Sacramento Regional Conservation Corps FKA Sacramento Local Conservation Corps
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 680043298
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2011–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Sacramento, CA, USA
- Phone
- 9163868394
- Rating
- 76
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Job Training
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $6,643,904
- Expenses
- $5,290,361
- Assets
- $8,645,530
- Liabilities
- $488,318
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
11 people listed
Highest reported compensation
- Paula Birdsong (Executive Dir.): $181,054 total reported compensation
- Kala Dean (CFO): $165,068 total reported compensation
- Baldeo Singh (Deputy Director Op): $136,998 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
To enrich the lives of young adults by providing a development program integrating education, job skills training and work experience on conservation projects and service opportunities that benefit the region and our corpsmembers.
What it reported doing in 2024
Provided paid work experience, education services, and case management to 178 at risk young adults (corpsmembers).Case management services included the following: 54 Corpsmembers were provided with public benefits, education & assistance88 Corpsmembers received transportation support assistance63 Corpsmembers were provided career exploration and resume support130 Corpsmembers were provided with food & nutrition support07 Corpsmembers were provided with financial support to cover fees, balances and employment equipment37 Corpsmembers were provided with housing navigation42 Corpsmembers were provided with referrals to local agenciesProvided 4,834 days of attendance in high school program13 Students graduated high schoolSee below the numbers of Corpsmembers that received the following training: Career Development Training: 91 unduplicated corpsmembers (see below for how many CMs completed each item within this category)41 Financial Literacy57 First Aid / CPR28 PPE training57 Resiliency60 Sexual Harassment30 Substance Abuse78 Workplace SafetyWarehouse Worker/forklift operator Vocational Training: 17 unduplicated corpsmembers (see below for how many CMs completed each item within this category)10 Forklift Classroom Training (7 received forklift certificates)4 Forklift-Hands-On4 Introduction to the Recycling Center6 Ratchet Strap TrainingClean California Vocational Training: 87 unduplicated corpsmembers (see below for how many CMs completed each item within this category)9 Dock Walking52 Roadside Safety36 Storm Drain Labeling Climate Change Vocational Training: 34 unduplicated corpsmembers (see below for how many CMs completed each item within this category17 California Naturalist11 Chainsaw Operations7 IS-100 Introduction to Incident Command6 IS-700 Introduction to Nat'l Incident Management 18 L-180 Human Factors10 Pole Saw Training6 S-130 Wildland Firefighter3 S-190 Wildland Fire Behavior9 S-212 Wildland ChainsawDriver Vocational Training: 31 unduplicated corpsmembers (see below for how many CMs completed each item within this category).11 Box Van Training27 Defensive Driving15 Pickup Truck Training4 Pre-trip InspectionRecycling Specialist vocational training: 102 unduplicated corpsmembers (see below how many CMs completed each item within this category)6 Baler / Compactor3 Beverage Container / WH Equipment61 E-waste Conservation57 E-waste sorting and logs9 Tire Handling / Stacking50 Tire Lacing / Handling57 Universal Waste Emergency Response57 Universal Waste Handling21 Used Oil CCC ScriptsProvided 84,102 hours of paid work experience to corpsmembers, accomplishing the following recycling and urban project deliverables as part of the hands-on work training: Recycling Statistics - collected through hands on work trainingPounds of beverage containers collection: 163,018Pounds of E-waste collection: 117,447Waste tire handling: 13,834Storm drains labeled: 337Dockworkers education: 26 days of outreach education in Sacramento and El Dorado Counties and 13 water kits (provided by CA Coastal Commission) distributed. Urban Project Accomplishments - completed through hands on work training: Fire Fuel Reduction: 60 acresLitter Abatement Services: 80 acresVegetation Clearing: 50 acresHabitat Restoration: 4 acresPost & Cable Installation: 60 linear feetInvasive Plant Removal: 8 acres Mulch Application: 780 cubic yardsTrees Planted: 102 - 24" container treesTrees Watered: 80 Park Improvement: 2 parks
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Grant-funded. 84% of the money available for current operations came from government grants.
- 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
SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown and reported officer compensation is a large share of total spending, which may reflect staffing concentration.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 64
- Transparency & Controls: 74
- Accountability: 100
- Sustainability: 64
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 65.9%; rating input score 66
- Program expense ratio: 82.8%; rating input score 83
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: 2 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 33
- Compensation committee: Missing
- Independent consultant: Missing
- Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
- Written employment contract: Missing
- Compensation survey or study: Pass
- Board or committee approval: Pass
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: Limited
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 9 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 100
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: Pass
- Other executive compensation review process: Pass
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 20.4%; rating input score 77; 77th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.63; rating input score 55; 55th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.06; rating input score 68; 68th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 9.1%; rating input score 33; 33rd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 6.1% per year; rating input score 100; 46th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 5.2% per year; rating input score 100; 43rd percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 1.5% per year; rating input score 100; 18th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 65.9% of revenue deployed · 82.8% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 8 of 8 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $4.4M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $181K · 11 people listed · 2 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
- Consistency: 31 of 31 current checks pass
- Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes major donors and executive pay
- Filing history: 13 filing years from 2011 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 3 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.
- Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 55/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 33/100.