Sarah Webster Fabio Center for Social Justice

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
770614521
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2019–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-PF 2014
Location
Oakland, CA, USA
Phone
5102064407
Rating
97
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Youth Centers, Clubs

Reported finances

Revenue
$122,765
Expenses
$122,763
Assets
$113,727
Liabilities
$115,357

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

Leadership & pay

8 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Cheryl Fabio (Executive Director)

People named in this filing

  • Cheryl Fabio (Executive Director)
  • Muhammad Alabi CPA (Board Treasurer)
  • Malaika Parker (Board Co-Chair)

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 mission of the Sarah Webster Fabio Center for Social Justice is to support the needs of the traditionally underserved by providing opportunities for Dialogue, Art, Social Justice, and Community Building.

What it reported doing in 2025

HUMMINGBIRDS URBAN FARMING COLLECTIVE Hummingbirds is a children's project dedicated to creating deep connections to land and community for children of color. The name is inspired by a folk tale told by Warangari Maathai about the mighty power of even the smallest among us. We are building a land project in the Oakland hills that will serve as a community space centered on children, caregivers, and educators. This is an aspiring black-led, land-based liberation space for healing, growing, and learning. This project was born out of the desire to provide children from Oakland access to open land, gardening, nutrition, animal care, and upkeep. The children, their families, and communities will be the stewards of this land, learning hard skills that will support healthy, connected futures. Recent research points to the power of play, outdoor space, and connection to animals for the growth and development of young people. According to www.lifesbetteroutside.org, children who play outside are "healthier physically and mentally, do better in school, have higher self-esteem, have good self-discipline, feel more capable and confident, are good problem solvers, are more cooperative with others, are more creative, feel connected to nature, are tomorrows conservative leaders." We are launching an ongoing series of community work days that will be opportunities for our network of friends, families, and supporters to contribute some sweat equity to the project, connect with one another, and share/build visions for future programs and events in the space.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent spending detail to tell whether the nonprofit works directly or through others.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Some filed totals do not add up and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 100
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 33
  • Growth: 100

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: 0%; rating input score 31; 31st percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.93; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 1.01; rating input score 4; 4th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 22.6%; rating input score 16; 16th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 31% per year; rating input score 100; 83rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 14.5% per year; rating input score 100; 74th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 17.4% per year; rating input score 100; 74th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 2 filed program accomplishments · $124K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 8 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 9 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 7 filing years from 2019 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • 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 — Transparency & Controls: Part III program expenses within total did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 31/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 56/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 4/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 16/100.