Lghs H&sc Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
270646447
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2016–2017
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2017
Location
Los Gatos, CA, USA
Phone
4083542730
Rating
56
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Fund Raising and/or Fund Distribution

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$54,544
Expenses
$48,081
Assets
$169,004

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2017. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

8 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • GILLIAN VERGA (CO-PRESIDENT)
  • BARBARA HOLMES (CO-PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • GILLIAN VERGA (CO-PRESIDENT)
  • BARBARA HOLMES (CO-PRESIDENT)
  • CYNTHIA JAMES (VP ACTT/SCHOLAR)

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 2017. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

To financially support lghs students and faculty

What it reported doing in 2017

Provided support to teachers and administration of los gatos high school (lghs) through grants for teaching supplies, materials, equipment and other educational enhancing events.

Operating model

Revenue model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent revenue detail to tell how this nonprofit funds its work.
Distribution model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent spending detail to tell whether the nonprofit works directly or through others.

The verdict

MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up and revenue comfortably covers expenses. 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: 82
  • Sustainability: 61
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 31.8%; rating input score 32
  • Program expense ratio: 36%; rating input score 36

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 11.8%; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 3.51; rating input score 78; 78th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 42.9% per year; rating input score 100; 92nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -47.7% per year; rating input score 0; 6th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 3.9% per year; rating input score 100; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 31.8% of revenue deployed · 36% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 2 filed program accomplishments · $17K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 8 people listed
  • Consistency: 6 of 7 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2016 to 2017
  • 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.

  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 32/100.
  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 36/100.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Part III transfer expenses within program total did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.
  • High — Grant Readiness: Automatic revocation: this organization had its federal tax-exempt status automatically revoked.