Loma Serena Improvement Association

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
942169645
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2014–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024
Location
Los Gatos, CA, USA
Rating
89
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate

Reported finances

Revenue
$148,008
Expenses
$143,904
Assets
$75,150

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

Leadership & pay

5 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Eric Monsef (President)
  • Mike Wood (Vice President)
  • Mark Banke (Vice President)

People named in this filing

  • Eric Monsef (President)
  • Laura Evans (Treasurer)
  • Mike Wood (Vice President)

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

To engage as a social organization for real property described as: "Lots 1 to 85 inclusive as shown on that certain map entitled 'Loma Serena, Tract No. 3393' which map was filed for record in the office of the County Recorder of the County of Santa Clara on the 30th day of June 1964, in book 181 of maps at page 42 to which said map and the said record thereof reference is hereby made."

What it reported doing in 2024

Collected membership dues and assessments to maintain and improve the common grounds and fence of loma serena

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

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 98
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 39
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 97.2%; rating input score 97
  • 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: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 2.8%; rating input score 42; 42nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.52; rating input score 39; 39th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 5.9% per year; rating input score 100; 50th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 4.8% per year; rating input score 100; 46th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 14.5% per year; rating input score 100; 72nd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 97.2% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $144K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
  • Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 1 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 10 filing years from 2014 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.

  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 42/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 39/100.