The Dunsmore Elementary School Foundation

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
954398719
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2010–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024
Location
La Crescenta, CA, USA
Rating
86
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate

Reported finances

Revenue
$44,062
Expenses
$51,578
Assets
$92,502

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

Leadership & pay

10 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Aimee Dunford (President)
  • Bernice Aoyama (Vice President)

People named in this filing

  • Aimee Dunford (President)
  • Bernice Aoyama (Vice President)
  • Christian Johnson (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

To help students at Dunsmore Elementary School realize the best education by providing funds for classroom equipment library materials music physical education and enrichment programs and by assisting teachers with the purchase of classroom supplies.

What it reported doing in 2024

Funded primary music upper-grade chorus and orchestra instrument rental and repair in part through payments to Glendale Unified School District.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 84% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 62% for direct work, and 38% for grants.

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 reported officer compensation is a large share of total spending, which may reflect staffing concentration.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 92
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 37
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 97%; rating input score 97
  • Program expense ratio: 82.9%; rating input score 83

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -17.1%; rating input score 25; 25th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.79; rating input score 62; 62nd 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: 7.1% per year; rating input score 100; 67th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 2.6% per year; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 2.3% per year; rating input score 100; 48th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 97% of revenue deployed · 82.9% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 4 filed program accomplishments · $43K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 10 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 13 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.

  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 25/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.