Pearl Elegance Foundation

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
464724189
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2019–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2023, Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2021
Location
Laurel, MD, USA
Rating
84
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Philanthropy, Charity, Voluntarism Promotion

Reported finances

Revenue
$81,618
Expenses
$16,550
Assets
$203,712

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

11 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Karen Hicks (President)

People named in this filing

  • Karen Hicks (President)
  • Eugenia Jones (Board Member)
  • Dana Jones (Secretary)

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

Pearl Elegance Foundation Incorporated is uniquely positioned to mobilize our membership of volunteers from various career paths and experiences to serve our community. Our rich history of programs inspired by the international organization of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Incorporated have served to fuel an energy of change in all walks of life. All of our members possess one specific mindset of service to all mankind. We are connected by strong ties of our causes and cares. Pearl Elegance Foundation Incorporated seeks to be a great and widespread outreach organization to our community. We want to see our youth more educated more polished more excited about learning and more prepared to attend higher educational.

What it reported doing in 2025

Programs of Service

Operating model

Revenue model
Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
Distribution model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent spending detail to tell whether the nonprofit works directly or through others.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Some filed totals do not add up and reported officer compensation is a large share of total spending, which may reflect staffing concentration.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 100
  • Transparency & Controls: 63
  • Sustainability: 80
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 76.9%; rating input score 77; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 79.7%; rating input score 97; 97th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 12.31; rating input score 93; 93rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 21.3% per year; rating input score 100; 82nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 3.2% per year; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 9.4% per year; rating input score 100; 69th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $88K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 11 people listed
  • Consistency: 6 of 7 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 4 filing years from 2019 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 — Transparency & Controls: Part III program expenses within total did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.