Pasadena - Foothill Valley Ywca

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
951644059
IRS 990 coverage
2011–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Pasadena, CA, USA
Phone
6262968433
Rating
50
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Young Men's or Women's Associations

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$48,699
Expenses
$32,647
Assets
$1,019,518
Liabilities
$10,000

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

Leadership & pay

4 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • DEBRA SUH (CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER)

Highest reported compensation

  • DEBRA SUH (CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER): $25,513 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Ywca is dedicated to eliminating racism, empowering women and promoting peace, justice, freedom and dignity for all. The ywca draws together members who strive to create opportunities for women's growth, leadership and power in order to attain a common vision.

What it reported doing in 2024

Ywca pasadena-foothill valley's girls' empowerment programs were operated by parent organization, ywca glendale & pasadena and include after school programming: girls' circle (a structured, weekly after school support group for girls 12-15 using an evidence-based curriculum), techgyrls (a bi-weekly after school robotics workshops and steam education learning series for girls 10-15), and camp rosie: girls on the rise (our signature summer camp focused on the four focus areas of healthy relationships & life skills, steam education, leadership & civic engagement, and arts & culture programming for girls 10-16). These interconnected programs are designed to foster connection, increase personal and collective strength, build resiliency practices, and develop applied knowledge growth so girls can dream big and pursue pathways of personal and educational success supported as part of a community of care.the girls served through our empowerment programs are primarily students of color; 29% are hispanic/latino/a; 15% are white/caucasian, non-armenian and armenian; 15% are asian/asian american; 10% are black/african american; 13% are other or multi-racial, 3% preferred not to self-identify, and 15% did not provide information. Based on state income limits 2024, 43% of girls come from families self-certified as acutely low to low income, 21% median to moderate income, and 36% did not provide information. During fiscal year 24-25 we served 52 girls from pasadena, altadena, sierra madre and collectively with our parent organization, we served 136 girls enrolled in empowerment programs including providing violence prevention education to 92 girls enrolled and in community partnership.

Operating model

Revenue model
Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
Distribution model
No current program activity. The filing reports no program spending for the current year.

The verdict

MIXED - 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: 0
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 95
  • Sustainability: 69
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 0%; rating input score 0
  • Program expense ratio: 0%; rating input score 0
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • 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; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 7 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 88
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Fail
    • 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: 33%; rating input score 80; 80th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 31.23; rating input score 87; 87th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.01; rating input score 28; 28th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 20; 20th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -19.5% per year; rating input score 0; 18th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -14.3% per year; rating input score 0; 26th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -4% per year; rating input score 0; 23rd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 0% of revenue deployed · 0% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 3 of 3 board members independent · 7 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment
  • Leadership: top reported pay $26K · 4 people listed
  • Consistency: 15 of 15 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 14 filing years from 2011 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • Related organizations: 1 filed related-organization link
  • 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: Mission deployment rate scored 0/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: CEO compensation review process not reported.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 20/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 28/100.