The Nurture Foundation

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
431221550
IRS 990-PF coverage
2015–2024
Forms available
Form 990-PF 2024, Form 990-T 2024
Location
Santa Barbara, CA, USA
Phone
8054518444
Rating
83
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Standard

Reported finances

Revenue
$584,455
Expenses
$659,136

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

Overview

Mission

The Nurture Foundation is a nonprofit. Location: Santa Barbara, CA. EIN 431221550. Tax year 2024 Form 990-PF reports $584K revenue and $659K expenses.

What it reported funding in 2024

The foundation reported 28 filed grant rows totaling $178,078. The stated grant purposes included support placement of children in foster care, shelter for cats, and provide support and resources for women with breast cancer, plus 24 other reported purposes.

Operating model

Revenue model
Other-operating. 70% of the foundation's positive operating resources came from other operating revenue.
Distribution model
Grant intermediary. The foundation distributed 70% of its reported charitable disbursements as grants.
  • Includes asset-sale income: Asset-sale income is shown separately from recurring resources when classifying the revenue model.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes to charitable grants and the filing identifies who received its grants. A relatively small share of spending goes to grants and the filing reports one or more activities that warrant closer review.

Rating breakdown

  • Grant Deployment: 100
  • Cost Efficiency: 27
  • Transparency: 100
  • Compliance: 98
  • Endowment Health: 84

Detailed rating inputs

Grant Deployment

  • Grant deployment ratio: 100%; rating input score 100; 61st percentile among comparable filings

Cost Efficiency

  • Grant expense ratio: 27%; rating input score 27; 10th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency

  • Grant recipient disclosure: Yes; rating input score 100

Compliance

  • Foundation activity disclosures: 18 of 19 controls in place; rating input score 95
    • Property sale or exchange with a disqualified person: Pass
    • Borrowing from or lending to a disqualified person: Pass
    • Goods, services, or facilities involving a disqualified person: Pass
    • Compensation paid to a disqualified person: Fail
    • Assets transferred to a disqualified person: Pass
    • Payment to a government official: Pass
    • Uncorrected prior self-dealing: Pass
    • Prior-year undistributed income: Pass
    • Excess business holdings: Pass
    • Investments that may jeopardize charitable purposes: Pass
    • Uncorrected prior-year jeopardizing investments: Pass
    • Attempt to influence legislation: Pass
    • Attempt to influence an election: Pass
    • Individual grants for travel, study or similar purposes: Pass
    • Grants outside qualifying charitable organization categories: Pass
    • Spending for a noncharitable purpose: Pass
    • Funds received for a personal-benefit contract: Pass
    • Premiums paid on a personal-benefit contract: Pass
    • Prohibited tax-shelter transaction: Pass
  • Filing consistency checks: 10; rating input score 100

Endowment Health

  • Endowment-health comparison: 26.2; rating input score 84; 84th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
  • Grants: 100% of grant recipient detail disclosed
  • Payout: At least 100% grant deployment rate
  • Trustees: Filed trustees detail
  • Self-dealing: 100% of reviewed questions answered “No”
  • Investments: 84th percentile for endowment coverage
  • Consistency: 10 of 10 current checks pass
  • Filing history: 8 filing years from 2015 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 29 filed money-flow records
  • 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 — Cost Efficiency: Grant expense ratio scored 27/100.
  • Review — Compliance: Foundation activity disclosures: Compensation paid to a disqualified person not reported.