Tri-valley Nonprofit Alliance

What it reported doing in 2024

Community programs: in 2024, tvnpa continued to strengthen its role as the tri-valleys central resource for nonprofit education, collaboration, and advocacy. Tvnpa hosted ten community programs, including two anti-poverty collaborative programs (details below), serving more than 900 registrants from nearly 200 organizations. Programs addressed nonprofit leadership, sponsorship, housing, employment law, fundraising, and media strategy, featuring regional experts and national thought leaders. Additional roundtables for executive directors, development, finance, and operations professionals provided ongoing peer learning and collaboration opportunities. Anti-poverty collaborative (apc), livermore connects coalition, and share: the anti-poverty collaborative (apc) advanced regional advocacy and awareness efforts focused on housing, mental health, and economic stability. In 2024, apc convened leaders across sectors through events such as the state of housing in the tri-valley: a deeper dive and mental health matters, held at rosewood commons conference center. These programs brought together experts including dr. Thomas insel, alex briscoe, dr. Karyn tribble, and lara gregorio to address the intersection of financial instability and mental health, emphasizing collective solutions that support community well-being. Apc continued to elevate issues affecting vulnerable populations and foster collaboration among nonprofit, business, and government partners. Under apc, the livermore connects coalition completed its second year of implementation, delivering more than 50,000 services to underserved residents in north livermore through coordinated outreach and resource navigation. In 2024, tvnpa also launched the share (sexual health awareness and resource education) program, which united coalition partners to promote sexual health education and access to prevention and treatment resources. In its first year, share reached more than 10,000 residents through community events, health fairs, and targeted outreach campaigns.commonpoint nonprofit center (cpnc): the commonpoint nonprofit center hosted 25 on-site and virtual office tenants and facilitated more than 800 hours of conference room use for nonprofit organizations. Volunteers continued to expand tvnpas capacity by contributing more than 100 hours of service, including event support and pro bono speaker participation. Tri-valley nonprofit fund (tvnf): in 2024, tvnpa advanced local philanthropy through the tri-valley nonprofit fund, awarding a total of $100,000 in community grants to 32 organizations across multiple grant cycles. Grants ranged from $1,000 to $5,000 and supported high-impact programs serving tri-valley residentsincluding essential services such as food and housing support, mental and behavioral health, youth development, and arts and community engagement. Tvnfs streamlined application and community-review process prioritized organizations addressing urgent needs and building long-term capacity, helping sustain a strong, community-wide nonprofit ecosystem in the tri-valley. Tri-valley air quality climate alliance (tvaqca): the tri-valley air quality climate alliance continued its mission to improve regional air quality and promote public health. In 2024, the alliance worked with local municipalities to advance climate action plans and support community education on air quality and environmental health. Through outreach and collaboration, tvaqca identified strategic opportunities to align cleaner air with improved community health outcomes, reflecting tvnpas ongoing commitment to fostering a sustainable and healthy tri-valley region.

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 92.7%; rating input score 93
• Program expense ratio: 91.7%; rating input score 92
• Fundraising efficiency: $24.99 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 64; 64th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

• Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
• Pay-setting controls: Limited
• Foreign activity oversight: Limited
• Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 76th percentile among comparable filings
• Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
• Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

• Independent voting board: 90.9%; rating input score 91; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
• Governance controls: 7 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 88
  • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
  • Whistleblower policy: Pass
  • Document-retention policy: Pass
  • CEO compensation review process: Pass
  • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
  • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
  • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
  • Audit committee oversight: Fail
  • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

• Operating margin: -1.1%; rating input score 32; 32nd percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.35; rating input score 17; 17th percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.46; rating input score 17; 17th percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 8.9%; rating input score 40; 40th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: 59.7% per year; rating input score 100; 97th percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: 39.1% per year; rating input score 100; 95th percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: 34.5% per year; rating input score 100; 93rd percentile among comparable filings