Rancho Santa Fe Womens Fund

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
933957288
IRS 990 coverage
2023–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Rancho Santa Fe, CA, USA
Phone
7602302761
Rating
86
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Human Service Organizations

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$556,438
Expenses
$546,253
Assets
$1,144,088
Liabilities
$4,600

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

Leadership & pay

11 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Mary Consalvi (President)

People named in this filing

  • Cynthia Hudson (Finance CoChair)
  • Nikki Carmody Ream (Governnce Chair)
  • Marilyn Tedesco (Membershp Chair)

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 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Schedule O Statement Attached - The Rancho Santa Fe Womens Fund (RSFWF) solicits tax-deductible contributions from members and other donors to provide financial grants to qualified 501(c)(3) organizations that address the critical needs of San Diego County residents. Each year, RSFWF reviews approximately 120 to 160 grant applications from local nonprofit organizations and awards funding to approximately 7 to 14 projects. Funded projects are completed within the fiscal year to ensure that grant funds are used promptly for maximum benefit to the underserved residents in the community.

What it reported doing in 2024

#1. UNDERSERVED CHILDREN & YOUTH SERVICES - Provided strategic grants to San Diego-based 501(c)(3) organizations focused on enhancing the well-being, educational access, safety, and health of underserved children and their families, including military youth, foster children, and those in low-income schools. Key Accomplishments/Impact: Health and Safety: Funded the Smart & Savvy Program to empower girls ages 11-18 with essential health and safety education and skill-building opportunities.Mentoring and Development: Expanded a North County group mentoring program to support an additional 200 underserved male teens to improve school performance and make healthier life choices.Combating Hunger: Supported the Food 4 Kids Backpack Program to provide child-friendly backpacks filled with nutritious food to an additional 83 elementary students in need each Friday to combat hunger and support family nutrition.Educational Access: Funded a program to provide equitable access to high-quality music education, including engaging, multi-disciplinary concerts, for students in grades K-6 at under-resourced elementary schools in San Diego County.Foster Youth Support: Supported the Traditional High School Experience program, providing foster youth at San Pasqual Academy with experiences like Prom and graduation essentials, helping to reduce the stigma of foster care.Military Family Integration: Supported the Welcome 365 program, which offers year-round programming and events to foster community integration, enhance access to local resources, and create a welcoming environment for military families in San Diego.Critical Medical Support: Provided funding for the Medical and Home Assistance Program to support families by providing financial assistance, counseling, and rehabilitation resources.Grief Services: Supported the Children's Bereavement Program to provide free, comprehensive grief services to children (ages 3-17) coping with the loss of a significant person.Poverty Intervention: Funded the Golf & Life Skills Program to combine mentorship with golf instruction, equipping youth with the tools and confidence needed to succeed in school and break the cycle of poverty.#2. SERVICES FOR WOMEN IN NEED - Dedicated grant funding to organizations providing direct social services, health support, and economic empowerment for women across the San Diego region.Key Accomplishments/Impact: Unhoused Services: Enabled Catholic Charities Diocese of San Diego (Rachel's Program) to provide an additional 1,041 nights of shelter and essential services to unhoused women, significantly improving their well-being.Maternal Health: Provided a grant to the USD Hahn School of Nursing to develop a new training program to address the critical shortage of perinatal Clinical Nurse Specialists (CNSs) in San Diego, directly improving maternal and infant health outcomes.Economic Empowerment: Funded the Steps to Family Childcare Success (STEPS) Program, which offers mentoring, guidance, and resources to female entrepreneurs seeking to open and operate a childcare program, helping them generate additional household income and strengthening essential community services.

Operating model

Revenue model
Membership-supported. 61% of the money available for current operations came from membership dues.
Distribution model
Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 95% of its reported program spending out as grants.

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 revenue has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 88
  • Transparency & Controls: 94
  • Accountability: 82
  • Sustainability: 57
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 98.4%; rating input score 98
  • 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: 100%; rating input score 100; 76th percentile among comparable filings
  • 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: 1.8%; rating input score 41; 41st percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.09; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 75; 75th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 81; 81st percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 200% per year; rating input score 100; 100th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -68% per year; rating input score 0; 0th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 1.3% per year; rating input score 100; 22nd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 98.4% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 11 of 11 board members independent · 4 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $546K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 11 people listed
  • Consistency: 18 of 18 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors and grants
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2023 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 12 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 12 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.

  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 6 not reported.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 41/100.