Save the Bay Action Fund
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 465304696
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2013–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2021, Form 990-EZ 2024
- Location
- Oakland, CA, USA
- Phone
- 5104636850
- Rating confidence
- Limited
- Sector
- Alliance/Advocacy Organizations
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $0
- Expenses
- $15,312
- Assets
- $37,464
- Liabilities
- $11,298
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
5 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- DON WEDEN (PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- DON WEDEN (PRESIDENT)
- DAVID LEWIS (SECRETARY/TREASURER)
- DONNIE FOWLER (BOARD MEMBER)
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
Save the bay action fund supports save the bay, a separate 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, in its effort to protect and restore san francisco bay.
What it reported doing in 2024
Climate policy - the action fund provided information to the general public through communication efforts and our website, aligned with the core mission of save the bay (fein 94-6078420). This included state and local ballot measures to advance climate protection, equitable housing and transit.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- No positive adjusted resources. The filing reports no positive adjusted operating resources.
- 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
- The available evidence is not sufficient to produce an overall rating for this filing. This is not a warning sign.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 50
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 29
- Growth: 60
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: Limited
- Program expense ratio: 50.2%; rating input score 50
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: Limited
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.45; rating input score 70; 70th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.3; rating input score 12; 12th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 15.9% per year; rating input score 100; 79th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -21% per year; rating input score 0; 14th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 0.3% per year; rating input score 100; 40th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 50.2% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 2 filed program accomplishments · $8K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
- Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
- Schedules: 1 filed schedules
- Filing history: 5 filing years from 2013 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Related organizations: 1 filed related-organization link
- 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.
- Review — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 50/100.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 12/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.