The California Partners Project

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
844053074
IRS 990 coverage
2020–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-N 2019
Location
Sacramento, CA, USA
Phone
9164422952
Rating
66
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Human Service Organizations

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$1,001,320
Expenses
$941,910
Assets
$235,341
Liabilities
$24,757

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

Leadership & pay

10 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Carolyn Gan (Executive Director)

Highest reported compensation

  • Carolyn Gan (Executive Director): $146,472 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

In partnership with the people of California, California Partners Project champions gender equity across the state and ensures our states media and technology industries are a force for good in the lives of all children.

What it reported doing in 2024

2024 Program AccomplishmentsBoard Culture PlaybookIn partnership with Stanford's VMware Women's Leadership Innovation Lab, the California Partners Project released a free Board Culture Playbook to help companies strengthen their governance by improving board collaboration and effectiveness.Equal Pay PlaybookCalifornia Partners Project released a free Equal Pay Playbook, featuring tools and strategies California employers have used to ensure fair and consistent pay practices.Gender Equity Summit: Health & SafetyCalifornia Partners Project co-hosted a summit on health and safety, bringing together leaders to address the impact of trafficking, missing and murdered Indigenous people (MMIP), trauma, and toxic stress on families and communities.Parents Social Media Round Table DiscussionCalifornia Partners Project convened parents and child safety experts for a roundtable to address family concerns about online safety, bridging the gap between parents and industry leaders.Smartphones in Schools ResourceCalifornia Partners Project released a useful resource on developing and implementing smartphone restriction policies on school campuses.Tech/Life Balance Series: Helping Families Thrive in a Digital WorldCalifornia Partners Project launched the Tech/Life Balance seriesfree resources for parents and caregivers to support balance and well-being in a digital world.Youth Advisory CommitteeCalifornia Partners Project created a Youth Advisory Committee with the California State Alliance of YMCAs, giving high school students a structured way to share ideas on youth well-being and technology.Youth Mental Health RoundtableThe Youth Mental Health Roundtable brought together young people to share firsthandexperiences on how technology impacts mental health, helping inform solutions that support youth well-being.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% 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

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Few specific pay-setting methods are documented in the filing; unanswered boxes are not proof of absence and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 64
  • Transparency & Controls: 65
  • Accountability: 69
  • Sustainability: 36
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 70.9%; rating input score 71
  • Program expense ratio: 75.3%; rating input score 75
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 0 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 0
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Missing
    • Board or committee approval: Missing
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 2 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 25
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: Fail
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 5.9%; rating input score 52; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.25; rating input score 12; 12th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.11; rating input score 42; 42nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 15.6%; rating input score 22; 22nd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 12.1% per year; rating input score 100; 69th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 11.3% per year; rating input score 100; 70th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 12.6% per year; rating input score 100; 67th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 70.9% of revenue deployed · 75.3% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 7 of 7 board members independent · 2 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $710K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $146K · 10 people listed · 0 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Consistency: 24 of 24 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors and executive pay
  • Filing history: 4 filing years from 2020 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • 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 — Transparency & Controls: Pay-setting controls scored 0/100.
  • High — Accountability: Governance controls: 5 of 7 not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 12/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 52/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 22/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 42/100.