Southern California Academy of Sciences

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
956047942
IRS 990 coverage
2016–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Los Angeles, CA, USA
Phone
2137406559
Rating
81
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$61,991
Expenses
$89,912
Assets
$388,517
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

27 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • MIA ADREANI (President)
  • RICHELLE TANNER (Vice President)

People named in this filing

  • MIA ADREANI (President)
  • TODD HANEY (Director)
  • EDITH READ (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

Southern California academy of sciences promotes science through the fellowship of professional scientists and support of student science programs it's memberships, the annual meeting, publication of the bulletin, student research grants, student performance awards, and it's jr academy research program.

What it reported doing in 2024

Annual meeting: the academy holds a public meeting annually, normally in may or june. The meeting consists of several symposia featuring scientific presentations on specific topics, contributed papers open to any field of science with an emphasis on the southern California area, contributed posters open to any field of science with an emphasis on southern califonia area, and presentations by high schools members of the southern californai academy of sciences junior academy. University students are eligible for cash awards for excellence in oral and poster presentations. University recipients of reasearch grants are announced during the meeting. Also, the academy invites noted scientists to speak at each of two plenary sessions for which stipends are granted. All grants awards, and stipends are reported on schedule "i".

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 78% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 88% 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

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and revenue has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 79
  • Transparency & Controls: 93
  • Accountability: 82
  • Sustainability: 43
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 71.4%; rating input score 71
  • 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: 100%; rating input score 100; 80th percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 4 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 57
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Fail
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -45%; rating input score 30; 30th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 4.32; rating input score 47; 47th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 60; 60th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 0.1% per year; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -0.7% per year; rating input score 0; 57th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 3.2% per year; rating input score 100; 58th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 71.4% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 15 of 15 board members independent · 4 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $64K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 27 people listed
  • Consistency: 18 of 18 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules · includes grants
  • Filing history: 8 filing years from 2016 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.

  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 6 not reported.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 30/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 47/100.