Retired Employees Association of Ventura County

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
770095159
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2021–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Ventura, CA, USA
Phone
8056447814
Rating
73
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate

Reported finances

Revenue
$103,443
Expenses
$100,333
Assets
$94,510
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

14 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Rajah R Pakala (President)
  • Roberto Griego (First Vice President)
  • Ben Emami (Second Vice President)
  • Nancy Settle (Past President)

People named in this filing

  • Rajah R Pakala (President)
  • Roberto Griego (First Vice President)
  • Ben Emami (Second Vice President)

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 serve Ventura County Retirees with timely information, social interaction and representation.

What it reported doing in 2025

Published bi-monthly newsletter to approximately 3,000 members and associate members to advise and inform them on items of interest and changes in retirement regulations.

Operating model

Revenue model
Membership-supported. 68% of the money available for current operations came from membership dues.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 84% 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 - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and assets have declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 68
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 52
  • Growth: 80

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 67.9%; rating input score 68
  • Program expense ratio: 69.5%; rating input score 69

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 3%; rating input score 40; 40th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.94; rating input score 57; 57th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 74; 74th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 15% per year; rating input score 100; 68th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 10.1% per year; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -4.4% per year; rating input score 0; 16th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 67.9% of revenue deployed · 69.5% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 5 filed program accomplishments · $70K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 14 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 1 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 5 filing years from 2021 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.

  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 40/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 57/100.