San Francisco Sheriffs Air Squadron

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
237182473
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2012–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2011
Location
San Mateo, CA, USA
Phone
4082613202
Rating
45
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate

Reported finances

Revenue
$14,298
Expenses
$15,249
Assets
$14,083
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

4 people listed

People named in this filing

  • Edward C Lea (Commander)
  • Bruce Bolla (Captain)
  • Joseph Wiegand (Lieutenant)

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 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The organization is always in a ready position to assist law enforcement with any matters that include their services.

What it reported doing in 2025

A. Participate in the Junior Deputy Academy (JDA) program. Air Squadron members donate time and resources to provide the info and hands-on access to Junior Deputies. In 2025, the Air Squadron pilots assisted the Junior Deputy Academy program by giving a lecture to the Junior Deputies in the program. The lecture covered basic aerodynamics and stability, and flight deck instrumentation. b. The activity occurred in June at the direction of both the Air Squadron's Liaison and the Director of the Junior Deputy program. c. The activities were held at Camp Parks in Dublin, CA. Members of the Air Squadron lectured on the subject, included handouts, and created a PoswerPoiint presentation on the subjects.

Operating model

Revenue model
Membership-supported. 82% of the money available for current operations came from membership dues.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 88% 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

MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 18
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 43
  • Growth: 20

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 17.8%; rating input score 18
  • Program expense ratio: 16.6%; rating input score 17

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -6.7%; rating input score 32; 32nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.92; rating input score 45; 45th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -15.3% per year; rating input score 0; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -1.6% per year; rating input score 0; 44th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 13% per year; rating input score 100; 76th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 17.8% of revenue deployed · 16.6% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 5 filed program accomplishments · $3K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 13 filing years from 2012 to 2025
  • 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.

  • High — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 18/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 17/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 32/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 45/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.