Junior League of San Diego Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
952090569
IRS 990 coverage
2014–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
San Diego, CA, USA
Phone
6192342253
Rating
63
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$337,804
Expenses
$286,631
Assets
$2,418,715
Liabilities
$222,669

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

Leadership & pay

11 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • ILO NEUKAM (PRESIDENT)
  • BRITNIE NEUMAN (EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT)
  • KRISTINA SMITH (EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT ELECT)

People named in this filing

  • ILO NEUKAM (PRESIDENT)
  • BRITNIE NEUMAN (EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT)
  • KATIE MOREL (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. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Junior league of san diego, inc. Is part of an organization of women committed to promoting voluntarism, developing the potential of women and improving communities through the effective action and leadership of trained volunteers. Jlsd reaches out to women of all races, religions, and national origins who demonstrate an interest in and commitment to voluntarism. The current focus of jlsd is transition age foster youth in the san diego area.

What it reported doing in 2024

Impact and advocacy: junior league of san diego (jlsd) plans and executes community service projects with dozens of non-profit organizations in san diego that address immediate needs through single day, high impact volunteer shifts. Jlsd's current focus area is food insecurity which may include volunteer shifts such as serving meals to the homeless, collecting food for local food banks, and helping provide nutrition education to at-risk populations. Jlsd is also committed to serving the needs of women and youth in the san diego community through effective legislative and community advocacy efforts. Jlsd takes action on state issues that affect our projects and mission while focusing on the communities we directly serve. Relating to such issues, we educate our members and the san diego community while fostering collaboration and communication with community partners. Jlsd reporesents its members in the state public policy arena, with emphasis on efforts to assist legislative and other government or private bodies in the development of laws and policies affecting populations that are food insecure. Solutions summit: jlsd puts on an annual working conference with the purpose of solving large-scale issues that are currently facing san diego's food insecure population. The summit jump-starts improvements in the selected topic area(s) and effect positive change in this vulnerable population. Jlsd's large network of food insecure focused community partners actively participate in the summit and create solution roadmaps which jlsd monitors the implementation of.board academy: jlsd's board academy trains current and future community members on how to become effective leaders of a nonprofit board of directors. Local nonprofit experts provide training on board roles and responsibilities, developing strategic plans, measuring impact, monitoring financial status, understanding your role in public policy, and learning how to engage the community as a board member. Members graduate from the series with an understanding of how a nonprofit organization operates effectively and are confident in their knowledge and skills to become active, productive board members who engage with competence and confidence. Local presenters teach using interactive and engaging lectures, case studies, and group exercises.

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.
  • Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and most voting board members are independent. 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: 33
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 88
  • Sustainability: 69
  • Growth: 20

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 40.2%; rating input score 40
  • Program expense ratio: 33.1%; rating input score 33
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

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: 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: 5 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 71
    • 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: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 15.1%; rating input score 68; 68th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 8.44; rating input score 87; 87th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.09; rating input score 27; 27th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -15.9% per year; rating input score 0; 7th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -5.3% per year; rating input score 0; 10th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 6.8% per year; rating input score 100; 55th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 40.2% of revenue deployed · 33.1% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 10 of 10 board members independent · 5 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $95K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 11 people listed
  • Consistency: 29 of 29 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 11 filing years from 2014 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 — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 40/100.
  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 33/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Independent financial-statement audit not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 27/100.