Southern California Institute for Fan Interrests Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
953759309
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2023–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2022
Location
Granada Hills, CA, USA
Phone
8189262968
Rating
60
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate

Reported finances

Revenue
$102,939
Expenses
$4,589
Assets
$216,971
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

20 people listed

People named in this filing

  • Bobbi Armbruster (Director)
  • Sherri Benoun (Director)
  • Kim Brown (Director)

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

Organize and manage science fiction conventions; issue grants for science fiction related events; sponsor SF artists in their endeavours

What it reported doing in 2024

Organize and manage science fiction conventions; issue grants for science fiction related events; sponsor SF artists in their endeavours; manage SF art shows; make available to other Conventions of technical equipment to run their conventions

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 100% 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 revenue comfortably covers expenses. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and program spending has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 40
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 92
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 4.5%; rating input score 4
  • Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 95.5%; rating input score 99; 99th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 47.28; rating input score 100; 100th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 76; 76th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -121.1% per year; rating input score 0; 1st percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 54.8% per year; rating input score 100; 96th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 58.6% per year; rating input score 100; 95th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 4.5% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $5K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 20 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2023 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 — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 4/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.