Protecting Our Beaches Schools Neighborhoods and Parks
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 863856579
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2021–2021
- Forms available
- Form 990 2021
- Location
- Salt Lake City, UT, USA
- Phone
- 3232853228
- Rating
- 81
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $524,714
- Expenses
- $518,996
- Assets
- $5,718
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2021. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
3 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- KATRINA SCHMITT (PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- MIKE MCCAULEY (CPA, TREASUR)
- NICOLAS RUDERMAN (VICE-PRESIDE)
- KATRINA SCHMITT (PRESIDENT)
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 2021. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Protecting our beaches schools neighborhoods and parks (pobsnap) is a 501 (c)(4) California nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting social welfare causes, advocating for the common good, and working to improve the quality of life for coastal and westside los angeles residents. The organization's mission is centered on improving the cleanliness, safety, and accessibility of our beaches and parks, the quality of our local schools, and the vibrancy of our local neighborhoods which are essential to the quality of life and wellbeing of community residents and visitors.
What it reported doing in 2021
The organization's most significant activities in furtherance of its mission since its founding in the late spring of 2021 has been to compile and publish relevant news stories on its website (www.pobsnap.org), inform and mobilize community residents when potential legislation relating to the homelessness crisis that was being considered by the los angeles city council, recruit volunteers, develop partnerships and relationships with other local community groups and neighborhood councils, solicit donations to support its efforts, and encourage strictly non-partisan voter registration efforts in the community.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- 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 expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 88
- Transparency & Controls: 92
- Accountability: 82
- Sustainability: 35
- Growth: NotEnoughData
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 98.9%; rating input score 99
- Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd 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; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 4 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 57
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Fail
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- 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: 1.1%; rating input score 29; 29th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.01; rating input score 1; 1st percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 93; 93rd percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 82; 82nd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: Limited
- Revenue growth: Limited
- Asset growth: Limited
Details
- Where the money goes: 98.9% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 3 of 3 board members independent · 4 of 7 filing controls reported
- Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $519K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
- Consistency: 21 of 21 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules · includes major donors
- 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.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 6 not reported.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 29/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 1/100.