The Leadership and Education Fund for the Betterment of Women
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 954736457
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2019–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990 2020, Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2018
- Location
- Pasadena, CA, USA
- Phone
- 9497067343
- Rating confidence
- Limited
- Sector
- Scholarships, Student Financial Aid Services, Awards
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $0
- Expenses
- $2,515
- Assets
- $70
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
3 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- BETSY MCLAUGHLIN (President)
People named in this filing
- LINDA LORE (Director)
- JENNEVA GUZMAN (Executive Dir.)
- BETSY MCLAUGHLIN (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
The trusteeship was founded in 1998 to bring together preeminent women of achievement and influence in diverse fields, and to provide them with a forum for the exchange of ideas and experiences. The trusteeship is a founding member affiliate of the international womens forum, which is composed of affiliates throughout the us and around the world. Often individual members work together to address significant issues at local, state, national and international levels. In the process they pool resources, solidify relationships and create networks of power and communication. Through the distinction of its members and the importance of their constituencies, the trusteeship exemplifies the leadership role of women and demonstrates the impact they are having on society.
What it reported doing in 2025
Since 1998, the organization has linked prominent women leaders from diverse fields and industries in southern California to engage and connect.
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
- 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
- The available evidence is not sufficient to produce an overall rating for this filing. This is not a warning sign.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 37
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 9
- Growth: 40
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: Limited
- Program expense ratio: 99.4%; rating input score 99
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: Limited
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.03; rating input score 8; 8th 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: 17.9% per year; rating input score 100; 79th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -8.5% per year; rating input score 0; 27th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -39.6% per year; rating input score 0; 5th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 99.4% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $2K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
- Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- Filing history: 6 filing years from 2019 to 2025
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
- 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: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 8/100.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.