Sacramento Unified Educuation Foundation S C U S D

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
522282810
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2015–2016
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2016, Form 990-N 2013
Location
Sacramento, CA, USA
Phone
9164512145
Rating
70
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Youth Development Programs

Reported finances

Revenue
$109,236
Expenses
$32,555
Assets
$143,929

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2016. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

12 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Salvador Villasenor (President)

People named in this filing

  • Salvador Villasenor (President)
  • Matt Cervantes (Secretary)
  • Desiree Pierson (Treasurer)

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 2016. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The Sacramento Unified Educational Foundation (SUEF) is an independent, nonprofit 501(c)(3) corporation set-up as the philanthropic fundraising auxiliary of the Sacramento Unified School District. The Foundation supports the Districts mission of teaching and learning services through the acquisition and management of gifts, grants and endowments.The Sacramento Unified Education Foundation Board of Directors supports the foundation in its efforts to secure and manage the donations from the community for the Sacramento Unified School District. Their leadership and whatever it takes commitment is essential in helping the District to eliminate the opportunity and academic achievement gap. The Board meets quarterly to establish policy, develop goals and objectives, assist with long-range planning and monitor Alumni Association finances. The Board connects with prospective donors, engages the community, supports our students and highlights alumni and friends of the District, building lifelon

What it reported doing in 2016

The Foundation makes donations to district high schools and provides scholarships to students for higher education. See Schedule O.The Sacramento Unified Education Foundation (SUEF) continued to serve the needs of our students and district with the following 2016 accomplishments. As a part of our commitment to STEM/STEAM, SUEF raised money for our high school robotics team to attend the FIRST Robotics National Championship, and developed a partnership with the City of Sacramento and philanthropic groups to fund First Lego for four elementary schools. We raised money to support the District's Expanded Learning initiatives. We also supported the athletic department's Golf tournament fundraiser and the Social Emotional Learning fundraiser. The Foundation organized and hosted our first annual Teachers Appreciation Gala. The event brought the community together to recognize and celebrate the impact of teachers on our students. We celebrated and empowered 216 teachers and community members.

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
Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 86% of its reported program spending out as grants.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and program spending has grown recently. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and the available information about grant readiness automatic revocation leaves an important question unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 56
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 82
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 29.5%; rating input score 30
  • Program expense ratio: 99.1%; rating input score 99

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 70.2%; rating input score 98; 98th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 4.42; rating input score 96; 96th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 65; 65th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 32.6% per year; rating input score 100; 87th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 98.9% per year; rating input score 100; 99th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 72.6% per year; rating input score 100; 97th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 29.5% of revenue deployed · 99.1% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 2 filed program accomplishments · $32K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 12 people listed
  • Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2015 to 2016
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
  • 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.

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

  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 30/100.
  • High — Grant Readiness: Automatic revocation: this organization had its federal tax-exempt status automatically revoked.
  • High — Grant Readiness: California registration: this organization is not authorized to operate as a charity in California.