CEO): $915,738 total reported compensation
  • Luis Torres-Acosta (SVP of Mfg, Log, & Eng Svc): $507,019 total reported compensation
  • Charles Sharp (Chief Financial Officer): $446,045 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

To create employment for people with disabilities. Mission, Vision, and Values Through personalized employment services, we help individuals realize their true potential and lead more independent lives. Our Mission. At PRIDE Industries, we are committed to maintaining the highest standards of professional conduct and business ethics. To fulfill our mission to create employment for people with disabilities, we pursue excellence in fulfilling our commitments to our customers, donors, and team members. We operate in adherence to laws and regulations; avoid conflicts of interest; and take responsibility for our actions. Honesty, integrity, transparency, and accountability are core tenets of our culture – these tenets are reinforced in our mandatory employee training courses and modeled by our leadership. To build a more inclusive world, where people of all abilities have equal...

What it reported doing in 2024

See Schedule OPRIDE Industries One, Inc. creates employment for people with disabilities. As a nonprofit social enterprise, our company provides facilities operations and maintenance services, custodial services, contract manufacturing, supply chain management, and packaging and fulfillment services to private and public organizations nationwide. We are the nation's leading employer of people with disabilities and we share our expertise with other organizations aiming to build inclusive workforces. Our tailored employment services include vocational training, on-the-job support, scholarships, and paid internships. In addition to supporting people with disabilities, we also assist veterans, former foster youth, and trafficking survivors.Our programs for people with disabilities are designed to enhance personal and professional growth as well as increased independence. Each participant's plan is customized to their strengths, abilities, and goals. For the year ended June 30, 2025, PRIDE Industries One, Inc., in connection with PRIDE Industries, provided employment and services to more than 4,200 individuals with diverse intellectual, developmental, physical, sensory, or mental health disabilities. As a nonprofit social enterprise, we create jobs within our own business operation and through partnerships with other employers. Nearly 300 individuals with disabilities were employed on commercial contracts with PRIDE Industries One, Inc.Manufacturing and Logistic Services continues to grow, supporting businesses of all sizes in achieving greater efficiency and cost savings with a 99% order-accuracy rate. In 2025, PRIDE Industries One, Inc. secured a nationwide contract with Amazon to stock and replenish stockrooms for Amazon and its customers and partnered with Siemens Mobility to assemble the Air Path Flexible Ducting system for Siemens' trains - all while creating meaningful employment opportunities for people with disabilities.Additionally, our fleet of buses provides essential transportation for people who are unable to drive to work, training, and other vital services. In the year ended June 30, 2025, we provided over 123,000 individual rides to help people with disabilities access work, training and critical services.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 98% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program 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.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Few specific pay-setting methods are documented in the filing; unanswered boxes are not proof of absence and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 86
  • Transparency & Controls: 65
  • Accountability: 91
  • Sustainability: 27
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 90.6%; rating input score 91
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 68th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 0 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 0
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Missing
    • Board or committee approval: Missing
  • 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; 77th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 7 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 78
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Fail
    • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -0.7%; rating input score 24; 24th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.42; rating input score 15; 15th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 1.05; rating input score 5; 5th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0.2%; rating input score 90; 90th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 11.7% per year; rating input score 100; 80th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 10% per year; rating input score 100; 77th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 11.6% per year; rating input score 100; 77th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • What they do: 7 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 1 operating location identified
  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 90.6% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 13 of 13 board members independent · 7 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $172M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $916K · 26 people listed · 0 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 5 contractors listed · $40.5M reported
  • Consistency: 33 of 33 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes major donors and executive pay
  • Filing history: 16 filing years from 2009 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
  • Related organizations: 3 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.

  • High — Transparency & Controls: Pay-setting controls scored 0/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 9 not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 24/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 15/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 5/100.