Starfish Learning Group

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
943207955
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2022–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2013
Location
San Lorenzo, CA, USA
Phone
5102765895
Rating confidence
Limited

Reported finances

Revenue
$0
Expenses
$0
Assets
$887
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

3 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Cathy Hess (President)

People named in this filing

  • Cathy Hess (President)
  • Daniel Hess (Treasurer)
  • James Kaller (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

Starfish Learning Group was formed as a non-profit 501(c)3 organization to promote awareness of the ocean to school children.

What it reported doing in 2024

Starfish Learning Group was formed as a non-profit 501(c)3 organization to promote awareness of the ocean to school children. We bring underwater photos to schools showing how the underwater compares to above water (kelp vs trees). Also we explain how cutting soda can plastic holders should be cut so that birds or other animals don't get their heads stuck. We have them put their hands in dive gloves and then in cold water to show how a wetsuit works when diving or snorkeling. We have not put on a presentation in a few years because my deceased husband started this organization and I am keeping it because I will be making the presentations to grammar schools hopefully in this upcoming year.

Operating model

Revenue model
No positive adjusted resources. The filing reports no positive adjusted operating resources.
Distribution model
No current program activity. The filing reports no program spending for the current year.

The verdict

- The available evidence is not sufficient to produce an overall rating for this filing. This is not a warning sign.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: NotEnoughData
  • Transparency & Controls: 55
  • Sustainability: 8
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: Limited
  • Program expense ratio: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 66.7%; rating input score 67; 1st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: Limited
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: Limited
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 68; 68th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: Limited

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: Limited
  • Asset growth: -12.9% per year; rating input score 0; 14th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 9 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 3 filing years from 2022 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 — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Series filing activity did not reconcile in the filed values.