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  • Encino, CA
  • Tax-exempt since March 2017
  • EIN: 81-4846057

Organization summary

Type of Nonprofit

Designated as a Organizations for any of the following purposes: religious, educational, charitable, scientific, literary, testing for public safety, fostering national or international amateur sports competition (as long as it doesn't provide athletic facilities or equipment), or the prevention of cruelty to children or animals.

Category: Community Improvement, Capacity Building / Women's Service Clubs (NTEE)

Donations to this organization are tax deductible.

Summary charts: organization finances over time

Revenue
$2.62M (2023)

Expenses
$2.93M (2023)

Total Assets
$1.01M (2023)

Total Liabilities
$0 (2023)

Years with multiple filings
Source: Form 990 tax filings from 2017 to 2023

Tax Filings by Year

Form 990 is an information return that most organizations claiming federal tax-exempt status must file yearly with the IRS. Nonprofit Explorer has IRS digitized Form 990 data for filings processed in 2012 and later. If this organization filed an amended return, it may not be reflected below. Duplicate download links may indicate a resubmission or amendment to this organization's original return. Form 990 data is from the IRS.

Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2023

Extracted Financial Data

Extracted Financial Data from Form 990
Revenue
$2,623,171
Expenses
$2,934,544
Net Income
-$311,373
Net Assets
$1,006,342
Notable Sources of Revenue Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions $1,983,076
75.6%
Program Services $583,573
22.2%
Investment Income $56,522
2.2%
Bond Proceeds $0
Royalties $0
Rental Property Income $0
Net Fundraising $0
Sales of Assets $0
Net Inventory Sales $0
Other Revenue $0
Notable Expenses Percent of Total Expenses
Executive Compensation $326,560
11.1%
Professional Fundraising Fees $0
Other Salaries and Wages $1,168,922
39.8%
Assets/Debt
Total Assets $1,006,342
Total Liabilities $0
Net Assets $1,006,342
Compensation
Key Employees and Officers Compensation Related Other
Alma Harel (President) $0 $0 $0
Pamala Buzick (Executive Dir.) $0 $0 $0

Document Links

990
Filed on Nov. 18, 2024

Primary tax return for a nonprofit’s activities, finances, and governance

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Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2022

Extracted Financial Data

Extracted Financial Data from Form 990
Revenue
$2,576,017
Expenses
$2,555,896
Net Income
$20,121
Net Assets
$1,317,715
Notable Sources of Revenue Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions $2,563,944
99.5%
Program Services $0
Investment Income $12,073
0.5%
Bond Proceeds $0
Royalties $0
Rental Property Income $0
Net Fundraising $0
Sales of Assets $0
Net Inventory Sales $0
Other Revenue $0
Notable Expenses Percent of Total Expenses
Executive Compensation $218,440
8.5%
Professional Fundraising Fees $5,200
0.2%
Other Salaries and Wages $1,186,910
46.4%
Assets/Debt
Total Assets $1,317,715
Total Liabilities $0
Net Assets $1,317,715
Compensation
Key Employees and Officers Compensation Related Other
Pamala Buzick (Coo) $218,440 $0 $0
Alma Harel (President) $0 $0 $0

Document Links

990
Filed on Nov. 11, 2023

Primary tax return for a nonprofit’s activities, finances, and governance

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Fiscal Year Ending Dec.
2021

Extracted Financial Data

Extracted Financial Data from Form 990
Revenue
$183,108
Expenses
$262,874
Net Income
-$79,766
Net Assets
$1,297,594
Notable Sources of Revenue Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions $183,097
100.0%
Program Services $0
Investment Income $11
0.0%
Bond Proceeds $0
Royalties $0
Rental Property Income $0
Net Fundraising $0
Sales of Assets $0
Net Inventory Sales $0
Other Revenue $0
Notable Expenses Percent of Total Expenses
Executive Compensation $36,733
14.0%
Professional Fundraising Fees $567
0.2%
Other Salaries and Wages $153,982
58.6%
Assets/Debt
Total Assets $1,297,594
Total Liabilities $0
Net Assets $1,297,594
Compensation
Key Employees and Officers Compensation Related Other
Pamala Buzick (Coo) $282,265 $0 $0
Alma Harel (President) $0 $0 $0

Document Links

990
Filed on Nov. 11, 2022

Primary tax return for a nonprofit’s activities, finances, and governance

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Fiscal Year Ending Nov.
2021

Extracted Financial Data

Extracted Financial Data from Form 990
Revenue
$2,434,113
Expenses
$1,845,551
Net Income
$588,562
Net Assets
$1,377,360
Notable Sources of Revenue Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions $2,433,972
100.0%
Program Services $0
Investment Income $141
0.0%
Bond Proceeds $0
Royalties $0
Rental Property Income $0
Net Fundraising $0
Sales of Assets $0
Net Inventory Sales $0
Other Revenue $0
Notable Expenses Percent of Total Expenses
Executive Compensation $282,265
15.3%
Professional Fundraising Fees $0
Other Salaries and Wages $801,409
43.4%
Assets/Debt
Total Assets $1,377,360
Total Liabilities $0
Net Assets $1,377,360

No Document Links

The IRS has provided extracted financial data for this filing, but has not yet released the source documents.

Fiscal Year Ending Nov.
2020

Extracted Financial Data

Extracted Financial Data from Form 990
Revenue
$1,411,698
Expenses
$1,861,754
Net Income
-$450,056
Net Assets
$788,798
Notable Sources of Revenue Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions $1,321,915
93.6%
Program Services $0
Investment Income $3,936
0.3%
Bond Proceeds $0
Royalties $0
Rental Property Income $0
Net Fundraising $0
Sales of Assets $0
Net Inventory Sales $0
Other Revenue $85,847
6.1%
Notable Expenses Percent of Total Expenses
Executive Compensation $462,746
24.9%
Professional Fundraising Fees $0
Other Salaries and Wages $507,076
27.2%
Assets/Debt
Total Assets $788,798
Total Liabilities $0
Net Assets $788,798
Compensation
Key Employees and Officers Compensation Related Other
Emma Reeves (Executive Dir.) $230,802 $0 $0
Pamala Buzick (Coo) $169,730 $0 $0
Alma Harel (President) $62,214 $0 $0

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990
Filed on Oct. 15, 2021

Primary tax return for a nonprofit’s activities, finances, and governance

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Fiscal Year Ending Nov.
2019

Extracted Financial Data

Extracted Financial Data from Form 990
Revenue
$0
Expenses
$0
Net Income
$0
Net Assets
$0
Notable Sources of Revenue Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions $0
Program Services $0
Investment Income $0
Bond Proceeds $0
Royalties $0
Rental Property Income $0
Net Fundraising $0
Sales of Assets $0
Net Inventory Sales $0
Other Revenue $0
Notable Expenses Percent of Total Expenses
Executive Compensation $0
Professional Fundraising Fees $0
Other Salaries and Wages $0
Assets/Debt
Total Assets $0
Total Liabilities $0
Net Assets $0
Compensation
Key Employees and Officers Compensation Related Other
Emma Reeves (Executive Dir.) $173,894 $0 $0
Alma Harel (President) $97,115 $0 $0
Mark Catalini (Secretary & Cfo) $0 $0 $0

Document Links

990
Filed on Feb. 2, 2021

Primary tax return for a nonprofit’s activities, finances, and governance

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Fiscal Year Ending Nov.
2018

Extracted Financial Data

Extracted Financial Data from Form 990
Revenue
$696,145
Expenses
$311,780
Net Income
$384,365
Net Assets
$494,373
Notable Sources of Revenue Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions $696,145
100%
Program Services $0
Investment Income $0
Bond Proceeds $0
Royalties $0
Rental Property Income $0
Net Fundraising $0
Sales of Assets $0
Net Inventory Sales $0
Other Revenue $0
Notable Expenses Percent of Total Expenses
Executive Compensation $148,680
47.7%
Professional Fundraising Fees $0
Other Salaries and Wages $50,192
16.1%
Assets/Debt
Total Assets $494,373
Total Liabilities $0
Net Assets $494,373
Compensation
Key Employees and Officers Compensation Related Other
Emma Reeves (Executive Di) $114,680 $0 $0
Alma Harel (President) $25,000 $0 $0
Steve Campeas (Secretary/Cf) $9,000 $0 $0

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990
Filed on June 3, 2019

Primary tax return for a nonprofit’s activities, finances, and governance

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Fiscal Year Ending Nov.
2017

Extracted Financial Data

Extracted Financial Data from Form 990
Revenue
$286,538
Expenses
$176,530
Net Income
$110,008
Net Assets
$110,008
Notable Sources of Revenue Percent of Total Revenue
Contributions $286,538
100%
Program Services $0
Investment Income $0
Bond Proceeds $0
Royalties $0
Rental Property Income $0
Net Fundraising $0
Sales of Assets $0
Net Inventory Sales $0
Other Revenue $0
Notable Expenses Percent of Total Expenses
Executive Compensation $54,168
30.7%
Professional Fundraising Fees $0
Other Salaries and Wages $17,680
10.0%
Assets/Debt
Total Assets $110,008
Total Liabilities $0
Net Assets $110,008
Compensation
Key Employees and Officers Compensation Related Other
Emma Reeves (Executive Di) $54,167 $0 $0
Alma Harel (President) $0 $0 $0
Steve Campeas (Secretary/Cf) $0 $0 $0

Document Links

990
Filed on April 4, 2018

Primary tax return for a nonprofit’s activities, finances, and governance

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PDF XML

About This Data

Nonprofit Explorer includes summary data for nonprofit tax returns and full Form 990 documents, in both PDF and digital formats.

The summary data contains information processed by the IRS during the 2012-2019 calendar years; this generally consists of filings for the 2011-2018 fiscal years, but may include older records. This data release includes only a subset of what can be found in the full Form 990s.

In addition to the raw summary data, we link to PDFs and digital copies of full Form 990 documents wherever possible. This consists of separate releases by the IRS of Form 990 documents processed by the agency, which we update regularly.

We also link to copies of audits nonprofit organizations that spent $750,000 or more in Federal grant money in a single fiscal year since 2016. These audits are copied from the Federal Audit Clearinghouse.

Which Organizations Are Here?

Every organization that has been recognized as tax exempt by the IRS has to file Form 990 every year, unless they make less than $200,000 in revenue and have less than $500,000 in assets, in which case they have to file form 990-EZ. Organizations making less than $50,000 don’t have to file either form but do have to let the IRS they’re still in business via a Form 990N "e-Postcard."

Nonprofit Explorer has organizations claiming tax exemption in each of the 27 subsections of the 501(c) section of the tax code, and which have filed a Form 990, Form 990EZ or Form 990PF. Taxable trusts and private foundations that are required to file a form 990PF are also included. Small organizations filing a Form 990N "e-Postcard" are not included in this data.

Types of Nonprofits

There are 27 nonprofit designations based on the numbered subsections of section 501(c) of the tax code. See the list »

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