The Rotary Club of Sebastopol Foundation Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
474312102
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2021–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2023, Form 990-EZ 2024
Location
Sebastopol, CA, USA
Rating
91
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Public Foundations

Reported finances

Revenue
$145,681
Expenses
$219,030
Assets
$157,534

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

Leadership & pay

13 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Cindy Carter (President)
  • Kathy Hicks (President Elect)
  • JT Martin (Past President)

People named in this filing

  • Cindy Carter (President)
  • Kathy Hicks (President Elect)
  • David Still (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

Formed in 1925, this club has been going strong for almost 100 years, funding and volunteering for worthy projects such as Learn-to-Swim, Learn-with-Me, Interact, and an International Youth Exchange program. Were also dedicated to supporting important projects around the world, such as eradicating polio from the planet! We award thousands of dollars each year to deserving local organizations through community grants, a teacher mini-grant program, and scholarships. And we do more than give money; we volunteer for projects that improve our community and we travel around the world to contribute our labor as well as our money.

What it reported doing in 2024

Teacher Mini-Grant Program - The Program provides teachers in public and private schools across West Sonoma County School Districts with grants up to $500 for a wide variety of school projects. We fund scores of requests that include education tools, sports equipment, books, computer equipment and classroom materials. Mini-grants are available twice yearly during a fall and spring application period. Teacher Mini-Grants are funded by money raised at our annual Sebastopol Rotary Crab Feed in February.

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
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. Expenses are high relative to revenue and revenue has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 100
  • Transparency & Controls: 93
  • Sustainability: 22
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 99.1%; rating input score 99

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 90.9%; rating input score 91; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -50.3%; rating input score 2; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.72; rating input score 48; 48th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 16% per year; rating input score 100; 71st percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -2.1% per year; rating input score 0; 14th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 14.1% per year; rating input score 100; 71st percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 99.1% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 4 filed program accomplishments · $217K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 13 people listed
  • Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2021 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 2 filed related-organization links
  • 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 — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 2/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 48/100.