Assistance League of San Jose
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 770033914
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2013–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2012
- Location
- San Jose, CA, USA
- Phone
- 4084752814
- Rating
- 87
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $248,153
- Expenses
- $229,140
- Assets
- $574,430
- Liabilities
- $15,332
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
11 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- KAREN HENGST (PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- KAREN HENGST (PRESIDENT)
- PATRICIA HARROLD (RECORDING SECRETARY)
- PHYLLIS FAXON (TREASURER)
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 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Assistance league of san jose volunteers transorming the lives of children and adults through community programs
What it reported doing in 2024
Assist a shelter this program supports three shelters: provided 600 monthly dinners at family supportive housing for families in residence, and 40 dozen cookies for school lunch boxes and after school treats. The chapter brought in an enrichment program which featured an arts and crafts workshop. From january to may, the chapter provided a puppet show, music workshops, and gardening training. In october, chapter volunteers operated a halloween shop for families to select their costumes, and in december chapter volunteers wrapped christmas presents that the children had chosen for their parents. Members volunteering at cityteam spent three 2-hour sessions per month packing 7,910 bags of food for distribution to the underserved families and homeless population that the shelter serves. Chapter members also donated 1,187 toiletry kits for cityteam to distribute. At parisi house on the hill, a facility for young mothers who are addicted to alcohol or drugs, chapter members provided a monthly story hour in both english and spanish for the children along with lessons in baby sign language. The chapter also donated various toiletry items and both women's and children clothing, as well as provided a motivational speaker who made a very positive impression on the young mothers. During the 2024-2025 fiscal year, the chapter served 120 women and 130 children.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 84% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Cannot be determined from the filing. The program-spending lines do not add up, so the filing cannot show reliably whether the nonprofit works directly or through others.
- 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: 90
- Transparency & Controls: 86
- Accountability: 88
- Sustainability: 58
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 86.9%; rating input score 87
- Program expense ratio: 92.8%; rating input score 93
- Fundraising efficiency: $468.91 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 95; 95th percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 91.7%; rating input score 92; 19th 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; 63rd 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: Fail
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 7.7%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.51; rating input score 65; 65th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.03; rating input score 38; 38th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 3.8% per year; rating input score 100; 49th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 4% per year; rating input score 100; 47th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 5.9% per year; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 86.9% of revenue deployed · 92.8% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 11 of 11 board members independent · 5 of 7 filing controls reported
- Programs: 7 filed program accomplishments · $213K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 11 people listed
- Consistency: 22 of 23 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
- Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors
- Filing history: 11 filing years from 2013 to 2024
- 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: 2 of 7 not reported.
- Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.
- Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 56/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 38/100.