Rebuild North Bay Foundation

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
823266893
IRS 990 coverage
2017–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Sonoma, CA, USA
Phone
7079536034
Rating
65
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Public Safety, Disaster Preparedness & Relief N.E.C.

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$1,749,545
Expenses
$807,922
Assets
$1,292,397
Liabilities
$81,419

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

Leadership & pay

4 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • JUDY COFFEY RN (PRESIDENT)
  • JENNIFER GRAY THOMPSON MPA (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

Highest reported compensation

  • JENNIFER GRAY THOMPSON MPA (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $160,500 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

After the fire USA is an initiative of rebuild northbay foundation, a registered nonprofit. We help communities navigate the era of megafires. We collaborate with public officials (regional, state and federal), private sector, nonprofit community, and support community led and designed recovery. We deploy, advocate, educate, and convene the largest and most effective network of megafire leaders and survivors in the nation.

What it reported doing in 2024

Advocacy and education: empowering change and sharing knowledgeas the foremost national experts in megafire community recovery, after the fire USA (atf) leads education, advocacy, and policy efforts that help communities better prepare for, respond to, and recover from catastrophic wildfire disasters. Atf has built the nation's largest network of megafire survivors, recovery leaders, and subject matter experts, allowing us to provide survivor-informed expertise grounded in lived experience and field deployment.through our advocacy and education program, we engage in federal and state advocacy efforts focused on resiliency, long-term recovery, insurance challenges, mitigation, and improved public policy for wildfire survivors and impacted communities. We work directly with lawmakers, government agencies, nonprofits, corporations, and local leaders to advance practical solutions and strengthen disaster recovery systems nationwide.atf also collaborates with leading academic institutions including stanford, uc berkeley, usc, the university of north Texas, the university of North Carolina, and others to support research, policy development, and community resilience strategies related to megafires.to expand public access to disaster recovery information, atf produces educational resources and the how to disaster podcast, which shares practical lessons, survivor experiences, and expert guidance on disaster response, recovery, resilience, and rebuilding. Through these combined efforts, atf helps communities and decision-makers better understand the complex realities of megafire recovery and build more resilient futures.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 88% 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 - The filed numbers largely add up and most voting board members are independent. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and revenue has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 58
  • Transparency & Controls: 61
  • Accountability: 90
  • Sustainability: 68
  • Growth: 40

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 45.2%; rating input score 45
  • Program expense ratio: 98.2%; rating input score 98
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 83.3%; rating input score 83; 1st percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 1 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 17
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Missing
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: No; rating input score 0

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 6 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 75
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • 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: 53.8%; rating input score 93; 93rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.6; rating input score 58; 58th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.06; rating input score 49; 49th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 19.9%; rating input score 15; 15th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 4.8% per year; rating input score 100; 41st percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -2.6% per year; rating input score 0; 8th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -20.3% per year; rating input score 0; 2nd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 45.2% of revenue deployed · 98.2% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 3 of 3 board members independent · 6 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $794K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $160K · 4 people listed · 1 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Consistency: 28 of 29 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes major donors and executive pay
  • Filing history: 8 filing years from 2017 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • Related organizations: 1 filed related-organization link
  • 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.

  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 45/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Transparency & Controls: Related-party transparency scored 0/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Independent financial-statement audit not reported.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 58/100.
  • Review — Transparency & Controls: Schedule R controlled transactions itemized did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 15/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 49/100.