La Jolla Newcomers Club Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
330863095
IRS 990 coverage
2012–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
La Jolla, CA, USA
Phone
8584884362
Rating
59
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Recreational l Clubs

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$21,236
Expenses
$15,953
Assets
$34,577
Liabilities
$18,345

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

Leadership & pay

7 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Nancy O'Neal (President & CEO)
  • Susan Markowitz (Vice President)
  • Edys Quellmaiz (President Elect)
  • Geraldine Hummel (Vice President)
  • Andrea Steinberg (Vice President)

People named in this filing

  • Nancy O'Neal (President & CEO)
  • Susan Markowitz (Vice President)
  • Jim Hasenkamp (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

To provide a social organization through which eligible members can become oriented to the La Jolla community and to promote good fellowship among members.

What it reported doing in 2024

To provide a social organization through which eligible members can become oriented to the La Jolla Community and promote good fellowship among members.

Operating model

Revenue model
Membership-supported. 98% of the money available for current operations came from membership dues.
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

MIXED - 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: 31
  • Transparency & Controls: 90
  • Accountability: 70
  • Sustainability: 54
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 31.8%; rating input score 32
  • Program expense ratio: 40.7%; rating input score 41
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd 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; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 2 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 29
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • 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: 24.9%; rating input score 76; 76th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.17; rating input score 35; 35th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.53; rating input score 10; 10th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 60; 60th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -1% per year; rating input score 0; 48th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 1.4% per year; rating input score 100; 65th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 4.4% per year; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 31.8% of revenue deployed · 40.7% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 5 of 5 board members independent · 2 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 7 people listed
  • Consistency: 17 of 17 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 13 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.

  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 32/100.
  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 41/100.
  • High — Accountability: Governance controls: 4 of 6 not reported.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 35/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 10/100.