Sacramento Public Policy Foundation

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
611614386
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2017–2017
Forms available
Form 990 2016, Form 990-EZ 2017
Location
Sacramento, CA, USA
Phone
9165512525
Rating confidence
Limited
Sector
Fund Raising and Fund Distribution

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$0
Expenses
$181,405
Assets
$0

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2017. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

3 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • FRED HIESTAND (President)
  • TRACY STIGLER (Vice President)

People named in this filing

  • FRED HIESTAND (President)
  • CASSANDRA HB JENNINGS (Sec/Treasurer)
  • TRACY STIGLER (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 2017. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The Sacramento Public Policy Foundation is a charitable nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting philanthropic activities, educational programs, public policies and civic developments that positively benefit the area.

What it reported doing in 2017

Final Year Per Following Outline -At their 2016 end-of-the-year meeting, the SPPF Board of Directors discussed how the organization had completed many of the objectives it set out to accomplish over the last eight years and agreed that it was time to begin winding up the affairs of the organization and dissolve it. The board elected to donate to local charities any funds remaining in the organization after legal, accounting and other closeout expenses were paid.Between January and April 2017, the Board approved distributing more than $160,000 of SPPF funds to two Sacramento-area charities, as follows:$66,206 from SPPFs Think BIG initiative was donated to St. HOPE Academy.$78,975 from SPPFs Think BIG initiative was donated to Stand Up for Sacramento Schools.$10,320 from SPPFs State of the City events were donated to St. HOPE Academy.$4,949 from SPPFs For Arts Sake initiative, intended to promote arts education in public schools, was donated to St. HOPE Academy for the same purpose.With these charitable donations, SPPF depleted all of its funds and ended in April 2017 with no assets or liabilities. Since then, the Board has been pursuing steps to effect the termination and dissolution of the corporation.Peace Out!

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
Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent spending detail to tell whether the nonprofit works directly or through others.

The verdict

- The available evidence is not sufficient to produce an overall rating for this filing. This is not a warning sign.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 5
  • Transparency & Controls: 74
  • Sustainability: 7
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: Limited
  • Program expense ratio: 13.8%; rating input score 14

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 90%; rating input score 90; 1st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: Limited
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0; rating input score 2; 2nd 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: Limited
  • Revenue growth: -22.3% per year; rating input score 0; 15th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -14.2% per year; rating input score 0; 16th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 13.8% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $25K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
  • Consistency: 5 of 6 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules
  • 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.

Grant-readiness screening is separate from the live rating, not a measure of program quality. Review the source records before making a grant decision.

  • High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 14/100.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Part III transfer expenses within program total did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 2/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.
  • High — Grant Readiness: California registration: this organization is recorded as not currently operating in California.