San Diego Astronomy Association
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 510183640
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2010–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2024
- Location
- San Diego, CA, USA
- Phone
- 6192139887
- Rating
- 80
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $33,880
- Expenses
- $72,552
- Assets
- $250,443
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
9 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- DAVE DECKER (PRESIDENT)
- BEE PAGARIGAN (VICE-PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- DAVE DECKER (PRESIDENT)
- BEE PAGARIGAN (VICE-PRESIDENT)
- MIKE CHASIN (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 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
To further the education of its members and the public in astronomy and the related physical sciences
What it reported doing in 2024
Community outreach and education
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
- Distribution model
- Direct operator. The filing allocates 93% 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. A relatively small share of total spending goes to programs and expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 81
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 41
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
- Program expense ratio: 49.2%; rating input score 49
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -114.1%; rating input score 7; 7th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 3.45; rating input score 77; 77th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 68; 68th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 8.1% per year; rating input score 100; 69th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 1.2% per year; rating input score 100; 57th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 5.9% per year; rating input score 100; 61st percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 49.2% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $36K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 9 people listed
- Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 13 filing years from 2010 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- 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.
- Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 49/100.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 7/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.