Life Advocates Aka the Keepers Closet

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN: 460829073
IRS 990-EZ coverage: 2015–2020
Forms available: Form 990 2018, Form 990-EZ 2020
Location: Gilroy, CA, USA
Phone: 4088472018
Rating: 56
Verdict: MIXED
Rating confidence: Moderate
Sector: Alliance/Advocacy Organizations

Reported finances

Revenue: $44,034
Expenses: $44,494
Assets: $427,373

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2020. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

2 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

PEGGY CUNNINGHAM (President)

People named in this filing

PEGGY CUNNINGHAM (President)
LUCRETIA NILMEYER (Treasurer)

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 2020. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

In the year 2018, the organizations primary exempt purpose was in assisting families, especially those with small children who are lacking in material items such as clothing, baby bottles, diapers, car seats, cribs, blankets, mattresses, play pens, highchairs, etc. The particular community we serve are families who are living in cars, nearby shelters, under bridges, and nearby creeks, etc. who are in desperate need of both food and clothing. These families are below the poverty line by most measures, and most are lacking in nearly everything to support their children. In addition to providing substantial amounts of food and clothing, we also provide baby bottles, diapers, books, toys, and the larger material items (cribs, childrens beds, sheets, blankets, car seats, pack and plays, etc.) for children ages newborn to age 10. Our primary exempt purpose is to assist people, especially young families with children newborn to age 10, to survive in life under extremely difficult circumstance

What it reported doing in 2020

In the year 2015 our primary focus shifted from providing assistance to young mothers with unexpected pregnancies into assisting all families with children who simply cannot afford clothing and material goods, as well as lacking in a place to live, lacking medical supplies, etc. In the year 2016-2019 we saw significant expansion of this work as various churches, local groups and secular organizations all began to provide the material items mentioned above, and also providing food by way of a regional food bank. Further, we have expanded our services beyond just baby clothes and sustainability food bags. We now also provide referrals to medical organizations and other local groups that can render assistance beyond our limited resources. We had a part time individual though June, 2019, who along with approximately 15 rotating volunteers receive clothing and material goods donations, sort them, stack them, clean them, etc. and then distribute them to needy families who come to our center throughout the calendar year.

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: Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% 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.

The verdict

MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up. 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: 31
Transparency & Controls: 92
Sustainability: 53
Growth: 20

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

Mission deployment rate: 30.7%; rating input score 31
Program expense ratio: 30.4%; rating input score 30

Transparency & Controls

Consistency checks: 90%; rating input score 90; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

Operating margin: -1%; rating input score 44; 44th percentile among comparable filings
Total-asset coverage ratio: 9.61; rating input score 88; 88th 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: -10.8% per year; rating input score 0; 35th percentile among comparable filings
Revenue growth: -1.5% per year; rating input score 0; 60th percentile among comparable filings
Asset growth: 20% per year; rating input score 100; 85th percentile among comparable filings

Details

Where the money goes: 30.7% of revenue deployed · 30.4% of spending went to programs
Governance: Filed governance answers
Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $14K in reported program spending
Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 2 people listed
Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
Schedules: 3 filed schedules
Filing history: 5 filing years from 2015 to 2020
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.

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 31/100.
Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 30/100.
High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 44/100.
Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.
High — Grant Readiness: Automatic revocation: this organization had its federal tax-exempt status automatically revoked.
High — Grant Readiness: California registration: this organization is recorded as not currently operating in California.