Sacramento Valley Manufacturing Alliance

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
861596027
IRS 990 coverage
2021–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025, Form 990-EZ 2022
Location
Sacramento, CA, USA
Phone
9165080892
Rating
81
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Employment Procurement Assistance

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$336,523
Expenses
$252,947
Assets
$187,975
Liabilities
$21,383

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

Leadership & pay

13 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Kevin McGrew (President)

Highest reported compensation

  • Dean Peckham (Executive Dir.): $103,183 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

To build a robust manufacturing sector in the Sacramento region by aligning with and assisting education and training providers to develop a highly skilled workforce to address the needs of a 21st century manufacturing workforce. These efforts will address the chronic shortage of qualified and skilled workers in the manufacturing sector in this region. The corporation will assist with the education, training, curriculum design and overall development of a qualified and skilled workforce training program using mentoring, apprenticeship and other forms of workforce development support including but not limited to scholarships and grants.

What it reported doing in 2025

The Sacramento Valley Manufacturing Alliance (SVMA) was formed by the region's manufacturers to address the need for a qualified and well-trained workforce. Accomplishments during 2025, include the following: ADMINISTRATIONSVMA board members engaged in a five-month strategic planning process. The process resulted in a new mission statement, and the group clearly identified five key subgroups/working committees that meet on a monthly basis: Membership, Marketing, Talent Pipeline Management, Finance & Funding, Succession Planning.As part of succession planning, SVMA is recruiting three new board members who will assume their roles in 2026, and amended its by-laws to clearly articulate a rotation schedule to recruit new members.WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENTThird year of the SVMA Apprenticeship Program. Two apprentices were awarded their DOL Journeyman Apprenticeship Certificate.SVMA received a grant from Sierra College to support the expansion of the SVMA CNC Apprenticeship Program. As a result, SVMA was able to hire a part-time apprenticeship manager.As of December 2025, five apprentices are enrolled in the apprenticeship program, and eleven candidates are seeking employment.SVMA hosted the 2nd Annual High School Manufacturing Challenge at the Citrus Heights Community Center. Sixty-five students from fourteen different high schools participated. Mentor of the Year Awards were presented to Faith Caplan at Cordova High School and John Fuller of Roseville High School. The event hosted over one-hundred fifty parents, students, manufacturers, community members and community college representatives.EDUCATIONSVMA members hosted tours for eleven high-school and adult eduction classes. SVMA members participated in six high school and five community college career fairs.SVMA members participated in two community college and three high school technical education advisory meetings. SVMA members participated in eight community job fairs. SVMA partnered with the local community colleges to host four events during the past year. SVMA & Folsom High School co-hosted a Fall 2025 HAAS Technical Education Conference for regional high school and community college instructorsSierra College hosted an open house for manufacturers in May 2025 to learn about the Mechatronics, Advanced Manufacturing and Welding Programs. Over fifty manufacturers attended.Sacramento City College hosted two Engineering and Technology open houses on April 24 and November 20. Over thirty manufacturers and two-hundred current, former and future students attended each event.SVMA partnered with Yuba College to recognize the three students who won the National Project MFG Competition in May 2025. The event was attended by over seventy-five people representing Yuba College, parents, students, employers and community representatives. SVMA hosted a round-table of area manufacturers to highlight manufacturing career pathways for the students. The three student award winners have all found employment with area employers.SVMA hosted the October 2025 Manufacturers & Educators Mixer, the premier event for manufacturers and educators to collaborate around work-based learning opportunities. Over sixty attendees representing SVMA members, manufacturers, high school and community college faculty participated.SVMA attended the Roseville High School Career Fair on December 5 and presented to one-hundred students about manufacturing careers and the SVMA apprenticeship program.SVMA facilitated open house tours of manufacturing programs at Sierra College & Yuba CollegeMEMBERSHIP/PROFESSONAL DEVELOPMENTSVMA hosted four professional development seminars for manufacturers focused on OSHA Compliance, Air Leak Detection to Improve Manufacturing Efficiency, and Workforce Development.SVMA hosted tours of ten different regional manufacturers in 2025.SVMA partnered with the Sacramento Chapter of Women in Manufacturing (WIM) in September 2025 for a tour of Siemens Mobility. Over sixty women in manufacturing partic

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 75% 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. Program spending has declined or grown slowly and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 74
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 90
  • Sustainability: 49
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 64.7%; rating input score 65
  • Program expense ratio: 86.1%; rating input score 86
  • Fundraising efficiency: $69.69 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 79; 79th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • 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; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 6 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 75
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: Pass
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 24.8%; rating input score 76; 76th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.74; rating input score 33; 33rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.11; rating input score 21; 21st percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 40.8%; rating input score 6; 6th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -1% per year; rating input score 0; 25th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 15.1% per year; rating input score 100; 80th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 13.8% per year; rating input score 100; 73rd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 64.7% of revenue deployed · 86.1% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 12 of 12 board members independent · 6 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $218K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $103K · 13 people listed
  • Consistency: 26 of 26 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 4 filing years from 2021 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 2 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 — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Independent financial-statement audit not reported.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 33/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 6/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 21/100.