La Canada Kiwanis Foundation

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
954359177
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2020–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2020
Location
La Canada, CA, USA
Phone
8185686411
Rating
48
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate

Reported finances

Revenue
$69,077
Expenses
$79,003
Assets
$438,460

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

Leadership & pay

15 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Alice Perez (President)
  • Ida Ayvazians (Vice President)

People named in this filing

  • Alice Perez (President)
  • Ida Ayvazians (Vice President)
  • Chuck Terhune (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

Providing service to children in the local community and throughout the world with a special emphasis on developing youth ethics, citizenship, and leadership skills.

What it reported doing in 2024

Support of youth programs emphasizing community service and leadership development. Approximately 400 children involved in on high school key club, a middle school builders club, and a 6th grade terrific kids program at three elementary schools.

Operating model

Revenue model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent revenue detail to tell how this nonprofit funds its work.
Distribution model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent spending detail to tell whether the nonprofit works directly or through others.

The verdict

MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up and program spending has grown recently. 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: 16
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 44
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 16.9%; rating input score 17
  • Program expense ratio: 14.8%; rating input score 15

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -14.4%; rating input score 27; 27th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 5.55; rating input score 85; 85th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 32.1% per year; rating input score 100; 88th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 12.1% per year; rating input score 100; 84th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 11% per year; rating input score 100; 74th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 16.9% of revenue deployed · 14.8% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $12K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 15 people listed
  • Consistency: 7 of 8 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 5 filing years from 2020 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 17/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 15/100.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Part III transfer expenses within program total did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 27/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.