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Helps foster youth in college graduate and start fulfilling careers. For fiscal year 2019 it reported $607K in revenue, $252K in expenses, and $355K in net assets.Pt I

Founded
2018
Type
Public charity (501(c)(3)) · Education
Location
Los Angeles, CA
Website
readytosucceedla.org
Filings
5 on file (2019–2019)
Revenue
$607KFY2019
Expenses
$252K
Net assets
$355K
People
8
Filings
5
Updates
0
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EIN  83-2282113 Public charity (501(c)(3)) Los Angeles, CA Founded 2018
Form 990 (PDF)
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Size
$1–10M
What they do
Helps foster youth in college graduate and start fulfilling careers.
Leadership
Romi Lassally · Co-Executive Director · $19K
Money in and out
$607K revenue, $252K expenses
Bottom line
63% program efficiency
Where the money goes · FY2019
Total revenue
$607K
Pt VIII · Ln 12
Total expenses
$252K
Pt IX · Ln 25
Net assets
$355K
Pt X · Ln 32
Revenue less expenses (Pt I · Ln 19): $355K
Where spending went · Part IX cols B–D
Program services $0.63 Management & general $0.14 Fundraising $0.23
Program efficiency
63%
of spending reaches programs
Operating runway
16.5mo
months of highly liquid reserves at operating expense rate
Surplus margin
+59%
revenue over expenses, this year

Summary of the Filing

Part I · fiscal year 2019 · Form 990
Revenue
$607K
FY2019
Expenses
$252K
FY2019
Total assets
$375K
FY2019
Total liabilities
$19K
FY2019
Total revenue
$607K
Pt VIII · Ln 12
Total expenses
$252K
Pt IX · Ln 25
Net assets
$355K
Pt X · Ln 32
Revenue less expensesPt I · Ln 19$355K
Total assetsPt X · Ln 16$375K
Program-expense ratioPt IX · col B63%
Voting members of governing bodyPt I · Ln 36
Independent voting membersPt I · Ln 46

Identity & Classification

Form 990 Header · IRS Business Master File
Legal nameHdr · item CReady to Succeed
EINHdr · item D83-2282113
Principal addressHdr · item CLos Angeles, CA
WebsiteHdr · item Jreadytosucceedla.org
Year of formationHdr · item L2018
State of legal domicileHdr · item MCA
Exempt statusHdr · item I501(c)(3) · active
NTEE classificationIRS BMFEducation (B99)
Ruling yearIRS BMFMay 2019

Governance & Policies

Part VI
Voting members of the governing bodyPt VI · Ln 1a6
Independent voting membersPt VI · Ln 1b6
Conflict-of-interest policyPt VI · Ln 12aYes
Whistleblower policyPt VI · Ln 13No
Document retention policyPt VI · Ln 14Yes
CEO/top-official compensation independently reviewedPt VI · Ln 15aNo
Family or business relationships among officers/directorsPt VI · Ln 2No

Officers, Directors & Key Employees

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
Co-Executive Director
$18,885Pt VII · Sec A
Co-Executive Director
$14,718Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Vice-Chair
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Romi Lassally’s $210K as CEO & Co-Founder is at the 84th percentile of top reported officer pay among 3393 $1–10M education nonprofits. Peer set: organizations in the same NTEE major field of work and revenue-size band, compared on each org’s own highest-paid officer/key-employee, from Form 990 Part VII / 990-PF Part VIII. Descriptive placement, not a verdict on whether the pay is appropriate.

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 4 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2024FY2024FY2023FY2021FY2020FY2019
Romi Lassally$209,705$122,894$135,100$80,833$69,192$18,885
Robin Thomas$164,600
Frances Hardy$116,433
Patrick McCabe$67,794$60,100$30,000$38,358$14,718

Total reportable compensation (Form 990 Part VII column D / Schedule J column E) by filing year, matched by name within this organization. The Schedule J base / bonus / deferred breakdown is not parsed into this dataset.

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Mission & Programs · Part III

Where the work happens

1 program service account for $159K of program spending, described in the organization's own filed words · FY2019.
01

90% of our scholars secured full time jobs within 6 months of graduation; 92% of our scholars secured paid summer internships; 94% of our scholars graduated college within 4.5 years, 98% of our scholars became "career ready" - building core soft skill competencies and 92% increased their social capital and added 20+ professionals to…

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Statement of Revenue

Part VIII
Contributions & grants100%$607K
Total revenueLn 12$607K

Statement of Functional Expenses

Part IX · allocated across program, management, and fundraising
Allocation · columns B–D
Program services $0.63 Management & general $0.14 Fundraising $0.23
Program services63%$159K
Management & general14%$34K
Fundraising23%$59K
Total functional expensesLn 25$252K

Balance Sheet

Part X · end of year
CashLn 1$346K
Total assetsLn 16$375K
Total liabilitiesLn 26$19K
Total net assetsLn 32$355K
Months of cash on handcomputed16.5

Financial Metrics

Form 990 · FY2019 · each ratio shown with the dollars behind it
Liquidity & Payout
Operating runway
Highly liquid reserves $346K · Operating expenses/yr $252K
16.5 months
Where the money goes
Program services
Program services $159K · Total expenses $252K
63%
Management & General
Management & general $34K · Total expenses $252K
14%
Fundraising
Fundraising $59K · Total expenses $252K
23%
Cost to raise $1
Fundraising expense $59K · Solicited contributions $607K
$0.10 to raise $1
Where the money comes from
Contribution dependence
Contributions & grants $607K · Total revenue $607K
100%
Government reliance
Government grants — · Total revenue $607K
Earned-income share
Program service revenue $0 · Total revenue $607K
0%
Investment reliance
Investment income $0 · Total revenue $607K
0%
Program self-sufficiency
Program service revenue $0 · Total expenses $252K
0%
Growth & trend
Revenue growth (YoY)
This year $607K · Prior year —
No prior year on file
Net-asset trend (YoY)
End of year $355K · Beginning of year —
Beginning net assets not meaningfully positive — showing dollar change
Balance sheet
Surplus Margin
Revenue $607K · Expenses $252K
+59%
Liabilities-to-Assets
Total liabilities — · Total assets $375K
Net-asset ratio
Net assets $355K · Total assets $375K
95%
Marketable Investment Share
Publicly traded securities (Pt X, ln 11) — · Other securities (Pt X, ln 12) — · Total assets (Pt X, ln 16) $375K
Excludes program-related investments (Pt X, ln 13)
People & payroll
Highest Reported Total Compensation
Individual Romi Lassally · Reported title CO-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR · Highest reported compensation $19K · Total expenses $252K
8%
Personnel share
Salaries, benefits & payroll (Pt IX 5-10) $119K · Total expenses $252K
47%
Peer comparison

Same NTEE category, revenue band, and state where available. Descriptive — not a grade.

MetricThis orgPeer medianPercentile
Program ratio 63%
Overhead ratio 14%
Fundraising cost ratio 10%
Legal fee ratio 0.2%
Accounting fee ratio 0.4%

Straight from the Form 990 — descriptive, not an evaluation. A ratio is hidden when its base is zero or too small to be meaningful; the dollars are always shown.

Grants

Schedule I · received and paid
Grants received · FY2024
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Grants paid · 14 grants · $3.6M · 2019–2024
Unitemized GrantFY2024$531,369
Unitemized GrantFY2024$439,434
Unitemized GrantFY2024$62,238
Unitemized GrantFY2023$857,754
Unitemized GrantFY2023$655,540
Unitemized GrantFY2022$277,674
Unitemized GrantFY2022$217,564
Unitemized GrantFY2022$42,000
Unitemized GrantFY2021$241,476
Unitemized GrantFY2021$140,948
Unitemized GrantFY2021$41,250
Unitemized GrantFY2021$32,905
Unitemized GrantFY2020$59,333
Unitemized GrantFY2019$13,267

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Filings & Schedule Manifest

Part IV
III · Programs I · Grants R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons A · Public support F · Foreign M · Noncash
FY2024$4.4M revenue · ⤓ 990 PDF
FY2023$4.5M revenue · ⤓ 990 PDF
FY2022not on file
FY2021$435K revenue · ⤓ 990 PDF
FY2020$1.1M revenue · ⤓ 990 PDF
FY2019$607K revenue · viewing · ⤓ 990 PDF

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Sources

Every figure above is drawn from these filings
Form 990 e-file (XML) · FY2019IRS
Classification, formation year, addressIRS Business Master File
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