Jewel City United
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 861838006
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2024–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2023
- Location
- Glendale, CA, USA
- Phone
- 8182456662
- Rating
- 48
- Verdict
- MIXED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Youth Centers, Clubs
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $157,940
- Expenses
- $138,635
- Assets
- $8,943
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
3 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Kristine Demirchyan (Vice President)
- Isabel Abramyan (President/ Secretary)
People named in this filing
- Kristine Demirchyan (Vice President)
- Lilia Karapetyan (Board Member)
- Isabel Abramyan (President/ 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
Jewel City United primary exempt purpose is to provide accessible, high-quality youth soccer programs that promote physical fitness, skill development, teamwork, and positive character growth. The organization supports local nonprofits and school programs and offers scholarships to low-income families in underserved communities so children who cannot afford to play soccer still have the opportunity to participate. Jewel City United also strengthens the community by providing free seminars, workshops, and educational events that promote learning, wellness, and enhanced life skills for all community members.
What it reported doing in 2024
Supporting community and district programs: Charitable donations and community support contributions benefiting local students, schools, and underserved families. Contributions included donations to Toll Middle School PTA, Toll Middle School, and the Herbert Hoover High School Athletic Program to support student activities, youth athletics, and educational initiatives. In addition, the organization purchased and donated toys to schools within the Glendale Unified School District as part of a holiday toy drive benefiting low-income families and children in need. These charitable efforts furthered the organizations mission of supporting youth development, educational opportunities, and community wellness programs for underserved members of the community.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
- Distribution model
- Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 55% for direct work, and 45% for grants.
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: 13
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 39
- Growth: NotEnoughData
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 12.7%; rating input score 13
- Program expense ratio: 14.4%; rating input score 14
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: 12.2%; rating input score 62; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.06; rating input score 8; 8th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: Limited
- Revenue growth: Limited
- Asset growth: Limited
Details
- Where the money goes: 12.7% of revenue deployed · 14.4% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $20K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
- Consistency: 6 of 7 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- 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 — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 13/100.
- High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 14/100.
- Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Part I part ii net assets crosscheck did not reconcile in the filed values.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 8/100.