Santa Cruz Education Foundation
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 200239163
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2015–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2018
- Location
- Santa Cruz, CA, USA
- Phone
- 8313317496
- Rating
- 91
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Fund Raising and/or Fund Distribution
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $14,823
- Expenses
- $33,301
- Assets
- $14,264
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
5 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- OLGA DE SANTA ANNA (PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- OLGA DE SANTA ANNA (PRESIDENT)
- MATT FARRELL (VP, SEC, TRE)
- ROSA MARTINEZ (BOARDMEMBER)
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 raise funds for the academic and co-curricular programs of santa cruz city schools and educate the public about the role and needs of public schools, as well as advocate for public schools at the local, state, and federal level.
What it reported doing in 2024
Raise funds for the academic and co-curricular programs of santa cruz city schools and educate the public about the role and needs of public schools.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 96% of its reported program spending out as grants.
The verdict
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and program spending has declined or grown slowly.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 100
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 18
- Growth: 0
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
- Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -124.7%; rating input score 7; 7th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.43; rating input score 27; 27th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: -11.3% per year; rating input score 0; 26th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -15.5% per year; rating input score 0; 18th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -1.9% per year; rating input score 0; 32nd percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $33K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
- Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 8 filing years from 2015 to 2024
- 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 — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 7/100.
- High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 27/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.