Saving the West Foundation
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 263688076
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2022–2022
- Forms available
- Form 990 2022, Form 990-EZ 2020
- Location
- Santa Monica, CA, USA
- Phone
- 3104735445
- Rating
- 58
- Verdict
- MIXED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Scholarships, Student Financial Aid Services, Awards
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $359,867
- Expenses
- $38,997
- Assets
- $0
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2022. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
5 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- ALEX WARREN (PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- ALEX WARREN (PRESIDENT)
- RICHARD KATZ (BOARD MEMBER)
- MARILYN BARRETT (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. Selected filing: tax year 2022. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
The specific purpose of the foundation is to provide charitable relief including but not limited to: 1) improving the lives of children and communities by supporting charitable programs that build values, develop character, create opportunities and promote positive attitudes; and 2) protecting, preserving, and promoting the ethical, historical, social, environmental, sustainable, and traditional uses of land in the western united states of america.
What it reported doing in 2022
The foundation operates an educational center in which tutoring services are provided to underprivileged students in the los angeles area.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 100% 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
MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 39
- Transparency & Controls: 92
- Accountability: 52
- Sustainability: 55
- Growth: 40
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 10.6%; rating input score 11
- Program expense ratio: 99%; rating input score 99
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: Limited
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: Limited
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 80%; rating input score 80; 21st percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 1 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 14
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
- Whistleblower policy: Fail
- Document-retention policy: Fail
- CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Missing
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 89.2%; rating input score 99; 99th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0; rating input score 1; 1st percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 70; 70th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: Limited
- Revenue growth: 30% per year; rating input score 100; 92nd percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -27.8% per year; rating input score 0; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 10.6% of revenue deployed · 99% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 4 of 5 board members independent · 1 of 7 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $39K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
- Consistency: 20 of 20 current checks pass
- Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
- 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 11/100.
- High — Accountability: Governance controls: 5 of 6 not reported.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 1/100.