French Court Learning Center Dba La Semilla Learning Center

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
204930783
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2019–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2018
Location
Santa Ana, CA, USA
Phone
7145420107
Rating
93
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Youth Development Programs

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$46,388
Expenses
$52,411
Assets
$24,751
Liabilities
$87

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

Leadership & pay

3 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • JANET SNEATHEN (PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • ROY SHAHBAZIAN (TREASURER)
  • JANET SNEATHEN (PRESIDENT)
  • LEOLA QUESADA (SECRETARY)

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 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Our vision: confident children, equipped parents, engaged community our mission: create a faith-based environment which fosters academic growth and strengthens parents in their roles at home and in the community.

What it reported doing in 2024

We value expressing god's love through: affirming each parent in their critical role in the education and nurturing of their child; recognizing each child as precious and uniquely created by god; providing a creative environment which fosters excitement about learning; encouraging all to grow in their relationship with god; partnering with churches and organizations our "normal" routine is to run an after-school homework help program for students in the 1st-4th grades. Our program runs monday through thursday, 3:30pm - 5:30pm. We have a core of volunteer tutors and maintain a ratio of 1 tutor to 3 students. On wednesdays there is an extra enrichment program from 1:30pm - 3:30pm run by our director. This can include anything from highlighting the meaning of special holidays (e.g. Mlk birthday, st. Patricks day, thanksgiving) or christian holidays (lent, easter, christmas) to lesson on faith, character development, etc. We operate from september through may.

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

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Revenue has declined or grown slowly and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 98
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 32
  • Growth: 40

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 94%; rating input score 94

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -13%; rating input score 28; 28th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.47; rating input score 28; 28th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 32; 32nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 4% per year; rating input score 100; 60th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -7.6% per year; rating input score 0; 28th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -8.9% per year; rating input score 0; 18th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 94% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $49K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 5 filing years from 2019 to 2024
  • 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.

  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 28/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 28/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 32/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.