Sierra Oaks Neighborhood Association
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 680373273
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2021–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2017
- Location
- Sacramento, CA, USA
- Rating
- 39
- Verdict
- REVIEW
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Neighborhood, Block Associations
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $57,731
- Expenses
- $100,684
- Assets
- $68,839
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
9 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Ian Barlow (President)
People named in this filing
- Ian Barlow (President)
- Todd Aquilina (Treasurer)
- Juanell Hefner (Patrol Coordinator)
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 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
SONA is a 501c4 non-profit organization established to support promote and improve the quality of life for residents of the Sierra Oaks neighborhood. SONA is managed entirely by volunteers who are committed to enhancing the livability of our neighborhood by establishing and maintaining open lines of communication and functioning as a liaison with City of Sacramento and Sacramento County agencies as well as surrounding neighborhoods. 90%+ of membership dues are used to hire and schedule Sacramento County Sheriffs Off Duty Patrol program to patrol our neighborhood.
What it reported doing in 2025
Sponsor organize neighborhood gatherings for community involvement and awareness: Neighborhood Night Out Sierra Oaks School Movie Night 4th of July Parade schd O Membership
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Membership-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from membership dues.
- Distribution model
- No current program activity. The filing reports no program spending for the current year.
The verdict
REVIEW - The filed numbers largely add up and program spending has grown recently. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 0
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 22
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 0%; rating input score 0
- Program expense ratio: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -74.4%; rating input score 9; 9th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.68; rating input score 38; 38th 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: 9.2% per year; rating input score 100; 69th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 3.4% per year; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 13% per year; rating input score 100; 76th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 0% of revenue deployed
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 9 people listed
- Consistency: 5 of 5 current checks pass
- Schedules: 1 filed schedules
- Filing history: 5 filing years from 2021 to 2025
- 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.
- High — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 9/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 38/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.