Shades of Pink Foundation California
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 463761216
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2015–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2014
- Location
- Encinitas, CA, USA
- Rating
- 92
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Human Services N.E.C.
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $50,033
- Expenses
- $52,396
- Assets
- $27,499
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
3 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- KRISTINE QUART (President)
People named in this filing
- VEMBRA HOLNAGEL (Treasurer)
- DEBBIE ANDERSON (SECRETARY)
- KRISTINE QUART (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 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
To provide temporary monetary assistance to local women experiencing financial distress as a result of a breast cancer diagnosis.
What it reported doing in 2025
Shades of Pink Foundation California provides short term financial assistance to women in California who are undergoing active breast cancer treatment and are struggling to meet basic living expenses. Many women undergoing breast cancer treatment face complete loss or severely reduced income during treatment. Our foundation aims to help these women by providing gift cards for gas, food and big box stores for other basic living necessities. We have found that the temporary financial assistance provided by Shades of Pink Foundation California alleviates some of the financial stresses that surround breast cancer and allows our grant recipients to focus on healing.Gift Card Grant Program AccomplishmentsApril 1, 2025 March 31, 2026During the reporting period, the Foundation awarded 200 Gift Card Grants totaling $71,700 to women undergoing breast cancer treatment who were experiencing financial hardship. Recipients ranged in age from 33 to 83 years and represented all stages of breast cancer. Gift cards helped meet essential day-to-day needs, including groceries, fuel, and other household necessities, easing the financial burden of treatment.To ensure continued support for patients in need, a portion of the funds designated for the 20262027 grant year was used during this reporting period, allowing additional grants to be awarded.
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
- Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 100% of its reported program spending out as grants.
The verdict
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Revenue has declined or grown slowly and expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 96
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 32
- Growth: 40
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 97.5%; rating input score 98
- Program expense ratio: 93.1%; rating input score 93
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: -4.7%; rating input score 35; 35th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.52; rating input score 32; 32nd 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: 10.9% per year; rating input score 100; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -3% per year; rating input score 0; 39th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -7.7% per year; rating input score 0; 20th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 97.5% of revenue deployed · 93.1% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $49K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
- Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 11 filing years from 2015 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.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 35/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 32/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.