Southern Sustainable Resources

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
262583956
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2010–2013
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2013
Location
Oakland, CA, USA
Phone
7274806624
Rating
78
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Natural Resources Conservation and Protection

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$5,963
Expenses
$5,963
Assets
$0
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2013. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

3 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Liz Kirchoffer Pectol (President and CEO)

People named in this filing

  • Liz Kirchoffer Pectol (President and CEO)
  • Michael Pectol (Chief Financial Officer)
  • Craig M Smith (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 2013. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Southern Sustainable Resources is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization dedicated to the preservation and conservation of natural resources for the benefit of current and future generations.

What it reported doing in 2013

ZERO WASTE: Program prevented pollution from waste by providing education, partnership and service that helped communities, organizations and businesses reduce waste through the prevention, recycling and composting of municipal solid waste. In efforts to serve the public, we developed an eCycling Project that promoted public awareness of the environmental, economical, and societal benefits from the statewide ban on e-waste disposal in landfills, and educates the community about the health benefits from mitigating e-waste from landfills.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
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 - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Program spending has declined or grown slowly and revenue has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 87
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 28
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 87%; rating input score 87
  • Program expense ratio: 87%; rating input score 87

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 0%; rating input score 45; 45th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0; rating input score 1; 1st percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 57; 57th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -48.7% per year; rating input score 0; 12th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -40.7% per year; rating input score 0; 11th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -38.1% per year; rating input score 0; 9th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 87% of revenue deployed · 87% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $5K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 4 filing years from 2010 to 2013
  • 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 — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 1/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 45/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 57/100.