Stache-tober Fest Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 461462401
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2017–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2020
- Location
- Escondido, CA, USA
- Phone
- 7609172425
- Rating
- 89
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Emergency Assistance
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $79,737
- Expenses
- $80,829
- Assets
- $2,457
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
3 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- DOMINIC POLITO (CEO)
People named in this filing
- DOMINIC POLITO (CEO)
- BRAD BIHUN (Director)
- PAUL POLITO (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
Support families of firefighters and other first responders killed or injured in the line of duty.
What it reported doing in 2024
The primary activity of stache-tober fest, inc. Is to host an annual fundraising event designed to generate contributions which will be given to the families of firefighters and other first responders injured or killed in the line of duty. The event is highlighted by a moustache-growing competition.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
- Distribution model
- Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 85% 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 total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 88
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 28
- Growth: 80
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 88.2%; rating input score 88
- Program expense ratio: 87%; rating input score 87
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -1.4%; rating input score 41; 41st percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.03; rating input score 7; 7th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 10.2% per year; rating input score 100; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 11.3% per year; rating input score 100; 83rd percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -23.6% per year; rating input score 0; 9th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 88.2% of revenue deployed · 87% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $70K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
- Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 7 filing years from 2017 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.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 41/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 7/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.