Tides Center FY2020 filing

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San Francisco, CA501(c)(3)Since 1994Human ServicesEIN 94-3213100

Tides center accelerates the pace of social change, working with innovative partners to solve society's toughest problems.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
84¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$1.6M paid to officers and key staff.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · Pay: Part VII

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IRS status
501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
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Tax-deductible gifts
Yes
Donations are tax-deductible
Looks good: the IRS lists gifts to it as deductible.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS BMF
Latest return
FY2024
latest Form 990
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IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
2 of 5
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $25.4M a year · 8% of revenue · last 5 filings
Worth a look: a surplus in 2 of the last 5 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 5 filings
Spent on programs
84%
of spending
Looks good: 84% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$1.6M
to officers and key staff · 0.8% of spending
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 1% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
Cash reserves
5 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 4.6 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
12
named funders · $735K
Looks good: 12 funders name it on their filings; 3 or more.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$17.3M
7% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 7% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
6
of 6 voting members
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Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$268.7M
Spent
$197.5M
To programs
84%
Net assets
$222.8M
By yearFY2020–FY2024
Revenue
$268.7M
FY2020
Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$268.7M
FY2021$516.6M
FY2022$281.5M
FY2023$233.7M
FY2024$265.4M
Expenses
$197.5M
FY2020
Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$197.5M
FY2021$233.2M
FY2022$415.9M
FY2023$307.3M
FY2024$285.1M
Net assets
$222.8M
FY2020
Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$222.8M
FY2021$506.2M
FY2022$361.9M
FY2023$292.8M
FY2024$274.4M

From the FY2020 Form 990 · figures checked against the IRS filing · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2024. IRS ruling in Jan 1995.

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Where the money goes

84 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 84% · $166.1M Management & general 9% · $18.1M Fundraising 7% · $13.3M

Form 990 Part IX, line 25, columns B–D. Every line is in By the numbers.

Who runs it and what they're paid

19 people listed on the 990; $1.6M paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
Founder, All Home
$347,396Pt VII · Sec A
President - Ending Pandemics
$329,878Pt VII · Sec A
President - Asj/Csj
$321,731Pt VII · Sec A
Fnder/Man Dir - Proj Evident
$306,777Pt VII · Sec A
Exec Dir, Starfish Institute
$280,500Pt VII · Sec A
Director Through 11/2020
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Nikole Constas’s $475K as Interim COO is at the 63rd percentile of top reported officer pay among 249 $100M+ human services nonprofits. Peer set: organizations in the same NTEE major field of work and revenue-size band, compared on each org’s own highest-paid officer/key-employee, from Form 990 Part VII / 990-PF Part VIII. Descriptive placement, not a verdict on whether the pay is appropriate.

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 8 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Nikole Constas$475,243————
Mark Smolinski$412,594$385,439$326,893$340,228$329,878
Tomiquia Moss—$403,804$349,712$364,933$347,396
Talia Milgrom-Elcott$366,438$307,571$275,991$281,147$280,500
Kelly Fitzsimmons——$286,029$363,893$306,777
Miriam Krinsky$353,890————
Amy Lesnick$340,382$319,005—$286,687—
Melissa Jones—$331,059———

Total reportable compensation (Form 990 Part VII column D / Schedule J column E) by filing year, matched by name within this organization. The Schedule J base / bonus / deferred breakdown is not parsed into this dataset.

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Questions the 990 asks

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  • Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2Yes
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aYes

Programs and updates

Supports social change initiatives by managing projects focused on environmental sustainability, sustainable agriculture, food security, and environmental justice for marginalized communities.

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3 program services account for $166.1M of program spending, described in the organization's own filed words · FY2020.
01

Education

In 2020, tides center projects enriched the education of youth and adults living in local, under-served communities, focusing on areas such as leadership development, arts education, health and nutrition, family self-sufficiency, and stem.

$99.0Mprogram expense
02

Equity

Within our largest area of impact, tides center projects work multilaterally to create more equal opportunity and equitable treatment for all. Projects focus on ethnic and racial equity, economic opportunity, human rights policies, reproductive justice, refugee aid, and increased civic engagement.

$64.3Mprogram expense
03

Environment

In 2020, tides center projects worked in the areas of environmental sustainability, climate change, and sustainable agriculture practices. Programs worked at the local level to address environmental issues facing low-income, marginalized communities, as well as the national and international levels to spearhead campaigns for the…

$2.8Mprogram expense

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Funders

Who pays for it.

From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.

Grants

Schedule I · received and paid
Grants received · FY2025
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Grants paid · 2,638 grants · $596.5M · 2020–2024
Tides AdvocacyCA · FY2024$13,095,792
Tides FoundationCA · FY2024$8,837,683
Women Building Up INCNY · FY2024$1,459,854
Haser INCPR · FY2024$826,000
County of SolanoFY2024$725,000
Givsum FoundationCA · FY2024$457,012
The Bronx Documentary CenterNY · FY2024$421,900
First Focus on ChildrenDC · FY2024$405,000
Washington UniversityMO · FY2024$400,000
Anthropocene AllianceFL · FY2024$300,000
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By the numbers

The FY2020 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$268.7M
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$250.4M
Fees for servicesLn 2g$16.2M
Investment incomeLn 3$2.3M
Money outPt IX
$197.5M
Ln 25
Programscol B$166.1M
Managementcol C$18.1M
Fundraisingcol D$13.3M
Owns and owesPt X
$222.8M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$75.1M
Total assetsLn 16$240.1M
LiabilitiesLn 26$17.3M
PeoplePt VI, VII
19
listed · VII A
PaidVII A5
Voting boardVI 1a6
IndependentVI 1b6
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$250.4M
Government grantsLn 1e$18.4M
Noncash giftsLn 1g$3.3M
Fundraising eventsLn 1c$543K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$16.2M
Investment incomeLn 3$2.3M
Total revenueLn 12$268.7M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$1.2M
SavingsLn 2$73.8M
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$75.1M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$103.8M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$1.6M
Other assetsLn 15$2.0M
Total assetsLn 16$240.1M
LiabilitiesLn 26$17.3M
Net assetsLn 32$222.8M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 51,097
VolunteersI 62,930
Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13Yes
Records policyVI 14Yes
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY20End FY20
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$38.1M$75.1M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$88.9M$103.8M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$1.6M$1.6M
Total assetsLn 16$166.2M$240.1M
LiabilitiesLn 26$16.8M$17.3M
Net assetsLn 32$149.4M$222.8M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$57.7M$57.7M
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$1.2M$1.2M
Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsLn 3$1.5M$1.5M
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$68.2M$48.4M$9.5M$10.3M
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$2.3M$1.7M$327K$355K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$9.0M$6.4M$1.3M$1.4M
Payroll taxesLn 10$5.2M$3.7M$725K$787K
Legal feesLn 11b$492K$492K
Accounting feesLn 11c$149K$149K
Lobbying feesLn 11d$671K$671K
Professional fundraising feesLn 11e$30K$30K
Investment management feesLn 11f$91K$91K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$27.8M$27.7M$52K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$3.2M$3.2M$27K
Office expensesLn 13$2.2M$2.2M
Information technologyLn 14$1.2M$1.2M$9K
OccupancyLn 16$4.9M$4.9M$2K
TravelLn 17$1.3M$1.3M$270
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$1.8M$1.8M$8K
InterestLn 20$989$989
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$68K$68K
InsuranceLn 23$797K$797K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$6.4M$752K$5.6M$2K
All other expensesLn 24e$1.3M$1.0M$320K
Total functional expensesLn 25$197.5M$166.1M$18.1M$13.3M

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2024 Latest $265.4M$285.1M−$19.7M$274.4M 990 PDF
FY2023 $233.7M$307.3M−$73.6M$292.8M 990 PDF
FY2022 $281.5M$415.9M−$134.4M$361.9M 990 PDF
FY2021 $516.6M$233.2M$283.4M$506.2M 990 PDF
FY2020 Viewing $268.7M$197.5M$71.3M$222.8M 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs I · Grants R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons A · Public support F · Foreign M · Noncash
See the full FY2020 990 (4 parts)
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $268,746,677 across 11 lines filed
Lines not itemized here account for $558,207 of total revenue; see the IRS return.
VIII-1c Fundraising events$543,006
VIII-1d Related organizations$9,078,503
VIII-1e Government grants$18,412,187
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$222,324,096
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$3,302,759
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$250,357,792
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $15,594,556$15,594,556
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $2,344,268$2,344,268
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising eventsExcluded from tax −$125,646−$125,646
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Unrelated business $17,500$17,500
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $16,152,763 · Unrelated business $17,500 · Excluded from tax $2,218,622$268,746,677
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $197,459,360 across 24 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizationsPrograms $57,688,480$57,688,480
IX-2 Grants to domestic individualsPrograms $1,153,567$1,153,567
IX-3 Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsPrograms $1,535,664$1,535,664
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $48,385,839 · Management $9,501,903 · Fundraising $10,309,068$68,196,810
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $1,667,149 · Management $327,391 · Fundraising $355,202$2,349,742
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $6,379,024 · Management $1,252,698 · Fundraising $1,359,112$8,990,834
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $3,692,782 · Management $725,180 · Fundraising $786,783$5,204,745
IX-11b Legal feesManagement $492,378$492,378
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $148,970$148,970
IX-11d Lobbying feesPrograms $670,532$670,532
IX-11e Professional fundraising feesFundraising $29,578$29,578
IX-11f Investment management feesManagement $90,555$90,555
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $27,725,029 · Fundraising $51,871$27,776,900
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $3,217,239 · Fundraising $26,537$3,243,776
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $2,176,562$2,176,562
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $1,197,040 · Fundraising $9,141$1,206,181
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $4,924,264 · Fundraising $1,779$4,926,043
IX-17 TravelPrograms $1,278,997 · Fundraising $270$1,279,267
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $1,750,036 · Fundraising $7,636$1,757,672
IX-20 InterestPrograms $989$989
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $67,649$67,649
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $796,664$796,664
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $751,647 · Management $5,598,687 · Fundraising $1,610$6,351,944
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $1,003,678 · Fundraising $320,180$1,323,858
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $166,062,831 · Management $18,137,762 · Fundraising $13,258,767$197,459,360
Part X · Balance sheet $240,098,427 assets, 18 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $3,499,917$1,231,922
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $34,570,730$73,830,879
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $32,895,382$54,524,559
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $1,581,908$2,601,743
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $761,617$475,020
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $1,576,677$1,636,464
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $88,917,426$103,841,053
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $2,411,193$1,956,787
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $166,214,850$240,098,427
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $10,117,591$9,272,808
X-18 Grants payableStart of year $1,771,444$293,476
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $231,200$248,278
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $4,436,994$7,314,255
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $16,804,088$17,286,894
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $64,273,863$96,764,529
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $85,136,899$126,047,004
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $149,410,762$222,811,533
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $166,214,850$240,098,427
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $222,811,533 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$268,746,677
XI-2 Total expenses$197,459,360
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$71,287,317
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$149,410,762
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$2,113,454
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$222,811,533

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