The LGBTQ Center Long Beach

Legal name: One in Long Beach Inc Dba The LGBTQ Center Long Beach

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
953523149
IRS 990 coverage
2020–2024
Official website data refreshed
Sep 2026
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Long Beach, California, US
Phone
(562) 434-4455
Rating
66
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Educational Services and Schools - Other

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$4,332,726
Expenses
$3,289,165
Assets
$2,528,401
Liabilities
$239,346

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

Leadership & pay

9 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Eduardo Lara (President)
  • Christopher Covington (Vice President)

Highest reported compensation

  • Elizabeth Perez (Executive Dir.): $164,170 total reported compensation
  • Mieko Failey (Dir of Legal): $145,140 total reported compensation
  • Christina Rosales (Dir of Finance): $142,178 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 LGBTQ Center Long Beach is dedicated to advancing equity for LGBTQ people through culturally responsive advocacy, education, programs, and services.

What it reported doing in 2024

Health ServicesThe Centers Health Services Department provides trauma informed, non-judgmental HIV testing, STI screening, diagnosing and treatment, harm reduction initiatives, and transgender care to more than 1,000 individuals annually. Services are available 5 days per week during non-traditional office hours. Services include risk reduction counseling, behavior modification conversations, linkage to additional physical and mental health services, access to PEP, PrEP, and DoxyPEP, as well as linkage to internal programs and services. Transgender health services include, in addition to testing and screening, direct client linkage to housing, employment development, access to affirming primary care including hormone replacement therapy (HRT), and local gender affirming services and specialized medical care. The Centers Mental Health Services Department provides individual and group counseling, crisis counseling, shelter placement, and safety planning to approximately 125 victims of domestic violence annually. In addition to direct service work with victims of domestic violence, The Center also provides domestic violence prevention and outreach activities through regular educational workshops for service providers, youth, mental health counselors, and The Centers staff.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 80% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
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.
  • Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and most voting board members are independent. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 48
  • Transparency & Controls: 70
  • Accountability: 90
  • Sustainability: 55
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 38.4%; rating input score 38
  • Program expense ratio: 50.6%; rating input score 51
  • Fundraising efficiency: $185.78 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 91; 91st percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 1 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 17
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Missing
    • 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: 6 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 75
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: Pass
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Fail
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 24.1%; rating input score 80; 80th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.77; rating input score 28; 28th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.09; rating input score 60; 60th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 16.9%; rating input score 16; 16th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 3.1% per year; rating input score 100; 28th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 15.7% per year; rating input score 100; 83rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 9.5% per year; rating input score 100; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • What they do: 6 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 1 operating location identified
  • Where the money goes: 38.4% of revenue deployed · 50.6% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 5 of 5 board members independent · 6 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $1.7M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $164K · 9 people listed · 1 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Consistency: 30 of 30 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes major donors and executive pay
  • Filing history: 4 filing years from 2020 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 4 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.

  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 38/100.
  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 51/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 8 not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 28/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 16/100.