Pilipino Workers Center of Southern

Overview

Mission

Pwc was established on the idea that all people and communities have rights to a health, dignified quality of life.

What it reported doing in 2024

Home care worker empowerment program aimed at improving conditions in the private home care industry for both workers and consumers through outreach and education, strategic enforcement, workforce development, leadership development, advocacy and development of alternative, cooperative models. This includes developing and providing training and tools for caregivers on workers rights, skills development and occupational health and safety. Through case management, pwc helps the individual issues of wage theft and discrimination. At the same time, pwc educates decision-makers and the general public about the issues of domestic workers with special focus on pilipino home care workers. As a part of the caring across generations campaign, pwc also works closely with consumers to advocate for publicly-funded long-term care programs that will help families and indivudals to afford home care and other supports that will allow them to age with dignity at home in their

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 67% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 86% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
770439301
IRS 990 coverage
2015–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Headquarters
Los Angeles, CA, USA
Phone
2132504353
Rating
81
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Standard
Sector
Community Service Clubs

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: 82
  • Transparency & Controls: 88
  • Accountability: 74
  • Sustainability: 39
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 81.9%; rating input score 82
  • Program expense ratio: 83.6%; rating input score 84
  • Fundraising efficiency: $42.43 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 76; 76th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 94.1%; rating input score 94; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 69.4%; rating input score 69; 18th 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: 3 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 38
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: Fail
    • 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: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 2.2%; rating input score 42; 42nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.53; rating input score 19; 19th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.19; rating input score 45; 45th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 2%; rating input score 75; 75th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 12.5% per year; rating input score 100; 71st percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 11.8% per year; rating input score 100; 74th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 15.5% per year; rating input score 100; 75th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 81.9% of revenue deployed · 83.6% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 6 of 6 board members independent · 3 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $5.3M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $130K · 7 people listed
  • Consistency: 32 of 33 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors and grants
  • Filing history: 6 annual filings from 2015 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 6 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.

Leadership & pay

7 people listed

Highest reported compensation

  • AQUILINA SORIANO VERSOZA (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $129,646 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: FY2024.