Divas in Power

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
822640036
IRS 990 coverage
2025–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025, Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2021
Location
Chino, CA, USA
Phone
9097067154
Rating
63
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Education N.E.C.

Reported finances

Revenue
$318,682
Expenses
$269,266
Assets
$67,347
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

3 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • PATRICA ABLES-VANCE (President)

People named in this filing

  • PATRICA ABLES-VANCE (President)
  • CELIA PAIGE (Secretary)
  • LINDA CASH (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 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Divas In Power is committed to five principles and our mission is simple: Excellence in Service, Empowerment of women through Mentorship & Coaching, Service to our communities through Evo Cares, Integrity in our individual businesses and the Consortium, as well as Sisterhood that transcends ethnicity, backgrounds, and social status. Divas In Power has a board of 8 Directors and regional membership across the United States. When considering new regional Divas, the board looks for innovation, communication, accountability, team work, and integrity. The board holds a panel interview with each new Diva and decides collectively by majority vote on new Diva membership. The vote is held annually.

What it reported doing in 2025

Divas In Power was established in September 2016 , founded by Chairwoman Patrice Ables Vance and formed as a Consortium of female Independent Travel Agents powered by Evolution Travel.Divas In Power is committed to five principles and our mission is simple: Excellence in Service, Empowerment of women through Mentorship & Coaching, Service to our communities through Evo Cares, Integrity in our individual businesses and the Consortium, as well as Sisterhood that transcends ethnicity, backgrounds, and social status. Divas In Power has a board of 8 Directors and regional membership across the United States. When considering new regional Divas, the board looks for innovation, communication, accountability, team work, and integrity. The board holds a panel interview with each new Diva and decides collectively by majority vote on new Diva membership. The vote is held annually.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% 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

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: 75
  • Transparency & Controls: 90
  • Accountability: 0
  • Sustainability: 52
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 69.1%; rating input score 69
  • Program expense ratio: 81.8%; rating input score 82
  • Fundraising efficiency: $90.84 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 83; 83rd 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: 0%; rating input score 0; 8th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 0 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 0
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Fail
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 15.5%; rating input score 65; 65th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.25; rating input score 14; 14th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 77; 77th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 67; 67th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: 47.9% per year; rating input score 100; 97th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 55.5% per year; rating input score 100; 96th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 69.1% of revenue deployed · 81.8% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 0 of 3 board members independent · 0 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $220K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
  • Consistency: 12 of 12 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
  • Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
  • 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.
  • High — Accountability: Governance controls: 6 of 6 not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 14/100.