Responsible Growth in Marin

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
843865272
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2020–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
San Rafael, CA, USA
Phone
4159485711
Rating
89
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Environmental Quality, Protection, and Beautification N.E.C.

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$1,278
Expenses
$5,238
Assets
$12,412

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

Leadership & pay

4 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • DAVID SMITH (PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • DAVID SMITH (PRESIDENT)
  • LAURA SILVERMAN (TREASURER)
  • JEFF MOSS (SECRETARY)

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 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

To prioritize north san rafael's community character and suburban quality- of-life from unbridled development and big-box warehouse stores; instead, we advocate for responsible growth and visionary alternatives that favor long-term solutions over short-term fixes.

What it reported doing in 2025

Advocate for a profitable and sustainable mixed-use commercial/residential town center at northgate which the community has been contemplating for years. We have reviewed the concepts and elements in the various city plans (north san rafael vision 1997, north san rafael vision promenade conceptual plan 2002, general plan 2020 and general plan 2040) and have begun to explore ideas.

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.

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: 100
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 29
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -309.9%; rating input score 4; 4th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.37; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 32.4% per year; rating input score 100; 87th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 1.4% per year; rating input score 100; 55th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 17% per year; rating input score 100; 81st percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $5K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
  • Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 6 filing years from 2020 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • 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 4/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.