Shasta County Head Start Child Development Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 237281925
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2011–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Redding, CA, USA
- Phone
- 5302452855
- Rating
- 87
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $16,900,131
- Expenses
- $17,926,894
- Assets
- $11,038,330
- Liabilities
- $4,356,318
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
12 people listed
Highest reported compensation
- GORDON CHATHAM (EXECUTIVE DI): $149,351 total reported compensation
- TRACEY VIERRA (CFO): $141,365 total reported compensation
- AMANDA KEEFER (PROGRAM DIRE): $131,217 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Shasta head start is a non-profit agency dedicated to making a positive difference in the lives of young children, one family at a time. We provide opportunities for education, parenting, support, and resources to families in our communities. Head start is a national program which provides income- eligible preschool children with activities that help them grow mentally, emotionally, socially, and physically.
What it reported doing in 2024
Provides children of low-income families with a comprehensive program to meet their emotional, social, health, nutritional, and physical needs. Our program currently works with mothers-to-be and children up to school-entry age. Our agency services approximately 580 families in a three-county area (shasta, trinity, and siskiyou). Shasta county also participates in the usda child care food program.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Grant-funded. 98% of the money available for current operations came from government grants.
- 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 total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 85
- Transparency & Controls: 92
- Accountability: 95
- Sustainability: 26
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 97.5%; rating input score 98
- Program expense ratio: 92%; rating input score 92
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 62nd 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: 100%; rating input score 100; 66th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 7 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 88
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Fail
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Other executive compensation review process: Pass
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -6.1%; rating input score 15; 15th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.62; rating input score 21; 21st percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.39; rating input score 37; 37th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 2.4%; rating input score 74; 74th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 3.2% per year; rating input score 100; 28th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 4.4% per year; rating input score 100; 38th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 0.7% per year; rating input score 100; 12th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 97.5% of revenue deployed · 92% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 9 of 9 board members independent · 7 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $16.5M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $149K · 12 people listed
- Highest-paid contractors: 1 contractor listed · $180K reported
- Consistency: 29 of 29 current checks pass
- Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors
- Filing history: 14 filing years from 2011 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 3 filed money-flow records
- 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 15/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 21/100.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Whistleblower policy not reported.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 37/100.