Sustainable Biodiesel Alliance

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
352288974
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2018–2021
Forms available
Form 990 2011, Form 990-EZ 2021
Location
Kahului, HI, USA
Phone
8088773144
Rating confidence
Limited
Sector
Energy Resources Conservation and Development

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$0
Expenses
$28,571
Assets
$0

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2021. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

4 people listed

People named in this filing

  • Jeff Plowman (Chairman)
  • Kent Bullard - Vice (Chairman)
  • Joy Galatro (Treasurer)

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 2021. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

To create a better world through sustainable biodiesel

What it reported doing in 2021

Facilitated workgroups consisting of 42 industry stakeholders to develop baseline practices for a sustainable biodiesel certification program. Industry stakeholders include biodiesel producers, farmers, academics and others NGO's. Expenses were incurred for meetings, travel, offices, marketing, legal, and printed materials.

Operating model

Revenue model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent revenue detail to tell how this nonprofit funds its work.
Distribution model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent spending detail to tell whether the nonprofit works directly or through others.

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: 2
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 7
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: Limited
  • Program expense ratio: 3.6%; rating input score 4

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: Limited
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0; rating input score 2; 2nd 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: -56.3% per year; rating input score 0; 8th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -31.2% per year; rating input score 0; 11th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -8.2% per year; rating input score 0; 18th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 3.6% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $1K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
  • Consistency: 5 of 6 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 4 filing years from 2018 to 2021
  • 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: Program expense ratio scored 4/100.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Part III transfer expenses within program total did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 2/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.