Lancaster Community Services Foundation Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
953892014
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2021–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2013
Location
Lancaster, CA, USA
Phone
6617235988
Rating
91
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Community Foundations

Reported finances

Revenue
$95,438
Expenses
$73,373
Assets
$134,227
Liabilities
$24,381

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

Leadership & pay

2 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Trolis Niebla (Chief Executive Officer/City Manager)

People named in this filing

  • Trolis Niebla (Chief Executive Officer/City Manager)
  • George N Harris II (Chief Financial Officer/Finance Director)

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

The Lancaster Community Services Foundation primarily benefits the community in scholarship awards and community services. The Community Services Foundation holds community events such as Juneteenth Celebrations to honor the Emancipation Proclamation on January 1, 1863, Tour de Luke, Turkey Giveaway, and Backpack Giveaway to celebrate back-to-school.

What it reported doing in 2024

Mayor Scholarship Program: Lancaster's Mayor, Rex Parris donates all salary to the Community Services Foundation used to grant scholarships to community students & other for other civic programs.

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 97% 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. Liabilities are high compared with assets and reported officer compensation is a large share of total spending, which may reflect staffing concentration.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 86
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 63
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 76.9%; rating input score 77
  • Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 23.1%; rating input score 76; 76th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.83; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.18; rating input score 14; 14th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 11.9% per year; rating input score 100; 74th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 37.9% per year; rating input score 100; 95th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 6.4% per year; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 76.9% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 4 filed program accomplishments · $73K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 2 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 4 filing years from 2021 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.

  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 14/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.