Truebeck Foundation

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
884155861
IRS 990-PF coverage
2024–2024
Forms available
Form 990-PF 2024
Location
San Mateo, CA, USA
Phone
9168342225
Rating
70
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Fund Raising and/or Fund Distribution

Reported finances

Revenue
$972,196
Expenses
$803,388

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

Overview

Mission

Fund Raising and/or Fund Distribution

What it reported funding in 2024

The foundation reported 11 grants totaling $185,012. The stated grant purposes included scholarship - real estate initiative excellence endowment, scholarship donations, and student 4-year scholarship, plus 3 other reported purposes.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% of the foundation's positive operating resources came from contributions.
Distribution model
Hybrid. The foundation combined direct charitable work with grants to other organizations or people.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - 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 assets provide a limited cushion relative to annual grants.

Rating breakdown

  • Grant Deployment: 100
  • Cost Efficiency: 45
  • Transparency: 100
  • Compliance: 50
  • Endowment Health: 5

Detailed rating inputs

Grant Deployment

  • Grant deployment ratio: 100%; rating input score 100; 96th percentile among comparable filings

Cost Efficiency

  • Grant expense ratio: 45.2%; rating input score 45; 21st percentile among comparable filings

Transparency

  • Grant recipient disclosure: Yes; rating input score 100

Compliance

  • Part VII-B activity disclosures: Limited
  • Filing consistency checks: 10; rating input score 100

Endowment Health

  • Endowment-health comparison: 0.96; rating input score 5; 5th 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
  • Investments: 5th percentile for endowment coverage
  • Consistency: 10 of 10 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 1 filed schedules
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 11 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.

  • Moderate — Cost Efficiency: Grant expense ratio scored 45/100.
  • High — Endowment Health: Endowment-health comparison scored 5/100.