Junior League of Birmingham Mi Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
381421628
IRS 990 coverage
2012–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Royal Oak, MI, USA
Phone
2482039841
Rating
77
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Women's Service Clubs

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$358,744
Expenses
$115,803
Assets
$2,647,464
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

5 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • MADISON COLBERT (PRESIDENT EL)
  • AMANDA PEPPO (PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • MADISON COLBERT (PRESIDENT EL)
  • TRISHA MEHL (TREASURER EL)
  • AMANDA PEPPO (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 is committed to promoting volunteerism, developing the potential of women and improving the metropolitan detroit community through effective action and leadership of trained volunteers. The organization's focus is on human trafficking and childhood obesity via our various activities such as kids in the kitchen, little gardeners, girls on the run, care house family support, common ground, dash, pumpkin patch, women in politics, soap, human trafficking billboards, government affairs, and day at the capitol. Its purpose is exclusively educational and charitable.

What it reported doing in 2024

Public relations - the organization is committed to promoting volunteerism, developing the potential of women and improving the metropolitan detroit community through effective action and leadership of trained volunteers. The organization's focus is on human trafficking and women in crisis via our various activities such as care house family support, pumpkin patch, soap, trunk or treat, volunteer-a-thon, hope against trafficking, touch-a-trunk, government affairs, and day at the capital. The organization also partnered with grace center of hope, foster closet, haven, lighthouse, oakland county services and vista maria. Its purpose is exclusively educational and charitable.

Operating model

Revenue model
Investment-supported. 62% of the money available for current operations came from recurring investment income.
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

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. Fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 65
  • Transparency & Controls: 90
  • Accountability: 82
  • Sustainability: 91
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 66.9%; rating input score 67
  • Program expense ratio: 79.1%; rating input score 79
  • Fundraising efficiency: $3.39 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 15; 15th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 4 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 57
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 67.7%; rating input score 96; 96th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 22.86; rating input score 96; 96th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 80; 80th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -1% per year; rating input score 0; 27th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 8.1% per year; rating input score 100; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 4.4% per year; rating input score 100; 44th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 66.9% of revenue deployed · 79.1% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 11 of 11 board members independent · 4 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $92K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
  • Consistency: 18 of 18 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 12 filing years from 2012 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 — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 15/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 6 not reported.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.