Pasadena Community Foundation

Overview

Mission

Pasadena Community Foundation builds and preserves permanently endowed charitable funds, provides grants and assistance to nurture and strengthen community organizations, serves donors to meet their philanthropic goals and promotes and participates in community partnerships. These grants include PCF, Donor Advised and Field of Interest Grants.

What it reported doing in 2025

PCF's diverse grant programs reflect our deep commitment to strengthening the Greater Pasadena area. Through both competitive and invitation-only grants, we support local nonprofits across a wide range of Impact Areas, including Animal Welfare, Arts & Culture, Education, Senior Care, Food Security, and more. These programs help us fulfill our mission to address today's unmet needs and prepare for tomorrow's challenges.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 78% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 97% of its reported program spending out as grants.
  • Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
200253310
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025
Headquarters
Pasadena, CA, USA
Phone
6267962097
Rating
81
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Community Foundations

Official website

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Some filed totals do not add up and reported officer compensation is a large share of total spending, which may reflect staffing concentration.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 76
  • Transparency & Controls: 71
  • Accountability: 100
  • Sustainability: 80
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 66.5%; rating input score 66
  • Program expense ratio: 93.6%; rating input score 94
  • Fundraising efficiency: $45.33 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 84.6%; rating input score 85; 1st percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 2 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 33
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • 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: 89.8%; rating input score 90; 26th 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: 9 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 100
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: Pass
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 44.8%; rating input score 91; 91st percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 6.6; rating input score 81; 81st percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.07; rating input score 78; 78th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 3.2%; rating input score 39; 39th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 13.2% per year; rating input score 100; 78th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 11.8% per year; rating input score 100; 79th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 12% per year; rating input score 100; 78th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 66.5% of revenue deployed · 93.6% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 19 of 19 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $31.9M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $352K · 24 people listed · 2 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 2 contractors listed · $227K reported
  • Consistency: 26 of 28 current checks pass · 2 findings to review
  • Schedules: 8 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, and executive pay
  • Filing history: 14 annual filings from 2010 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 280 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 276 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.

Leadership & pay

24 people listed

Highest reported compensation

  • Mariver Copeland (CFO): $352,301 total reported compensation
  • Jennifer DeVoll (President & CEO): $295,743 total reported compensation
  • Khanh Duy Russo (President & CEO): $226,318 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: FY2025.