Lapan College & Career Club Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
992802172
IRS 990 coverage
2024–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025
Location
Tucson, AZ, USA
Phone
5208121356
Rating
61
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Youth Centers, Clubs

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$904,201
Expenses
$980,581
Assets
$239,978
Liabilities
$59,063

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

14 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • LISA LAPAN (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • EDGAR SOTO (PRESIDENT)
  • MARIA MARTIN (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

Highest reported compensation

  • TAMMY BONNER (DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS): $86,923 total reported compensation
  • MARIA MARTIN (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $69,441 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Lapan college & career club (lc3) is a nonprofit organization committed to empowering students from the wakefield community to reach their full potential academically, professionally, and personally. Since our founding, lc3 has played a vital role in addressing educational equity, offering consistent, long-term support for students beginning in middle school and continuing through college.

What it reported doing in 2025

Free after school programs (el jardin, robotics, pet therapy, rockband): lc3 operated free after school programs, focused on student interest areas, while also providing college and career exploration mentoring for students. The program supports our mission by inspiring and mentoring the youth of the wakefield community to be engaged in their community, explore their interests, and discuss college and career goals.for the free after school programs (el jardin, robotics, art, pet therapy, rockband): 245 students served- el jardin: 50; robotics: 47; art: 51; pet therapy: 69; rockband: 28. - students attend the program of their choice weekly during the academic year- students attended consistently through the year. Pet therapy and art needed two sessions to serve all students interested.- students worked with high school mentors, college interns and instructors to explore new interest areas, spend time with peers, and begin discussions that were content focused as well as individualized college and career advising.- students participated in end of year celebrations.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 99% 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.
  • Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.

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 a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 34
  • Transparency & Controls: 86
  • Accountability: 86
  • Sustainability: 16
  • Growth: 80

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 28.8%; rating input score 29
  • Program expense ratio: 26.6%; rating input score 27
  • Fundraising efficiency: $70.64 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 81; 81st percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 91.7%; rating input score 92; 15th 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; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 6 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 67
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -8.4%; rating input score 15; 15th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.24; rating input score 13; 13th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.25; rating input score 22; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 15.9%; rating input score 23; 23rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 88.1% per year; rating input score 100; 98th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 52.2% per year; rating input score 100; 96th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -11.4% per year; rating input score 0; 3rd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 28.8% of revenue deployed · 26.6% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 12 of 12 board members independent · 6 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $261K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $87K · 14 people listed
  • Consistency: 25 of 26 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2024 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
  • 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.
  • Staff and benefit plans: Retirement and health plans the organization files with the Department of Labor, and the people in them.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • High — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 29/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 27/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 8 not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 15/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 13/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 22/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 23/100.