Redondo Beach Police and Fire Foundation

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
813457176
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2016–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2023, Form 990-EZ 2024
Location
Redondo Beach, CA, USA
Phone
3109806987
Rating
84
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Single Organization Support

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$112,671
Expenses
$115,399
Assets
$263,719

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

Leadership & pay

14 people listed

People named in this filing

  • KELLY CHEESEMAN (Director)
  • JASON BROWN (Secretary)
  • JONATHAN NAYLOR (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-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The Redondo Beach Police AND FIRE Foundation RBPFF is an independent, 501c3 nonprofit organization that serves as a community partner to the Redondo Beach Police AND FIRE DepartmentS to help make Redondo Beach, the most innovative and safest city in the region. By providing resources and support to the Redondo Beach Police AND FIRE DepartmentS, the Foundation plays a critical role in taking public safety beyond what our government tax dollars will allow. Technology is rapidly evolving and equipment gets worn. Community policing AND FIRE SAFETY through innovative and creative programs and initiatives require funding. The Redondo Beach Police AND FIRE Foundation issues grants to our local police AND FIRE departmentS so our men and women have the best training, equipment and programs to perform at their highest level.

What it reported doing in 2024

The redondo beach police and fire foundation supports the following activities - advanced equipment & technology, training & education, community relations & outreach, youth programs, emergency preparedness & counterterrorism, department morale & team building.

Operating model

Revenue model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent revenue detail to tell how this nonprofit funds its work.
Distribution model
Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 86% 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. Expenses are high relative to revenue and reported officer compensation is a large share of total spending, which may reflect staffing concentration.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 80
  • Transparency & Controls: 93
  • Sustainability: 39
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 80.5%; rating input score 81
  • Program expense ratio: 78.6%; rating input score 79

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 91.7%; rating input score 92; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -2.4%; rating input score 27; 27th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.29; rating input score 84; 84th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 22.1%; rating input score 15; 15th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 4.6% per year; rating input score 100; 46th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 5.7% per year; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 21% per year; rating input score 100; 81st percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 80.5% of revenue deployed · 78.6% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $91K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 14 people listed
  • Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 8 filing years from 2016 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 4 filed money-flow records
  • 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 — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 27/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 15/100.