Assistance League of Greater Cincinnati

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
311452221
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025
Location
Cincinnati, OH, USA
Phone
5132214447
Rating
89
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate

Reported finances

Revenue
$439,849
Expenses
$393,794
Assets
$556,558
Liabilities
$9,774

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

37 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Leann Kuchenbuch (PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • Leann Kuchenbuch (PRESIDENT)
  • MARY IRISH (Membership VP)
  • Sharon Zamberlan (FUNDINGRAISING VP)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Assistance league of greater cincinnati (the chapter) is a nonprofit public benefit corporation which engages in philanthropic service projects in the greater cincinnati area.

What it reported doing in 2025

New Beginnings provides 2 levels of service: (1) a Welcome Kit for new arrivals at shelters/crisis centers and (2) household kits for those families moving on to a new home. Upon arrival at a shelter/crisis center, women seeking protection receive a Welcome Kit containing a new tee shirt, socks, underwear, and hygiene items packaged in a reusable drawstring bag by our members. Various sizes of childrens underwear and socks are also provided. When their stay at the shelters/crisis centers ends, women and their children wishing to start a new life away from the abuser are assisted by social workers in finding a new home. At that time, we provide newly purchased household and hygiene items. The 47-item household collection includes cleaning products, bedding, bath items, hygiene items, and kitchen items for the family. Age-appropriate kits of bedding, bath, eating utensils, and hygiene items are provided for their babies, toddlers, and older children. Throughout the year, the Welcome Kits and household kits are picked up at our center by seven shelters in Hamilton, Warren, Clermont, and Butler counties in Ohio, and Kenton County, Kentucky. During fiscal year 2025-2026, Assistance League provided 13,821 items in 610 kits (160 Welcome Kits, 199 household kits, and 251 kits for children. Since its inception in 1997, 15,039 women and their children have benefited from this program.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 91% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% 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.
  • Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.

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 some filed totals do not add up.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 91
  • Transparency & Controls: 86
  • Accountability: 94
  • Sustainability: 54
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 87.6%; rating input score 88
  • Program expense ratio: 97.4%; rating input score 97
  • Fundraising efficiency: $125.14 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 86; 86th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 92.9%; rating input score 93; 26th 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: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 6 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 86
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 10.5%; rating input score 57; 57th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.41; rating input score 50; 50th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.02; rating input score 35; 35th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 67; 67th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 8.2% per year; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 4% per year; rating input score 100; 42nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 3.3% per year; rating input score 100; 36th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 87.6% of revenue deployed · 97.4% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 37 of 37 board members independent · 6 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $383K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 37 people listed
  • Consistency: 22 of 23 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 15 filing years from 2010 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
  • 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.

  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Independent financial-statement audit not reported.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 57/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 50/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 35/100.