The Junior League of Pasadena Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
951685810
IRS 990 coverage
2015–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Pasadena, CA, USA
Phone
6267960244
Rating
86
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Women's Service Clubs

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$186,496
Expenses
$138,477
Assets
$1,909,835
Liabilities
$37,575

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

Leadership & pay

10 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Sara Snider (PRESIDENT)
  • Lisa Glionna (PRESIDENT-ELECT)
  • Sarah Marie Campbell (EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • Sara Snider (PRESIDENT)
  • Lisa Glionna (PRESIDENT-ELECT)
  • Audrey Horn (TREASURER (THRU JUNE 2024))

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 junior league of pasadena is an organization of women whose mission is to advance women's leadership for meaningful community impact through volunteer action, collaboration and training. Its purposes are exclusively educational and charitable.

What it reported doing in 2024

The junior league of pasadena empowers women to break barriers in order to build their futures and strengthen their communities. The organization's current issue area is the support and development of women within the greater san gabriel valley, with a particular focus on business, entrepreneurship, and leadership skills (bels). This is accomplished through hosting trainings, organizing donation drives, and volunteering with our community partners. In fy25, the junior league of pasadena participated in 14 volunteer projects and contributed approximately 620 service hours. 200 of those hours were spent distributing supplies to those impacted by the eaton wildfires. The organization also hosted a "she counts" seminar for women in the community to learn about budgeting, investing, and other financial literacy topics from local financial professionals.

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 95% 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.
  • Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised and revenue has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 84
  • Transparency & Controls: 90
  • Accountability: 94
  • Sustainability: 77
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 96.5%; rating input score 97
  • Program expense ratio: 76.5%; rating input score 77
  • Fundraising efficiency: $10.12 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 40; 40th percentile among comparable filings

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: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 6 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 86
    • 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: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 25.7%; rating input score 79; 79th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 13.79; rating input score 92; 92nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.02; rating input score 40; 40th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 4.9% per year; rating input score 100; 53rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -1.5% per year; rating input score 0; 18th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 0.7% per year; rating input score 100; 27th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 96.5% of revenue deployed · 76.5% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 9 of 9 board members independent · 6 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $106K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 10 people listed
  • Consistency: 27 of 27 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 10 filing years from 2015 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
  • 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: Fundraising efficiency scored 40/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Independent financial-statement audit not reported.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 40/100.