Los Angeles Conservancy
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 953273046
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2013–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Los Angeles, CA, USA
- Phone
- 2136232489
- Rating
- 77
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Historical Societies, Related Historical Activities
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $2,862,593
- Expenses
- $3,246,874
- Assets
- $8,877,452
- Liabilities
- $548,177
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
30 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- ADRIAN FINE 112024 (PRESIDENT AND CEO)
- LINDA DISHMAN (PRESIDENT AND CEO)
Highest reported compensation
- LINDA DISHMAN (PRESIDENT AND CEO): $275,214 total reported compensation
- ADRIAN FINE 112024 (PRESIDENT AND CEO): $221,511 total reported compensation
- ELIZABETH LESHIN (DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT): $165,549 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
The los angeles conservancy is a nonprofit membership organization that works through education and advocacy to recognize, preserve, and revitalize the historic architectural and cultural resources of los angeles county.
What it reported doing in 2024
Outreach: los angeles conservancy engages community stakeholders to advance recognition, preservation and revitalization of architectural and cultural resources of los angeles county. Strategic outreach efforts include bi-monthly member newsletter, deploying bi-monthly e-news for approx 31,000 subscriber and email alerts regarding preservation, special events, and a proactive public relations approach. The conservancy's website (www.laconservancy.org) serves as a critical resource for supporters, community members, government entities, businesses and members of the general public. With 43,601 followers on facebook, 52,910 followers on instagram, and 17,029 followers on x (formerly known as twitter), the conservancy counts on a strong base of active online supporters. Communications efforts support membership growth and expand the reach of the conservancy's education programs and advocacy work.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
- 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
SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised and expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 71
- Transparency & Controls: 74
- Accountability: 100
- Sustainability: 34
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 83.1%; rating input score 83
- Program expense ratio: 70.8%; rating input score 71
- Fundraising efficiency: $3.61 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 11; 11th percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: 2 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 33
- Compensation committee: Missing
- Independent consultant: Missing
- Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
- Written employment contract: Missing
- Compensation survey or study: Pass
- Board or committee approval: Pass
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: Limited
- 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: -13.4%; rating input score 10; 10th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.73; rating input score 71; 71st percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.06; rating input score 67; 67th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 29.9%; rating input score 5; 5th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 1% per year; rating input score 100; 17th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 1.6% per year; rating input score 100; 18th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 7.2% per year; rating input score 100; 46th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 83.1% of revenue deployed · 70.8% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 25 of 25 board members independent · 8 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $2.3M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $275K · 30 people listed · 2 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
- Consistency: 31 of 31 current checks pass
- Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes major donors and executive pay
- Filing history: 11 filing years from 2013 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 5 filed money-flow records
- 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.
- High — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 11/100.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 10/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 5/100.