The Nonprofit Partnership

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
330842943
IRS 990 coverage
2012–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025
Location
Long Beach, CA, USA
Phone
5628886530
Rating
89
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Nonprofit Management

Reported finances

Revenue
$3,679,753
Expenses
$3,472,336
Assets
$1,465,032
Liabilities
$396,365

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

Leadership & pay

15 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Michelle Byerly (Executive Director)
  • Norma Stein (President)
  • Rob Feldman (Vice President)

Highest reported compensation

  • Michelle Byerly (Executive Director): $142,841 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

We believe in the power of nonprofits to impact and transform communities. To strengthen the sector and the communities it serves The Nonprofit Partnership TNP engages in learning collaboration resource sharing and advocacy.

What it reported doing in 2025

Capacity Building - Custom Support: With specialized expertise in organizational management consulting professional development and customized training programs we offer the ability to enhance organizational performance in the following core capacity building areas: organizational development strategic planning executive leadership financial sustainability retreats and facilitation board development evaluation human resource management fund development inclusion community-centered program development and engagement and marketing and communications. The Nonprofit Partnerships diverse team of professional experts allows us to meet a wide variety of organizational sizes and needs. In addition we provide capacity and network building support to funder driven initiatives through cohort design and implementation technical and administrative support. Custom Support work in 2025 centered on responsive tailored capacity-building services designed to meet a wide range of organizational needs across the nonprofit sector. In total 43 projects were supported by the Custom Support team. Additional Partnerships included capacity building for LA County Office of Violence Prevention organizations through our collaboration with L.A. CADA summer grant administration with the Long Beach Office of Violence Prevention North Long Beach Collaborative with CalWellness Foundation through our partners at Long Beach Center for Economic Inclusion and nonprofit workshops with the San Pedro Chamber of Commerce- impacting 100s of nonprofit organizations.

Operating model

Revenue model
Grant-funded. 70% of the money available for current operations came from government grants.
Distribution model
Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 61% of its reported program spending out as grants.

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: 87
  • Transparency & Controls: 90
  • Accountability: 100
  • Sustainability: 36
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 84.9%; rating input score 85
  • Program expense ratio: 89.9%; rating input score 90
  • Fundraising efficiency: $126.65 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 90; 90th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 92.9%; rating input score 93; 14th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 75th percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 8 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 100
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 5.6%; rating input score 45; 45th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.42; rating input score 13; 13th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.27; rating input score 29; 29th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 4.1%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 15.1% per year; rating input score 100; 75th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 14.7% per year; rating input score 100; 79th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 11.7% per year; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 84.9% of revenue deployed · 89.9% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 14 of 14 board members independent · 8 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $3.1M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $143K · 15 people listed
  • Consistency: 43 of 44 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors and grants
  • Filing history: 12 filing years from 2012 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 43 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 42 filed related-organization links
  • 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 45/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 13/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 29/100.
  • Review — Transparency & Controls: Domestic grant itemization did not reconcile in the filed values.