Smart Coast California

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
843106043
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2020–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2019, Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Oxnard, CA, USA
Phone
8059812100
Rating
68
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Research Institutes and Public Policy Analysis

Reported finances

Revenue
$66,404
Expenses
$56,384
Assets
$18,325
Liabilities
$263

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

14 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • MARTA GOLDING BROWN (CEO)
  • REYNE STAPELMANN (President)
  • ELIZABETH CAMPBELL-CHASE (Vice President)
  • ERIN BARRY (PAST PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • MARTA GOLDING BROWN (CEO)
  • REYNE STAPELMANN (President)
  • ELIZABETH CAMPBELL-CHASE (Vice President)

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

Education related to land use and sea level rise in coastal communities.

What it reported doing in 2025

Provided information and education regarding rules and ordinances in the coastal areas related to land use.

Operating model

Revenue model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent revenue detail to tell how this nonprofit funds its work.
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

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 52
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 48
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 48.7%; rating input score 49
  • Program expense ratio: 57.3%; rating input score 57

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 15.1%; rating input score 67; 67th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.33; rating input score 24; 24th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.01; rating input score 23; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -15.5% per year; rating input score 0; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -12.1% per year; rating input score 0; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -26.4% per year; rating input score 0; 8th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 48.7% of revenue deployed · 57.3% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $32K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 14 people listed
  • Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 5 filing years from 2020 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.

  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 49/100.
  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 57/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 24/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 23/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.