Rob Machado Foundation

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
223902362
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2023–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2022, Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-PF 2020
Location
Los Angeles, CA, USA
Phone
3109944370
Rating
89
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Public Foundations

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$99,409
Expenses
$174,930
Assets
$311,882
Liabilities
$10,411

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

Leadership & pay

4 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • JUSTINE CHIARA (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

People named in this filing

  • JUSTINE CHIARA (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
  • ROB MACHADO (CO-FOUNDER)
  • CAROLYN WHITEHOUSE (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 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

To educate and empower young people to make sustainable choices.

What it reported doing in 2024

Reusable water bottle distribution: rmf donated 15,000 reusable water bottles to local school districts. The bottle distribution was supported with multiple bck and i love a clean san diego's eco literacy lessons with programs that emphasize the importance of keeping our rivers and oceans clean, including water watch (focused on little kids and litter in storm drain, plastic never goes aways) and swppp (storm water pollution prevention program - all schools must do this program - geared towards middle schools and students tell what they are doing regarding litter and other types of pollutants such as fertilizer, phosphates.

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 99% 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 revenue has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 91
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 26
  • Growth: 40

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 76%; rating input score 76

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -76%; rating input score 10; 10th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.78; rating input score 62; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.03; rating input score 23; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 53.5%; rating input score 2; 2nd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 5.8% per year; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -32.8% per year; rating input score 0; 9th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -5.2% per year; rating input score 0; 24th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 76% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $133K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2023 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 10/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 2/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 23/100.