Short Term Emergency Aid Committee
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 946138684
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2012–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2009
- Location
- Davis, CA, USA
- Phone
- 5307588435
- Rating
- 76
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Emergency Assistance
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $932,811
- Expenses
- $955,979
- Assets
- $1,248,352
- Liabilities
- $16,811
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
10 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- DEBRA DENTON (President)
- JANA TUTON (Vice President)
People named in this filing
- DEBRA DENTON (President)
- JANA TUTON (Vice President)
- KIM EICHORN (Secretary)
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 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
To provide immediate short-term assistance with basic necessities to yolo county families and individuals with income below the poverty level. Assistance may include help with rent, utilities, food and other basic necessities.steac is committed to enlarging the social awarerness of the community and to provide opportunities for local citizens to help others in need.
What it reported doing in 2024
Road to independence - steac focuses on removing barriers to employment and independence by providing an assortment of assistance, including: support obtaining legal documents was provided to 251 individuals. Transportation support was provided to 5,145 individuals who received bus passes or gas cards.clothing gift cards were distributed to 140 individuals.steacs textbook program provided cash assistance to 30 community college students.miscellaneous needs as determined by caseworkers (including 14 job trainings, 16 workboots, and 40 eyeglasses). Distributions of material goods included 164 individuals received coats, 712 individuals received homelesss care packages (including backpacks, underwear, sleeping bags, etc) and 110 schoolchildren received books.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 87% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 69% of its reported program spending out as grants.
- Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.
The verdict
SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. The filing does not identify recipients for some grant dollars and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 82
- Transparency & Controls: 65
- Accountability: 82
- Sustainability: 46
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 85.3%; rating input score 85
- Program expense ratio: 82.9%; rating input score 83
- Fundraising efficiency: $21.7 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 61; 61st percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 93.3%; rating input score 93; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: Limited
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: 0%; rating input score 0; 13th percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 4 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 57
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Fail
- Document-retention policy: Fail
- CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -2.5%; rating input score 29; 29th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.31; rating input score 51; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.01; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 81; 81st percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 10% per year; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 7.5% per year; rating input score 100; 57th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 4.4% per year; rating input score 100; 36th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 85.3% of revenue deployed · 82.9% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 10 of 10 board members independent · 4 of 7 filing controls reported
- Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $792K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 10 people listed
- Consistency: 24 of 25 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
- Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors and grants
- Filing history: 12 filing years from 2012 to 2024
- 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 — Transparency & Controls: Grant itemization coverage scored 0/100.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 3 of 7 not reported.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 29/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 51/100.
- Review — Transparency & Controls: Domestic grant itemization did not reconcile in the filed values.