Scarsdale Womans Club Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
131729697
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Scarsdale, NY, USA
Phone
9147230024
Rating
78
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Humanities Organizations

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$300,749
Expenses
$273,968
Assets
$1,588,270
Liabilities
$14,160

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

Leadership & pay

16 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • CAROL SARCINELLA (VICE PRESIDENT PHILANTHROP)
  • JOANNE AUERBACH (EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT)
  • MARY ANN D'AMATO (EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT)
  • VIVIAN MENNA (PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • CAROL SARCINELLA (VICE PRESIDENT PHILANTHROP)
  • ROSEMARY KING (RECORDING SECRETARY)
  • JOAN MIZRAHI (DIRECTOR OF SPECIAL EVENTS)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

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

Overview

Mission

The club conducts educational & cultural programs open to the public at no charge. These programs include presentations, workshops, discussions, musical performances and related activities addressing a broad range of educational and cultural subjects, including world cultures, literature and film, visual and performing arts, food and dining, home and garden, pottery and music.these programs are designed to promote lifelong learning, cultural enrichment and community engagement.the club engages in charitable activities through fundraising including tag sales throughout the year. All funds raised are used to support charitable organizations that benefit women, children and the general public with an emphasis on health, education and community well-being.the club conducts ongoing book collection and distribution programs that provides books to military personnel, underserved communities, peace corps locations and other qualifying recipients to advance educational and charitable objectives.

What it reported doing in 2024

The organization holds events for its members as well as the public throughout the year. Interest groups include choral singers who rehearse weekly and perform throughout the year. Our potters enjoy a workroom equipped with a wheel and kiln. The garden group receives instruction in floral design and horticulture. The personal investing group researches stocks and learns about financial topics from various speakers. Throughout the year, there are trips to museums and local places of interest. There are numerous additional programs on art, literature, travel and topics associated with the home. Each week the calendar is full of diverse and stimulating activities.

Operating model

Revenue model
Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 89% 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. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 60
  • Transparency & Controls: 94
  • Accountability: 88
  • Sustainability: 65
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 66%; rating input score 66
  • Program expense ratio: 70.4%; rating input score 70
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 80th percentile among comparable filings
  • 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: 5 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 71
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 8.9%; rating input score 58; 58th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 5.8; rating input score 82; 82nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.01; rating input score 46; 46th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 0.2% per year; rating input score 100; 31st percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 1.8% per year; rating input score 100; 34th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 3.2% per year; rating input score 100; 39th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 66% of revenue deployed · 70.4% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 16 of 16 board members independent · 5 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $193K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 16 people listed
  • Consistency: 30 of 30 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors and grants
  • Filing history: 15 filing years from 2010 to 2024
  • 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.

  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 7 not reported.
  • Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 58/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 46/100.