Junior League of Spartanburg Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
570442620
IRS 990 coverage
2009–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2023
Location
Spartanburg, SC, USA
Phone
8645835842
Rating
68
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Women's Service Clubs

Reported finances

Revenue
$302,869
Expenses
$96,425
Assets
$543,738
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

5 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Erica Buff (President)
  • Kaylyn Stevenson (Executive Vice President)

People named in this filing

  • Erica Buff (President)
  • Brittany Meissner (Treasurer)
  • Nicole Saindon (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. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The Junior League of Spartanburg, Inc. empowers women in a safe but operational environment that helps impact the community through increasing their confidence and knowledge about how an operating nonprofit works. Being able to further that impact through training helps members utilize and sharpen their natural skills for the betterment of themselves, their families, their communities, and the community as a whole.

What it reported doing in 2024

An estimated 900 students across 24 different schools in our Spartanburg community were positively impacted by our Mini Grants for Teacher program. Projects across various areas from literacy to STEAM were funded in the hopes of providing a well-rounded educational experience for our future. Our League hosted six General Membership Meetings where members received training on topics of leadership, fund development, and awareness of nonprofits in our community. Each meeting concluded with a service project. Members packed candy bags to distribute to 200 children who participated in our community's Miracle League's Trunk of Treat. Members were also able to volunteer their time with this organization. Members packed feminine hygiene products for the local Period Project chapter that distributes the packs to local schools and public spaces such as the libraries in our county. Members also packed items for "warm bags" to hand out to the less fortunate that attend classes at our local YMCA. Over 1,000 volunteer hours were recorded by 38 active members and included members active in our community or participating in JLS supported events. These events included Girls on the Run 5K celebration, Miracle League's Trunk or Treat, PS I Love You Ministries wardrobe, Christmas present wrapping for Hope Center for Children, and event support for PAL. Volunteers planned and executed all membership and community impact events.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 97% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 63% for direct work, and 37% for grants.

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: 40
  • Transparency & Controls: 90
  • Accountability: 88
  • Sustainability: 87
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 23.8%; rating input score 24
  • Program expense ratio: 56.4%; rating input score 56
  • Fundraising efficiency: $41.18 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 73; 73rd 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: 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: 68.2%; rating input score 96; 96th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 5.64; rating input score 81; 81st 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: Limited
  • Revenue growth: 1.1% per year; rating input score 100; 29th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 0.4% per year; rating input score 100; 26th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 23.8% of revenue deployed · 56.4% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 5 of 5 board members independent · 5 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $54K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
  • Consistency: 43 of 43 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 4 filing years from 2009 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
  • Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
  • 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 24/100.
  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 56/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Independent financial-statement audit not reported.