Friends of Porter Ranch Community School

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
800795741
IRS 990 coverage
2015–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Porter Ranch, CA, USA
Phone
8187097100
Rating
82
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Single Organization Support

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$842,473
Expenses
$760,198
Assets
$666,008
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

12 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • BASSAM DIMASHKIE (PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • BETTY CHEN (DIRECTOR)
  • ANU DIMASHKIE (DIRECTOR)
  • BASSAM DIMASHKIE (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. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The organization supplements and enriches the education of children who attend porter ranch community school ("prcs"), a publicly-supported school with grades ranging from kindergarten to 8th grade, by providing classes and educational opportunities either not provided by or underfunded by the los angeles unified school district ("lausd"). It also provides additional supplies, equipment, and teaching assistance to prcs.

What it reported doing in 2024

Computer lab teacher and science lab assistant: this expenditure is to fund an instructor and lab assistant in the prcs computer and science labs. The computer lab instructor provides guidance and support to students to reinforce learning basic computer skills, to practice keyboarding skills, to access and use various educational software, and to engage in age appropriate computer projects. The science lab assistant assists teachers with the set up and use of the science lab. The additional staffing benefits students at all grade levels. Technology equipment: these expenditures provided computers, interactive whiteboards, projectors, printers, online reading programs, and promethean boards to use in the prcs classrooms. These expenditures benefit students across all grade levels. Ymca play: this expenditure provided physical education for all elementary grade levels at prcs, which is not provided by lausd. This expenditure benefitted all students in grades k through 5. Other miscellaneous grants: these expenditures included the leader in me program, korean drum instruction, scholastic news publications, teacher supplies and support, and culmination supplies. Field trips: these expenditures provided funding for field trips for students at prcs for off-campus science, theater, and educational excursions. These expenditures benefitted students in all grade levels.

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

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 78
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 76
  • Sustainability: 60
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 80.5%; rating input score 81
  • Program expense ratio: 88.7%; rating input score 89
  • Fundraising efficiency: $6.9 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 26; 26th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 3 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 43
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 9.8%; rating input score 61; 61st percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.88; rating input score 39; 39th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 91; 91st percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 81; 81st percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 8.6% per year; rating input score 100; 58th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 7.5% per year; rating input score 100; 57th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 2.9% per year; rating input score 100; 29th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 80.5% of revenue deployed · 88.7% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 13 of 13 board members independent · 3 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $674K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 12 people listed
  • Consistency: 16 of 16 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 9 filing years from 2015 to 2024
  • 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.

  • Moderate — Accountability: Governance controls: 3 of 6 not reported.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 26/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 39/100.