Present Now
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 461420945
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2013–2025
- Official website data refreshed
- Sep 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2012
- Location
- Santa Monica, CA, US
- Phone
- (424) 330-0002
- Rating
- 88
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Emergency Assistance
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $95,590
- Expenses
- $379,480
- Assets
- $53,362
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
10 people listed
People named in this filing
- MELISSA TILLMAN (Interim ED)
- WONNIE PARK (Treasurer)
- JOSHUA GREEN (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
To uplift youth living in domestic violence shelters to restore a sense of normalcy through gifts and experiences that make them feel seen and special as they work to heal and rebuild their lives with their safe parent.
What it reported doing in 2025
In 2025, PRESENT NOW delivered core Presents Program services to children and youth living in transitional domestic violence shelters across multiple states. During the year, the organization distributed Presence of Love (Valentines Day) gifts, Presence of Being (Birthday) gifts, and birthday cake kits, impacting more than 2,000 children and youth.Presence of Love gifts delivered in January 2025 included 1,617 age-appropriate STEAM-oriented gifts, with additional art kits distributed through a partner-supported initiative. Presence of Being distributions included personalized birthday gifts and birthday celebration kits delivered to shelter partners. In February, PRESENT NOW paused program operations and focused on responsible stewardship of remaining resources while maintaining mission alignment.
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
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 89
- Transparency & Controls: 94
- Sustainability: 13
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
- Program expense ratio: 69.6%; rating input score 70
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 93.3%; rating input score 93; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -297%; rating input score 4; 4th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.14; rating input score 15; 15th 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: 17.1% per year; rating input score 100; 79th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 9.6% per year; rating input score 100; 80th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 11.7% per year; rating input score 100; 73rd percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: 6 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 3 operating locations identified
- Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 69.6% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $264K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 10 people listed
- Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 4 filing years from 2013 to 2025
- 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.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 4/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 15/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.