Los Angeles County Beekeepers Association
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 815448098
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2018–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2021
- Location
- La Crescenta, CA, USA
- Phone
- 8186068228
- Rating
- 86
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Professional Societies, Associations
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $73,318
- Expenses
- $76,414
- Assets
- $87,547
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
7 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- CHARLENE POTTER (PRESIDENT)
- JAY WEISS (VICE PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- EL REY ENSCH (DIRECTOR)
- KEVIN HEYDMAN (DIRECTOR)
- CHARLENE POTTER (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 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
From 1873 to present: los angeles county beekeepers association continues to foster the interest of bee culture and beekeeping within los angeles county. The association's primary purpose is the care and welfare of the honeybee. A further description of the association's purposes includes, but is not limited to, the following: to support local events that provide opportunities for the community to learn about beekeeping; to provide funds for research and education concerning beekeeping; to hold regular meetings for those interested in beekeeping; and to provide the opportunity to meet with other beekeepers and disseminate the latest information concerning bees and beekeeping.
What it reported doing in 2025
To promote the interest of bee culture and beekeeping within los angeles county and to enhance the education of the general public and of the association members concerning the important roles of honeybees in the natural, rural, and urban worlds.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Other-operating. 74% of the money available for current operations came from other operating revenue.
- Distribution model
- Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 77% for direct work, and 23% for 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: 92
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 46
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 93.7%; rating input score 94
- Program expense ratio: 89.8%; rating input score 90
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -4.2%; rating input score 35; 35th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.15; rating input score 51; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 22.9% per year; rating input score 100; 83rd percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 9.2% per year; rating input score 100; 79th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 17.9% per year; rating input score 100; 82nd percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 93.7% of revenue deployed · 89.8% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $69K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 7 people listed
- Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- Filing history: 5 filing years from 2018 to 2025
- 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 35/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 51/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.