Tech for Change

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
471458866
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2022–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2016
Location
San Diego, CA, USA
Phone
4155625645
Rating
92
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Citizen Participation

Reported finances

Revenue
$166,813
Expenses
$145,094
Assets
$108,675
Liabilities
$14,908

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

Leadership & pay

3 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Sheba Najmi (Executive Director)

People named in this filing

  • Sheba Najmi (Executive Director)
  • Michael Horvat (Chief Financial Officer)
  • Michael Horvat (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

Use technology to spark civic innovation for social good

What it reported doing in 2024

KP Programs: Further development of 5 of the KP Civic Innovation Fellowship projects, along with continued support for select initiatives from previous Fellowship cycles, benefiting 191,000 users. The team also trained nearly 200 government staff, and provided mentorship to 20 interns from the KP Women's Civic Digital Internship Program. Under the Civic Innovator Program, 6 university student teams designed and developed 6 digital solutions for 5 government departments, promoting innovation and the use of civic technology to improve public service delivery and citizen engagement.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 96% 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

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Revenue has declined or grown slowly and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 92
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 55
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 87%; rating input score 87
  • Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100

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: 13%; rating input score 64; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.75; rating input score 50; 50th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.14; rating input score 21; 21st percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 9.5% per year; rating input score 100; 60th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -9.7% per year; rating input score 0; 5th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 5.3% per year; rating input score 100; 46th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 87% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $145K 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: 3 filing years from 2022 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
  • 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: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 50/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 21/100.