Assistance League of Los Altos

What it reported doing in 2025

Operation school bell (registered) program: this fiscal year, our operation school bell (registered) program partnered with five school districts that include a high school, a middle school and eight elementary schools to serve students and family members. All items were supplied in coordination and at the request of the teachers and principals so that we could ensure that the support we provide is most beneficial to the students.1. Los altos school district: our "book fairies" program supports k-8 students who are under-served, may be reading challenged, and have limited access to books at home. We provide vouchers for these students at almond and santa rita elementary schools to purchase books at their school's book fair. These students would not otherwise have been able to participate in the book fairs. We provided 105 vouchers this year.2. Fremont high school-fremont union high school district: the assistance league (registered) of los altos have been partnering with fremont high school since 2020. We support two programs at fremont high school. The first is the avid program (advancement via individual determination). Avid is a nationwide program with a mission to support underrepresented communities through high school to achieve their post-secondary dreams. Avid allows teachers to connect with students in the program to build a collaborative relationship that provides students with the skills for success in their post high school endeavors while also finding ways to concretely work through the hurdles and barriers that many of the avid students face. Our chapter provides the means for regional college campus visits, funding for college applications and sponsoring a year end senior recognition event. There are 220 students in the avid program this year. The second program provides funding for fremont's journalism program to purchase newsprint for seven issues of the school newspaper which has an audience of 2,001 students and their families. 3. Lucille packard children's hospital school-palo alto school district: since 2018, we have provided school supplies for student-patients at lucille packard children's hospital. As these students have weakened immune system, school supplies are not reused. We provided books, games, art supplies, instructional materials, models and puzzles for students from grades 1-12. We supported 450 students this year. 4. Mountain view-whisman school district: mariano castro elementary school has a student population where 66% is learning english and 85% is socioeconomically disadvantaged. We provide school and basic needs supplies. They include first aid items (bandages, face shields), sports equipment (volleyballs, basketballs, footballs), art supplies (markers, pencils, journals) and emergency clothing. We supported 245 students and 20 family members this year. 5. Sunnyvale school district (ssd): we support columbia middle school and bishop, lakewood, san miguel and vargas elementary schools in this district. Our support this year included english and spanish library and classroom books, community garden materials, zen materials, craft supplies, emergency clothing, hygiene products, p.e. Equipment, school uniforms, counseling supplies, ot support, science equipment including stem & steam materials, science camp items, cooking supplies, student/parent math and reading nights. Excluding bishop elementary school, these supplies supported 1,927 students and 450 family members. For bishop elementary school this year, we sponsored two authors' visits for 465 bishop students. We also provided items to two social workers in the district at bishop and lakewood schools. This year, we provided funds to supply fidget items and calming solutions along with emergency clothing and incentives for the "attendance challenge" to promote school attendance.

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 73.7%; rating input score 74
• Program expense ratio: 87.3%; rating input score 87
• Fundraising efficiency: $10.66 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 39; 39th percentile among comparable filings

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: Limited
• Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

• Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
• Governance controls: 5 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 71
  • 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: Missing
  • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

• Operating margin: 33.9%; rating input score 83; 83rd percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 6.39; rating input score 83; 83rd percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.02; rating input score 33; 33rd percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 67; 67th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: -16.5% per year; rating input score 0; 7th percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: -13.8% per year; rating input score 0; 4th percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: -7.5% per year; rating input score 0; 7th percentile among comparable filings