Sharing the Blessings

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
612036790
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2023–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2022
Location
Vallejo, CA, USA
Phone
7077314532
Rating
81
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Centers to Support the Independence of Specific Populations

Reported finances

Revenue
$56,464
Expenses
$57,487
Assets
$0
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

4 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Tamara Pinson (President)
  • Champaygne Tafoya (Vice President)

People named in this filing

  • Tamara Pinson (President)
  • Champaygne Tafoya (Vice President)
  • Marjorie Neal (Treasurer)

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

Our primary purpose is to pick up food that is donated by vendors, and stores to give to people in the community who need food. We have pop-ups for the community to pick up food. The main giveaway is the 2nd Tuesday of each month. we have other popups when items are available such as bread, sweets, canned goods, about 3 additional days weekly. We also deliver meals and essential items (sleeping bags, warm clothes, hygiene items) to the homeless camps as they are donated- about 2 or 3 times per week.

What it reported doing in 2024

We had same day popups to pass out food and essential items to the community and deliver to homeless camps. We gave away 130,000 pounds of food and served 21162 people $43313. We had 4 community events: Easter egg hunt, Trunk or treat, Thanksgiving Homeless giveaway, and Christmas toy Give away. We served 3665 people and also gave away 450 boxes of sees candy-$4561. We had program expenses for rented items: U- Haul Trucks, Porta-Potties for the 4 events, Large tent for the Christmas giveaway- $1284. Program Expenses for mileage claims to pick up food from the vendors and distribute to the homeless camps-$2397

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

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Program spending has declined or grown slowly and revenue has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 94
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 26
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 95.6%; rating input score 96
  • Program expense ratio: 89.7%; rating input score 90

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -1.8%; rating input score 41; 41st percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0; rating input score 2; 2nd 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: -42.1% per year; rating input score 0; 9th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -41% per year; rating input score 0; 7th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -200% per year; rating input score 0; 0th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 95.6% of revenue deployed · 89.7% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $52K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2023 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.

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  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 2/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 41/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.
  • High — Grant Readiness: California registration: this organization is recorded as not currently operating in California.