West Valley Community Services of Santa Clara County Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 942211685
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2013–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Cupertino, CA, USA
- Phone
- 4082558033
- Rating
- 84
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Housing Development, Construction, Management
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $8,458,032
- Expenses
- $8,216,457
- Assets
- $13,261,871
- Liabilities
- $5,050,853
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
16 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- SUJATHA VENKATRAMAN (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
Highest reported compensation
- SUJATHA VENKATRAMAN (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $199,704 total reported compensation
- KOHINOOR CHAKRAVARTY (CHIEF DEVEL & COMMS OFFICE): $176,102 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Our mission is to unite the community to fight hunger and homelessness. Our vision is a community where every person has food on the table and every person has a roof over their head.
What it reported doing in 2024
Food and nutritional services for low income and homeless families - individuals and families that qualify for our services can visit our food pantry in cupertino or our mobile food pantry in los gatos, saratoga, and west san jose for fresh fruits, vegetables, dairy products, and meats, and staples such as rice, beans, canned and dry goods. Food is provided by second harvest food bank and generous donations from local grocery stores such as safeway, whole foods, and sprouts. In addition to food, families can get basic needs items such as diapers, personal care products, household items, and special dietary and ethnic foods. 6,650 people received critical help from wvcs. 2,867 people came to wvcs for the first time to help. 5,467 individuals, including seniors and students, received food from received support from the wvcs market and mobile park-it market. 1,376,906 meals were made possible through food distributed in our food markets. Families can also access information and valuable health and nutrition resources, including food stamps, ssi, ssdi, calworks, and eitc (earned income tax credit) that will help stabilize a family facing a food or housing crisis.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 65% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 50% for direct work, and 50% for grants.
- Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.
The verdict
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised and expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 83
- Transparency & Controls: 83
- Accountability: 95
- Sustainability: 47
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 86.8%; rating input score 87
- Program expense ratio: 87%; rating input score 87
- Fundraising efficiency: $13.6 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 48; 48th percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: 3 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 50
- Compensation committee: Pass
- Independent consultant: Missing
- Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
- Written employment contract: Missing
- Compensation survey or study: Pass
- Board or committee approval: Pass
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
- 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: 8 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 89
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: Pass
- Other executive compensation review process: Fail
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 2.9%; rating input score 44; 44th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.61; rating input score 54; 54th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.38; rating input score 28; 28th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 4.6%; rating input score 57; 57th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 10.3% per year; rating input score 100; 65th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 10.4% per year; rating input score 100; 70th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 8.9% per year; rating input score 100; 54th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 86.8% of revenue deployed · 87% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 14 of 14 board members independent · 8 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $7.1M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $200K · 16 people listed · 3 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
- Consistency: 38 of 38 current checks pass
- Schedules: 8 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, and executive pay
- Filing history: 12 filing years from 2013 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
- Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
- 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.
- Staff and benefit plans: Retirement and health plans the organization files with the Department of Labor, and the people in them.
Key Signals
Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.
- Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 48/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 44/100.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Other executive compensation review process not reported.
- Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 54/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 28/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 57/100.