People for Parks

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
954219646
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2014–2019
Forms available
Form 990 2012, Form 990-EZ 2019
Location
Los Angeles, CA, USA
Phone
8777769630
Rating
73
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Alliance/Advocacy

Reported finances

Revenue
$120,714
Expenses
$160,080
Assets
$0

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2019. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

6 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • T LARRY WATTS (President)
  • JOANIE CONLEY (Vice President)

People named in this filing

  • T LARRY WATTS (President)
  • MARCO SUAREZ (Treasurer)
  • JOANIE CONLEY (Vice 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 2019. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Mission: to create access to safe and vibrant play spaces to underserved los angeles neighborhoods by (1) unlocking schoolyards on weekends to create community school parks (csp), (2) empowering communitites and (3) advancing innovative local joint-use policies. Vision - a los angeles where every child and family has a safe park within walking distance. Values play, healthy lifestyles, safety, public space access, community empowerment and joint-use.

What it reported doing in 2019

People for parks met its goal for 2019, maintaining six community school parks (csp) in under-parked, dense and low-income regions of los angeles, and carried out extensive community organizing to empower parents to take ownership of csps through participation and leadership in park activity. Pfp finalized the merger with los angeles neighborhood land and trust, underwhich pfp transferred all assets to los angeles neighborhood land and trust.

Operating model

Revenue model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent revenue detail to tell how this nonprofit funds its work.
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.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. A relatively small share of total spending goes to programs and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 61
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 3
  • Growth: 40

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 66.8%; rating input score 67
  • Program expense ratio: 50.4%; rating input score 50

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -32.6%; rating input score 3; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0; rating input score 1; 1st percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 29.2%; rating input score 13; 13th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 4.5% per year; rating input score 100; 49th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -11.2% per year; rating input score 0; 5th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -34.3% per year; rating input score 0; 3rd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 66.8% of revenue deployed · 50.4% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $81K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 6 people listed
  • Consistency: 5 of 5 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 6 filing years from 2014 to 2019
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • 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.

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  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 50/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 3/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 1/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 13/100.
  • High — Grant Readiness: California registration: this organization is recorded as not currently operating in California.