J P Blecksmith Leadership Foundation
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 202839539
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2014–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2024
- Location
- Pasadena, CA, USA
- Phone
- 5624342949
- Rating
- 55
- Verdict
- MIXED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Private Grantmaking Foundations
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $38,591
- Expenses
- $32,500
- Assets
- $40,832
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
3 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- CHARLES A BLECKSMITH (President)
People named in this filing
- CHARLES A BLECKSMITH (President)
- CHRISTINA BLECKSMITH McGOVERN (Secretary)
- MARY GILBAUGH (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-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
To perpetuate the legacy and honor the life and sacrifice of j.p.blecksmith, a marine 2nd lieutenant killed in fallujah, iraq by raising funds for a memorial scholarship.
What it reported doing in 2024
Organization contributed to the university of southern California, marshall school of business, masters of business for veterans scholarship fund.
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
MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 34
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 55
- Growth: 40
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 32.4%; rating input score 32
- Program expense ratio: 38.5%; rating input score 38
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 15.8%; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.26; rating input score 53; 53rd percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: -4.8% per year; rating input score 0; 36th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 3.8% per year; rating input score 100; 67th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -12% per year; rating input score 0; 15th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 32.4% of revenue deployed · 38.5% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 2 filed program accomplishments · $12K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
- Consistency: 6 of 7 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- Filing history: 10 filing years from 2014 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.
- Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 32/100.
- Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 38/100.
- Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Part III transfer expenses within program total did not reconcile in the filed values.
- High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 53/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.