The Bel-air Garden Club Inc C/o Becca Hartmeier

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
956086655
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2010–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2014
Location
Los Angeles, CA, USA
Phone
3104188384
Rating
68
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate

Reported finances

Revenue
$50,609
Expenses
$31,240
Assets
$85,103
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

5 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • MARY WHITE (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • PAMELA HALLE (PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • MARGARET PREISSMAN (CORRESPONDING SECRETARY)
  • MARY WHITE (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • PAMELA HALLE (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 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The purpose of the organization is to maintain the beauty of bel-air, calif and to promote civic beautification. We also provide educational programs for members. Meetings are held in october, november, february, march, april, and may. An annual meeting is held in june.

What it reported doing in 2024

The organization provides advancement of horticulture and landscaping for the community benefit. We provide on-going landscaping for the east and west bel-air gates and decorate the gates for the december holidays.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 61% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
Distribution model
Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 71% for direct work, and 29% for grants.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and program spending has grown recently. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and reported officer compensation is a large share of total spending, which may reflect staffing concentration.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 52
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 76
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 41.7%; rating input score 42
  • Program expense ratio: 67.6%; rating input score 68

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 38.3%; rating input score 86; 86th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.72; rating input score 72; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 68; 68th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 4.9% per year; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 7.4% per year; rating input score 100; 77th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 2% per year; rating input score 100; 47th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 41.7% of revenue deployed · 67.6% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $21K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 1 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 14 filing years from 2010 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 — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 42/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.