Stewards of Briones

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
932812285
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2023–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024
Location
Pleasant Hill, CA, USA
Phone
9254900157
Rating
38
Verdict
REVIEW
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Environmental Quality, Protection, and Beautification N.E.C.

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$19,340
Expenses
$17,689
Assets
$10,793
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

4 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Robert Myer (Executive Director)

People named in this filing

  • Robert Myer (Executive Director)
  • David Cervenka (Secretary)
  • Steve Martino (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

The Stewards of Briones ("SOB") was organized as a volunteer group dedicated to advocating, building, maintaining and repairing mountain biking trails in Northern California. The SOB provides outreach and education to the community on long term trail management and sustainability strategies and will continue to lessen the burdens of government (East Bay Regional Parks District) by way of providing trail work resources and lessening neighborhood tensions through advocacy and constructive dialogue.

What it reported doing in 2024

During 2023, our first year, the organization was primarily engaged in trail building, repair and maintenance in partnership with the East Bay Regional Parks District. We also attended and spoke at a handful of community outreach events put on the Parks District where we advocated for equitable trail access and helped educate the various stakeholders on the Parks District's vision and how everyone can work together to minimize conflicts and maximize enjoyment of our particular resource (Briones Regional Park in Contra Costa, CA).

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
No current program activity. The filing reports no program spending for the current year.

The verdict

REVIEW - The filed numbers largely add up and revenue has grown recently. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 0
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 53
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 0%; rating input score 0
  • Program expense ratio: 0%; rating input score 0

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 8.5%; rating input score 60; 60th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.61; rating input score 34; 34th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 68; 68th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: 71.6% per year; rating input score 100; 98th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 16.6% per year; rating input score 100; 83rd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 0% of revenue deployed · 0% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 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 0/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 34/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.