Marilag Foundation of Southern California Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
954825041
IRS 990-PF coverage
2020–2024
Forms available
Form 990-PF 2024
Location
Duarte, CA, USA
Phone
6263051970
Rating
52
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
International Relief

Reported finances

Revenue
$15,146
Expenses
$16,115

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

Overview

Mission

International Relief

What it reported funding in 2024

The foundation reported 1 filed grant row totaling $3,000. The stated grant purpose was pre-school kindergarten and high school-aged children in batangas province philippines received basic education appropriate for their age level-intellectually socially morally and physically-to help them grow into better members of society. help and assistance to economically in need students and their financially disadvantaged families were provided as several parents lost their jobs and source of income during the covid-19 pandemic and other natural disasters..

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% of the foundation's positive operating resources came from contributions.
Distribution model
Hybrid. The foundation combined direct charitable work with grants to other organizations or people.

The verdict

MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up and the filing identifies who received its grants. A relatively small share of spending goes to grants and assets provide a limited cushion relative to annual grants.

Rating breakdown

  • Grant Deployment: NotEnoughData
  • Cost Efficiency: 31
  • Transparency: 100
  • Compliance: 100
  • Endowment Health: 55

Detailed rating inputs

Grant Deployment

  • Grant deployment ratio: Limited

Cost Efficiency

  • Grant expense ratio: 31%; rating input score 31; 49th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency

  • Grant recipient disclosure: Yes; rating input score 100

Compliance

  • Foundation activity disclosures: 19 of 19 controls in place; rating input score 100
    • Property sale or exchange with a disqualified person: Pass
    • Borrowing from or lending to a disqualified person: Pass
    • Goods, services, or facilities involving a disqualified person: Pass
    • Compensation paid to a disqualified person: Pass
    • Assets transferred to a disqualified person: Pass
    • Payment to a government official: Pass
    • Uncorrected prior self-dealing: Pass
    • Prior-year undistributed income: Pass
    • Excess business holdings: Pass
    • Investments that may jeopardize charitable purposes: Pass
    • Uncorrected prior-year jeopardizing investments: Pass
    • Attempt to influence legislation: Pass
    • Attempt to influence an election: Pass
    • Individual grants for travel, study or similar purposes: Pass
    • Grants outside qualifying charitable organization categories: Pass
    • Spending for a noncharitable purpose: Pass
    • Funds received for a personal-benefit contract: Pass
    • Premiums paid on a personal-benefit contract: Pass
    • Prohibited tax-shelter transaction: Pass
  • Filing consistency checks: 10; rating input score 100

Endowment Health

  • Endowment-health comparison: 1.62; rating input score 55; 55th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
  • Grants: 100% of grant recipient detail disclosed
  • Payout: Filed payout detail
  • Trustees: Filed trustees detail
  • Self-dealing: 100% of reviewed questions answered “No”
  • Investments: 55th percentile for endowment coverage
  • Consistency: 10 of 10 current checks pass
  • Filing history: 4 filing years from 2020 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.

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 — Cost Efficiency: Grant expense ratio scored 31/100.
  • Review — Endowment Health: Endowment-health comparison scored 55/100.
  • Review — Grant Readiness: California registration: this organization could not be resolved against the register, so the check is unfinished.