Burbank Tournament of Roses Association

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
956107729
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2022–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Burbank, CA, USA
Phone
8188400060
Rating
86
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Education N.E.C.

Reported finances

Revenue
$99,108
Expenses
$88,478
Assets
$188,403
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

12 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • LINDA COZAKOS (PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • LINDA COZAKOS (PRESIDENT)
  • BOB HUTT (VP-ADMINISTRATION)
  • STEVEN EDWARD (VP-FLOAT)

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

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

Overview

Mission

The primary purpose of burbank tournament of roses association is to represent the city of burbank in sponsoring, planning, designing, building, decorating and entering a float in the annual pasdena tournament of roses parade so as to provide educational opportunities and cultural understanding via an event participated in by members of the local and world-wide communities. All phases of the organization's purpose begin with an open design contest. Plans, schematics, actual construction and all decoration of the float are done entirely by volunteers regardless of sex, ethnic background, religious preference or race. (the minimum age is 7.) educational opportunities are provided in these processes through formal and informal training. Each person is instructed in the proper size, type and use of tools and equipment including safe handling and protective gear. Instruction continues in the decoration phase. Each person is taught material preparation, types of glue and safe handling of sam

What it reported doing in 2025

Thr primary program service accomplishment is the building of a float for the tournatment of roses parade using a volunteer work force from the local community. World-wide communities experience the result of comminity effort in viewing the annual broadcast of the pasadena tournament of roses parade.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 70% 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.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Reported officer compensation is a large share of total spending, which may reflect staffing concentration.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 91
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 63
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 86.7%; rating input score 87
  • Program expense ratio: 96.8%; rating input score 97

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 10.7%; rating input score 61; 61st percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.13; rating input score 67; 67th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 2.9% per year; rating input score 100; 55th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 2.9% per year; rating input score 100; 61st percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 13.2% per year; rating input score 100; 76th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 86.7% of revenue deployed · 96.8% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $86K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 12 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 4 filing years from 2022 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • 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 — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.