Altadena Nursery School
Legal name: Altadena Nursery School Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 952254514
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2011–2024
- Official website data refreshed
- Sep 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2012
- Location
- Pasadena, CA, United States
- Phone
- (626) 296-1231
- Rating
- 63
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Kindergarten, Preschool, Nursery School, Early Admissions
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $326,868
- Expenses
- $302,181
- Assets
- $362,426
- Liabilities
- $122,300
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
6 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- ELLEN EMMERICK (PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD)
- EMILY WENZLAU (VICE PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD)
Highest reported compensation
- JILL JONES (DIRECTOR): $47,895 total reported compensation
- STEFANIE ZIEGER (DIRECTOR): $47,895 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
To provide early childhood development education. At ANS, the staff understands the struggles of parenting. We help parents recognize the needs and capabilities of their child while reminding them that parenting is not about perfection, but instead is about building connection and trust. How people communicate with children is crucial in that process. The ANS staff models language that is based on respect, curiosity and trust and helps each child discover empathy, self-regulation and problem-solving skills. The skills learned by children and parents at ANS stay with families far beyond the preschool years. History IMG_8702.jpeg.
What it reported doing in 2024
To provide early childhood development education. The philosophy of altadena nursery school is based on the belief in the capacity of human beings to grow in a positive way.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Earned-program. 65% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
- Distribution model
- Direct operator. The filing allocates 98% 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.
The verdict
SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and program spending has grown recently. A relatively small share of voting board members are independent and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 56
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Accountability: 16
- Sustainability: 43
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 60.4%; rating input score 60
- Program expense ratio: 67%; rating input score 67
- 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: Limited
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 0%; rating input score 0; 7th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 3 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 38
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Fail
- CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Other executive compensation review process: Pass
- Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Missing
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 7.6%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.2; rating input score 45; 45th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.34; rating input score 15; 15th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 31.7%; rating input score 10; 10th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 6.1% per year; rating input score 100; 58th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 5.3% per year; rating input score 100; 54th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 6.6% per year; rating input score 100; 54th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: 1 operating location identified
- Where the money goes: 60.4% of revenue deployed · 67% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 0 of 10 board members independent · 3 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $203K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $48K · 6 people listed
- Consistency: 25 of 25 current checks pass
- Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors
- Filing history: 12 filing years from 2011 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 4 filed money-flow records
- 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.
- High — Accountability: Independent voting board scored 0/100.
- Moderate — Accountability: Governance controls: 4 of 7 not reported.
- Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 56/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 45/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 10/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 15/100.