Assistance League of Visalia

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
770432122
IRS 990 coverage
2024–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2023
Location
Visalia, CA, USA
Phone
5597371984
Rating
70
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate

Reported finances

Revenue
$122,316
Expenses
$139,754
Assets
$351,076
Liabilities
$3,820

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

9 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • DEE KOVACHICK (President)

People named in this filing

  • KATHY BERNARDI (VP PHILANTHROPY)
  • MAGGIE MELING (CORR SECRETARY)
  • MARY SALIERNO (RESOURCE DEVELO)

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

Operation school bell- provides new clothing to students in visalia unified school district.rainbow reading provides selected tulare county schools with new books for each student in the school to take home.lebag provides hygiene kits with dental, skin and hair care products to students in tulare county and adults served by community organizations.kids on the block use puppets to address situations encountered by elementary students and to promote understanding and empathy for childres with special needs.fifty sense volunteers use a stencil of the united states to paint maps on school campuses in tulare county. This project is designed to promote an awareness and appreciation of the geography of the united states.adult health and wellness volunteers make and distribute garment protectors and blankets. They also distribute cards to rest homes.

What it reported doing in 2024

Rainbow reading provides selected tulare county schools with new books for each student in the school to take home.lebag provides hygiene kits with dental, skin and hair care products to students in tulare county and adults served by community organizations.kids on the block use puppets to address situations encountered by elementary students and to promote understanding and empathy for childres with special needs.fifty sense volunteers use a stencil of the united states to paint maps on school campuses in tulare county. This project is designed to promote an awareness and appreciation of the geography of the united states.adult health and wellness volunteers make and distribute garment protectors and blankets. They also distribute cards to rest homes.

Operating model

Revenue model
Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
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.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of voting board members are independent and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 87
  • Transparency & Controls: 83
  • Accountability: 24
  • Sustainability: 41
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 93.8%; rating input score 94
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

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: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 0%; rating input score 0; 7th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 4 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 57
    • 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: Fail
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -14.3%; rating input score 18; 18th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.51; rating input score 65; 65th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.01; rating input score 45; 45th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: 5.7% per year; rating input score 100; 56th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 7.7% per year; rating input score 100; 58th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 93.8% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 0 of 9 board members independent · 4 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $131K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 9 people listed
  • Consistency: 17 of 18 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • 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.

  • High — Accountability: Independent voting board scored 0/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 6 not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 18/100.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 45/100.