Cultured Pearl Assoc of America Inc Dba The Pearl Association of America

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
131892640
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2022–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2020, Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
New York, NY, USA
Rating confidence
Limited

Reported finances

Revenue
$91,588
Expenses
$124,374
Assets
$34,215
Liabilities
$3,331

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

Leadership & pay

9 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Pierre Falourd (Vice President)
  • Jeremy Shepherd (President)

People named in this filing

  • Sarah Cannizaro (Treasurer)
  • Pierre Falourd (Vice President)
  • Jeremy Shepherd (President)

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

Led by its guiding principles Education, Experience, Excellence the Associations activities support informed decision-making, professional development, and increased public awareness of pearls. In addition, the Association also promotes ethical business practices among its members.

What it reported doing in 2025

Pearl Association of AmericaThe Pearl Association of America is a not-for-profit trade association focused on education, for both consumers and industry professionals, to advance the knowledge, understanding and appreciation of cultured and natural pearls. Through structured learning (via the Pearls As One online course), direct engagement with pearl-producing regions (as part of the associations Immersive Experiences initiatives), and the introduction of a standards-based certification framework, the Association provides pearl-focused educational and experiential opportunities to its members. Led by its guiding principles Education, Experience, Excellence the Associations activities support informed decision-making, professional development, and increased public awareness of pearls. In addition, the Association also promotes ethical business practices among its members.

Operating model

Revenue model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent revenue detail to tell how this nonprofit funds its work.
Distribution model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent spending detail to tell whether the nonprofit works directly or through others.

The verdict

- The available evidence is not sufficient to produce an overall rating for this filing. This is not a warning sign.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: NotEnoughData
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 16
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: Limited
  • Program expense ratio: Limited

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -35.8%; rating input score 15; 15th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.28; rating input score 22; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.1; rating input score 15; 15th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 36.9%; rating input score 5; 5th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: -4.4% per year; rating input score 0; 35th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -0.4% per year; rating input score 0; 36th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 2 filed program accomplishments
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 9 people listed
  • Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 1 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 4 filing years from 2022 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 3 filed money-flow records
  • 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 — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 15/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 22/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 5/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 15/100.