Solar Community Housing Association

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
942612564
IRS 990 coverage
2011–2024
Official website data refreshed
Sep 2026
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2009
Location
Davis, CA, USA
Phone
(530) 205-3990
Rating
79
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Housing Development, Construction, Management

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$700,391
Expenses
$589,484
Assets
$1,385,290
Liabilities
$735,285

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

Leadership & pay

20 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • CHEYLA SELENA (President)
  • Jesse Saldivar (President)
  • Lukas Burch-Muecke (Vice President)
  • Allison Knapp (Vice President)
  • Adnan Minasian (Vice President)
  • Kristin Kawecki (President)

Highest reported compensation

  • CHEYLA SELENA (President): $480 total reported compensation
  • Jesse Saldivar (President): $320 total reported compensation
  • Lukas Burch-Muecke (Vice President): $200 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Providing affordable, cooperative housing in Davis, CA since 1979

What it reported doing in 2024

Scha provided housing to 89 low-income members during the academic year. On average, our rents were 71% of the weighted average market rent for bed leases in davis in 2024. We offered $9985 in rent assistance to members in need. We continued our partnership with sacramento valley college corps, providing our members and low-income college students the opportunity to be compensated for their service with scha and gain hands-on experience with landscape management. This year we focused on negotiations with uc davis for a 20 year ground lease extension for the baggins end domes to codify scha and ucd's commitment to affordable housing onsite. We completed underground electrical upgrades to the first half of the domes, and negotiated a contribution from ucd to complete upgrades for the second half. We strengthened our partnerships with the sustainable living and learning communities of uc davis to lead land stewardship projects adjacent to the domes community.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 95% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
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 and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and liabilities are high compared with assets.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 65
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 86
  • Sustainability: 63
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 68.4%; rating input score 68
  • Program expense ratio: 82%; rating input score 82
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd 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; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 6 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 67
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: Pass
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 15.8%; rating input score 71; 71st percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.35; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.53; rating input score 15; 15th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0.3%; rating input score 61; 61st percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 6.3% per year; rating input score 100; 49th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 9.4% per year; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 4.7% per year; rating input score 100; 37th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • What they do: 1 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 1 operating location identified
  • Where the money goes: 68.4% of revenue deployed · 82% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 20 of 20 board members independent · 6 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $483K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $480 · 20 people listed
  • Consistency: 26 of 26 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: 11 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.

  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 8 not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 15/100.