Japanese American Optimist Club of Los Angeles
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 956093447
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2011–2016
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2016
- Location
- Los Angeles, CA, USA
- Rating
- 84
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Youth Community Service Clubs
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $140,104
- Expenses
- $134,178
- Assets
- $65,334
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2016. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
11 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- JOYCE NAKASHIMA (President)
- KEITH INATOMI (Vice President)
- KITTY SANKEY (Vice President)
- KARI TANI (Vice President)
People named in this filing
- JOYCE NAKASHIMA (President)
- JIM CHRISTENSEN (Treasurer)
- RUSS FUJII (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 2016. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
To develop optimism as a philosophy of life utilizing the tenets of the optimist creed. To promote an active interest in good government and civic affairs and to inspire respect for the law. To promote patriotism and work for international accord and friendship among all people. To aid and encourage the development of youth in the belief that the giving of one's self in service to others will advance the well-being of humankind, community life and the world and to carry on other charitable and educational activities associated with this goal as allowed by law.
What it reported doing in 2016
Backpack give away project for elementary school children. Backpacks with school supplies were distributed to over 50 children.
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
- Direct operator. The filing allocates 99% 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. Expenses are high relative to revenue and assets have declined or grown slowly.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 90
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 42
- Growth: 80
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 87.8%; rating input score 88
- Program expense ratio: 91.6%; rating input score 92
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 4.2%; rating input score 48; 48th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.49; rating input score 40; 40th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 65; 65th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 1% per year; rating input score 100; 35th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 1.6% per year; rating input score 100; 35th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -0.1% per year; rating input score 0; 32nd percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 87.8% of revenue deployed · 91.6% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 11 filed program accomplishments · $123K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 11 people listed
- Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
- Schedules: 1 filed schedules
- Filing history: 6 filing years from 2011 to 2016
- 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.
Grant-readiness screening is separate from the live rating, not a measure of program quality. Review the source records before making a grant decision.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 48/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 40/100.
- High — Grant Readiness: Automatic revocation: this organization had its federal tax-exempt status automatically revoked.
- High — Grant Readiness: California registration: this organization is not authorized to operate as a charity in California.