Liabilities / Assets
92nd percentile
Higher debt load relative to assets than 92% of similar nonprofits.
Public Watchdogs
990EZ • Fiscal year 2017 • EIN 81-1842056
Siviq Scores
Precomputed percentiles for this filing year versus similar nonprofits in the same peer cohort.
0.76x
Liabilities / Revenue
87th percentile
Higher debt load relative to revenue than 87% of similar nonprofits.
Net Margin
54th percentile
Higher net margin than 54% of similar nonprofits.
Top Officer Pay
76th percentile
Higher top officer pay than 76% of similar nonprofits.
Top officer pay equals 0.0% of source-year revenue.
Asset Growth
Score unavailable
No earlier valid filing was available within the previous three public years.
Revenue Growth
Score unavailable
No earlier valid filing was available within the previous three public years.
Balance Sheet
Assets
$8,977
No earlier filing loaded for comparison.
Net Assets
$2,136
No earlier filing loaded for comparison.
Liabilities
$6,841
No earlier filing loaded for comparison.
Revenue And Expenses
Revenue
$34,616
No earlier filing loaded for comparison.
Expenses
$32,942
No earlier filing loaded for comparison.
Net Income
$1,674
No earlier filing loaded for comparison.
Historical Trend
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Filing Snapshot
- Filing Period
- Jan 1, 2017 to Dec 31, 2017
- Signed
- Aug 14, 2018
- Return Version
- 2017v2.2
- Gross Receipts
- $34,616
Mission and Program Overview
Mission
See Sch O
Public Watchdogs is formed to protect the public from government, regulatory, and oversight agencies such as the California Public Utilities Commission. This work will be limited to protecting the public from collusion between the public agencies and private entities the public agencies purport to regulate, and to protect the public and consumers from abuses in all government, non-government, regulatory and oversight entities including but not limited to the CPUC. Its work involves advocating on behalf of the public in public proceedings, in the courts, in the media and all other forums including informing the public with unbiased reports on regulatory issues as well as corporate and government abuse; and general consumer rights and consumer protection issues that affect consumers' household budgets, finances, emergency planning, safety, and health. Public Watchdogs may represent consumers, customers, or subscribers of any electrical, gas, telephone, telegraph, or water corporation tha
Program Services
| Description | Grants | Expenses |
|---|---|---|
| a) Filed Federal Lawsuit on 11-15-17 against Department of Energy (DOE) for declaratory and injunctive relief to force Southern California Edison to remove nuclear waste from its beachfront nuclear waste dump located 108 feet from the beach at San Onofre State Beach park. b) Made more than 100 formal non-partisan one hour presentations to civic groups, fraternal groups, university students, political clubs, churches, and environmental nonprofits. Most of these educational presentations were presented by three Public Watchdogs' advocates. c) Authored Radiological Regulatory Failure: This 450-page report exposed the failure of Edison's emergency planning program for the San Onofre Nuclear generating Station (SONGS). Written for regulators and nuclear policy makers, the report gives a chronological breakdown of the failure of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission and the State of California to protect the public from a full-scale nuclear disaster at the newly constructed beachfront San Onofre Nuclear Waste Dump. The report was widely covered in mainstream media. d) Direct Mailed a personal letter to every Public Utilities Commission employee. We sent more than 1,000 hand-signed and hand-addressed personal letters out to the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) with a personal invitation to blow the whistle on internal corruption. This effort received significant media coverage. f) Added Pam Patterson, Geologist Robert Pope, and Retired Navy JAG William Weigel to Public Watchdogs' Board of Directors. An attorney and the Mayor of San Juan Capistrano, Pam Patterson made headlines when she was removed from Southern California Edison's Community Engagement Panel on San Onofre for being a vocal critic of the nuclear decommissioning process. g) Published 18 educational and network news videos featuring Public Watchdogs on San Onofre at our Web site's You Tube Channel. h) Published a comprehensive report on geological risk at San Onofre, by our geologist, Robert Pope, and executive director. The report disputed assertions by Edison's geologists that storing a nuclear waste dump near an earthquake fault line is "safe." i) Published three Right to Know Newsletters, and numerous blog posts at the Public Watchdogs Web site j) Published the Criminal Search Warrant on the home of Michael Peevey. This confidential Department of Justice Document outlines a criminal conspiracy at the highest levels of California's largest bureaucracy, the California Public Utilities Commission. | - | - |
Compensation and Service Providers
Employees
| Name | Title | Full / Part Time | Base | Other | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charles Landley | Executive Director | FT | $0 | - | - |
| Nina Babiarz | Director | PT | $0 | - | - |
| William Weigel Jr | Director | - | $0 | - | - |
| Pam Patterson | Director | - | $0 | - | - |
| Niel Lynch | Director | - | $0 | - | - |
| Phil Maxwell | Director | - | $0 | - | - |
Filing and Contact Details
Filer
- Filer Name
- Public Watchdogs
- EIN
- 81-1842056
- Phone
- 8587524600
- Address
- 7867 Convoy Ct Ste 302, San Diego, CA 92111
Signing Officer
- Name
- Charles Langley
- Title
- Executive Director
- Signed
- 2018-08-14
- Discuss with paid preparer
- Yes
Preparer
- Firm
- Online Bookkeeping
- Address
- 4883 Ronson Ct Ste I, San Diego, CA 92111
- Preparer
- Michael LaNier
- Phone
- 8585692425
Supplemental Narrative
Additional Explanations
Other Expenses.1002
“Office Expenses $4551”
Other Expenses.1005
“Travel $8194”
Other Expenses.1
“Program costs $8035”
Other Expenses.2
“Website $1551”
Total Liabilities.1006
“Payable to Officers, Directors, Etc. - Beginning $0 Payable to Officers, Directors, Etc. - Ending $6841”
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Filings
Displayed year
2017 • Form 990EZDetailed filing. Detailed filing data is available for this year.
- Assets
- $8,977
- Liabilities
- $6,841
- Net assets
- $2,136
- Revenue
- $34,616
- Expenses
- $32,942
- Net income
- $1,674