Las Hermanas Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 330156718
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2024–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2023
- Location
- Santee, CA, USA
- Phone
- 6193350677
- Rating
- 44
- Verdict
- MIXED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Counseling, Support Groups
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $74,670
- Expenses
- $69,596
- Assets
- $34,315
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
3 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Keri Irwin (President)
People named in this filing
- Keri Irwin (President)
- Krista Pfulb (Secretary)
- Heidi Bloom (Chief Financial Officer)
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 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Las Hermanas Women's Retreat began in 1982 with just 30 women and has grown into a powerful annual gathering for women in all 12-step recovery programs. What started as an AA retreat now welcomes up to 300 women at our new home, Whispering Winds.Our mission is to create a safe, inclusive space where women in recovery can come together to heal, connect, and grow. As addiction in all its forms continues to risealcohol, drugs, food, gambling, relationshipswe believe in the importance of reaching out, lifting each other up, and building a strong, supportive community. We know recovery isn't linear; it's a journey of progress, not perfection. At Las Hermanas, we walk that path together, one day at a time. Through shared experience, laughter, tears, and sisterhood, we aim to inspire lasting change that ripples outwardinto families, friendships, and the broader recovery community.We come from all walks of life, and we share one thing in common: a desire to recover and live fully.
What it reported doing in 2025
Las Hermanas' greatest accomplishment is its longevity, growth, and impact on women's recovery across nearly four decades. From its humble beginnings in 1982 with just 30 participants, the retreat has grown into a vibrant and transformative experience for up to 300 women annually, welcoming those from all 12-step recovery programs.Beyond numbers, its true achievement lies in creating a safe, supportive, and empowering space where thousands of women have found connection, healing, and hope. The retreat's evolution reflects its ability to meet the changing needs of women in recovery, foster deep bonds, and inspire ripple effects of recovery that extend far beyond the weekend itself into homes, communities, and future generations.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Earned-program. 99% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
- Distribution model
- Transfer-based 990-EZ. The 990-EZ reports grants or member benefits, but it does not separate enough spending to show the nonprofit’s full delivery mix.
The verdict
MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up and revenue has grown recently. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 11
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 50
- Growth: 60
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 16.6%; rating input score 17
- Program expense ratio: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 6.8%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.49; rating input score 31; 31st percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: Limited
- Revenue growth: 15.9% per year; rating input score 100; 87th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 16% per year; rating input score 100; 80th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 16.6% of revenue deployed
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
- Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- Filing history: 2 filing years from 2024 to 2025
- 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.
Grant-readiness screening is separate from the live rating, not a measure of program quality. Review the source records before making a grant decision.
- High — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 17/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 56/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 31/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.
- Review — Grant Readiness: California registration: this organization could not be resolved against the register, so the check is unfinished.