La Palma Community Foundation
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 371840024
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2021–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2022, Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2017
- Location
- Cypress, CA, USA
- Phone
- 5627438791
- Rating
- 87
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Community Foundations
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $152,365
- Expenses
- $143,052
- Assets
- $65,834
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
9 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- MICHELE STEGGELL (PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- MICHELE STEGGELL (PRESIDENT)
- NOELLA LEW (VICE PRESIDE)
- SHARON GUTJHAR (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
To serve the residents, students, and community of la palma, California
What it reported doing in 2024
Police lunches and concerts in the park for the la palma community every 15 minutes -- this is a program that works with the local high school to show what happens when you drink and drive.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 92% of its reported program spending out as grants.
The verdict
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Revenue has declined or grown slowly and expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 93
- Transparency & Controls: 92
- Sustainability: 41
- Growth: 40
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 90.7%; rating input score 91
- Program expense ratio: 96.6%; rating input score 97
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 90%; rating input score 90; 1st percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 6.1%; rating input score 50; 50th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.46; rating input score 35; 35th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 77% per year; rating input score 100; 95th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -10.1% per year; rating input score 0; 5th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -20.6% per year; rating input score 0; 6th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 90.7% of revenue deployed · 96.6% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $138K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 9 people listed
- Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
- Schedules: 4 filed schedules
- Filing history: 3 filing years from 2021 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
- 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 — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 50/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 35/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.