South Bay Seniors-people Helping People

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
237433573
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2014–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2012
Location
Los Osos, CA, USA
Rating
80
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Community Service Clubs

Reported finances

Revenue
$78,004
Expenses
$88,725
Assets
$292,027
Liabilities
$66,828

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

Leadership & pay

9 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Richard Margetson (President)

People named in this filing

  • Richard Margetson (President)
  • Celina Zupko (1st Vice Pres)
  • Debbie Burke (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-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

South Bay Seniors-People Helping People (PHP) is an organization that collects, warehouses, and distributes bread, fruits, vegetables, and frozen foods to the elderly, needy and homeless. PHP also lends medical equipment such as walkers and wheelchairs. PHP operates a weekly food distribution program serving 40 to 80 people. PHP has distribututed over 86,000 bags of groceries since the start of its volunteer distribution program.

What it reported doing in 2024

South Bay Seniors-People Helping People(PHP)is an organization that collects, warehouses, and distributes bread, fruits, vegetables, and frozen foods to the elderly, needy and homeless. PHP also funds a shower facility and warming center. PHP lends medical equipment such as walkers and wheelchairs. PHP operates a weekly food distribution program serving 40 to 80 people.

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
Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 100% of its reported program spending out as grants.

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 liabilities are high compared with assets.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 80
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 43
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 84.3%; rating input score 84
  • Program expense ratio: 74.1%; rating input score 74

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -13.7%; rating input score 27; 27th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 3.29; rating input score 76; 76th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.23; rating input score 13; 13th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 7.5% per year; rating input score 100; 67th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 6.2% per year; rating input score 100; 74th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 0.2% per year; rating input score 100; 39th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 84.3% of revenue deployed · 74.1% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $66K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 9 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 10 filing years from 2014 to 2024
  • 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 — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 27/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 13/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.