William G Nash Foundation

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
881031316
IRS 990 coverage
2022–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025
Location
Santa Monica, CA, USA
Phone
4157555627
Rating
84
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Alliance/Advocacy Organizations

Reported finances

Revenue
$164,240
Expenses
$557,616
Assets
$1,729,141
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

4 people listed

People named in this filing

  • Leonard W Nash (Chairman)
  • Andrew L Nash (Treasurer)
  • Catherine C Nash (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. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Provide and promote drug education, harm reduction and culture and policy change at schools and universities; promote public safety and wellness on school campuses; promote social entrepreneurship, especially among students and young people.

What it reported doing in 2025

Pilot Public Health Education Campaign: Before You Trip As fiscal sponsor of CPSE, the William G. Nash Foundation provided intellectual, management, and financial resources toward the launch of Before You Trip, a pilot digital education campaign created by and for Gen Z. The Foundation managed restricted contributions, handled bookkeeping, and processed vendor disbursements, charging zero administrative or oversight fees to ensure 100% of donor capital was deployed for programmatic impact. At launch, the Foundation concluded its fiscal sponsorship. Impact Results (Pilot: Colorado, Ages 1830): *Reached 822,000 unique individuals in Denver, Boulder and Aspen, with an average exposure rate of 5.96 times. *Delivered 5,218,257 impressions at an average CPM of $9.73 (within the $5$10 benchmark). *Achieved a 1.03% overall CTR, with influencer content reaching 1.64%, surpassing industry benchmarks. *Generated 66,000 visits to BeforeYouTrip.org. *Recorded significant increases in both perceived and actual knowledge of risks and harm reduction strategies among the target audience. Closing out fiscal sponsorship totaled:$154,126.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 82% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 61% for direct work, and 39% for grants.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 89
  • Transparency & Controls: 94
  • Accountability: 76
  • Sustainability: 38
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 98.6%; rating input score 99
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 81st 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; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 3 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 43
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -239.5%; rating input score 0; 0th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 3.1; rating input score 70; 70th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 77; 77th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 67; 67th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 97.2% per year; rating input score 100; 98th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -37.8% per year; rating input score 0; 1st percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 20.3% per year; rating input score 100; 83rd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 98.6% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 4 of 4 board members independent · 3 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $550K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
  • Consistency: 18 of 18 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors and grants
  • Filing history: 4 filing years from 2022 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 5 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 5 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.

  • Moderate — Accountability: Governance controls: 3 of 6 not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.