Serbian Cultural Center San Diego
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 842547961
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2022–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2021
- Location
- San Diego, CA, USA
- Phone
- 3478585958
- Rating
- 90
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Arts, Cultural Organizations - Multipurpose
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $72,302
- Expenses
- $74,392
- Assets
- $26,823
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
12 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Vesna Jovanovic (President)
People named in this filing
- Vesna Jovanovic (President)
- Tijana Selezan (Secretary)
- Milan Jezdic-Miletic (Treasurer)
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 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
The mission of the Center is to promote and preserve Serbian language and heritage and to introduce Serbian traditions and customs to the multicultural community.
What it reported doing in 2024
During the year, the Serbian Cultural Center continued to fulfill its mission of preserving and promoting Serbian language, culture, and heritage in the local community. The Center successfully operated the School of Serbian Language and Culture, serving 55 students in classroom and 21 students online. Classes were held weekly on Saturdays from 2:25 p.m. to 4:45 p.m. In addition, the Center hosted the Nikola Tesla Club, with 30 students actively participating. The Club organized 10 workshops and one educational trip to New York City, where children performed a play about Nikola Tesla and received awards for their talents at an international Tesla conference.The Center also maintained an active Drama club, engaging 20 children in theater and stage performances that foster both language learning and cultural awareness.Throughout the year, the organization organized Annual Fundraising Gala Dinner, December Nights at Balboa park, a movie screening and several smaller cultural gatherings to strengthen community ties and promote intercultural understanding. These events brought together members and friends of the community, celebrating Serbian traditions while building connections with the wider public.
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 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: 87
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 32
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 88.3%; rating input score 88
- Program expense ratio: 85.7%; rating input score 86
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -2.9%; rating input score 39; 39th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.36; rating input score 24; 24th 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: 25% per year; rating input score 100; 85th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 11.2% per year; rating input score 100; 83rd percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 29.9% per year; rating input score 100; 91st percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 88.3% of revenue deployed · 85.7% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $64K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 12 people listed
- Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
- Schedules: 4 filed schedules
- Filing history: 3 filing years from 2022 to 2024
- 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 — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 39/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 24/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.