Rescue a Generation

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
811290695
IRS 990 coverage
2022–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025
Location
San Bernardino, CA, USA
Phone
9182827703
Rating
43
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Educational Services and Schools - Other
Affiliation
Christianity

Reported finances

Revenue
$1,061,382
Expenses
$1,445,655
Assets
$408,215
Liabilities
$803,058

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

2 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • JOSE RODRIGUEZ (CEO)

Highest reported compensation

  • JOSE RODRIGUEZ (CEO): $111,000 total reported compensation
  • ERICA RODRIGUEZ (SECRETARY): $93,000 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

To provide educational assistance through after school programs for students, parental workshops to promote educational opportunities and public awareness utilizing curriculum conferences to mobilize youths to positively impact their communities and empower individuals.

What it reported doing in 2025

Provided educational assistance through after school programs for students, parental workshops to promote educational opportunities and public awareness utilizing curriculm and conferences to mobilize youths to postively impact their communities.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 64% 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

MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up and program spending has grown recently. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 21
  • Transparency & Controls: 90
  • Accountability: 23
  • Sustainability: 9
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 13.3%; rating input score 13
  • Program expense ratio: 9.8%; rating input score 10
  • Fundraising efficiency: $256.13 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 92; 92nd percentile among comparable filings

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: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: Limited
  • Governance controls: 5 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 56
    • 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: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Fail
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -36.2%; rating input score 3; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.28; rating input score 14; 14th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 1.97; rating input score 1; 1st percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 14.1%; rating input score 27; 27th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 4.9% per year; rating input score 100; 36th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -1.1% per year; rating input score 0; 9th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 25.9% per year; rating input score 100; 86th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 13.3% of revenue deployed · 9.8% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 5 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $134K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $111K · 2 people listed
  • Consistency: 20 of 20 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 4 filing years from 2022 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
  • 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 — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 13/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 10/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 4 of 9 not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 3/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 14/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 1/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 27/100.