Sanzuma

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
815229589
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2021–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024
Location
San Rafael, CA, USA
Phone
5105999621
Rating
89
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate

Reported finances

Revenue
$154,137
Expenses
$189,471
Assets
$324,124
Liabilities
$39

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

3 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • JEANNE FRIEDEL (PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • JEANNE FRIEDEL (PRESIDENT)
  • TAMARA HULL (TREASURER)
  • TRACEY HESSEL (SECRETARY)

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

Sanzuma's mission is to increase awareness of nutrition education, healthy eating in schools, pre-k-12. We achieve this through the development of community-based partnerships, which empower people, businesses, and organizations to promote environmental, economic, and social well-being. We believe a person's health should not be a reflection of their economic status.

What it reported doing in 2024

Sanzuma started a local farm to cafeteria program and within 3 years won California's golden seed award, michelle obama's let's move award and five other national farm to school awards. Since 2014 sanzuma has installed multiple school farms at low-income schools, taught over 4500 farm classes and nutrition classes, and procured over 100,000 pounds of organic produce for the school district.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 94% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% 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. Expenses are high relative to revenue and liabilities are high compared with assets.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 99
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 39
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 98.3%; rating input score 98

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -22.9%; rating input score 7; 7th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.71; rating input score 76; 76th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 52; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 37.1% per year; rating input score 100; 87th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 13.2% per year; rating input score 100; 74th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 53% per year; rating input score 100; 94th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 98.3% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $186K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
  • Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 4 filing years from 2021 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
  • 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.
  • Review — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 52/100.