Junior League of the Palm Beaches Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
596138209
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
West Palm Beach, FL, USA
Phone
5616897590
Rating
76
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Women's Service Clubs

Reported finances

Revenue
$318,000
Expenses
$266,127
Assets
$1,907,179
Liabilities
$95,592

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

Leadership & pay

11 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • MARIA PUMAREJO (PRESIDENT)
  • KATHERINE STAMM (PRESIDENT EL)

People named in this filing

  • MARIA PUMAREJO (PRESIDENT)
  • BRI SULLIVAN (NOMINATING C)
  • ASHLEY COSTA (BOARD MEMBER)

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 the palm beaches is an organization of women whose mission is to advance women's leadership for meaningful community impact through volunteer action, collaboration, and training. The junior league welcomes all women who value our mission statement. We are committed to inclusive environments of diverse individuals, organizations and communities.

What it reported doing in 2024

The junior league of the palm beaches advanced its mission through education, health, and basic needs initiatives serving children and families in palm beach county. Through their done in a day (diad) program, jlpb served an average of 5 shifts per month and served 17 community partners. In this program, jlpb volunteers are able to quickly respond to their communities needs by working with partner organizations for a variety of projects, including food insecurity programs like the food bank, riviera beach urban farm, c.r.o.s. Ministries, and red apple school supplies. The president's leadership series was introduced in 2023-2024 to teach women about the nuts and bolts of running non-profits, including best governance practices, nonprofit finance, managing others, and fundraising practices. The training empowered over 80 women to continue to pursue their leadership roles in jlpb. The program received an award from the association of junior leagues international for providing mission based value to members and for better preparing volunteers to impact the community as a whole.

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 85% 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 most voting board members are independent. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 54
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 100
  • Sustainability: 69
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 55.6%; rating input score 56
  • Program expense ratio: 60%; rating input score 60
  • Fundraising efficiency: $5.94 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 26; 26th 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: 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: 7 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 100
    • 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: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 16.3%; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 7.17; rating input score 85; 85th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.05; rating input score 32; 32nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -0.9% per year; rating input score 0; 27th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 0.9% per year; rating input score 100; 28th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 6.1% per year; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 55.6% of revenue deployed · 60% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 11 of 11 board members independent · 7 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $160K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 11 people listed
  • Consistency: 29 of 29 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 14 filing years from 2010 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.

  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 56/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 26/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 32/100.