Assistance League of Greater San Diego
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
ALGSD is a chapter of Assistance League, a national nonprofit organization of volunteers transforming the lives of children and adults through community programs. Our programs include Operation School bell, Twain Learning Center, Dance, Operation Loaner Hearing Aids, Upper Division Scholarships, Book Buddies, Sneakers and Community Support..
- Income
- $864,017
- Spending
- $1.0 million
- Spent on programs
- 89%
- Reserves
- 6 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- donations and private grants, 98%
- Employees
- 0
- Volunteers
- 245
Source: Form 990 for the year ending May 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Financial health
Good: 73 out of 100. Higher than 48% of charities in its peer group (human services, $250k to $1m).
Reserves
28 of 35Spendable reserves would cover 6.0 months of spending.
Debt
20 of 20It owes 11% of what it owns.
Living within its means
0 of 15Spending exceeded income by 18% of income.
Income trend
10 of 15Income fell 4% on the year before.
Spending floor
15 of 1589% of spending went to programs and raising each dollar of donations cost 9 cents.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending May 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Governance
Strong: 97 out of 100. Higher than 90% of charities in its peer group (human services, $250k to $1m).
Independent board
25 of 2510 of 10 voting board members are independent.
Conflict of interest policy
15 of 15Has a written conflict of interest policy.
Whistleblower policy
8 of 8Has a written whistleblower policy.
Record keeping policy
7 of 7Has a written policy on keeping and destroying records.
Board minutes
5 of 5Keeps minutes of board meetings.
Board sees the tax return
10 of 10Gave the board a copy of this return before filing it.
Independent check of accounts
12 of 15Its accounts were reviewed or compiled by an independent accountant, but not audited.
No reported misuse
10 of 10Reports no diversion of assets, excess benefits or loans to insiders.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending May 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Impact evidence
Describes programs. Its tax return describes what it does but we have found no measurable results in it.
Programs described in its return (8)
- $550,312 spent. Operation School Bell -The Chapter provides school clothing, shoes, and backpacks to students in Transitional Kindergarten through 6th grade. During the 2024-25 school year, OSB served over 8,000 students attending 107 schools across seven school districts. OSB has a commitment to focus on students in the Migrant Education Program San Diego County Office of Education, refugee students, Children and Youth in transition foster, homeless, and children from enlisted military families. School served, are selected by referring to the California Dashboard, which indicates percentages of low economic students in each school.
- $105,636 spent. Upper Division Scholarships - Volunteers serve as mentors and award scholarships to Community College Seniors from six local campuses who are transferring to accredited four-year colleges. In Spring 2025, this program awarded 100,000 in scholarships to fifteen men and women.
- $95,616 spent. Sneakers for Military Preschoolers - Volunteers partner with STEP Support to Enlisted Personnel to distribute a variety of needed items to preschoolers of enlisted military families. During the 2024-25 fiscal year, this program served over 1,700 preschoolers. Students received sneakers, Bombas socks, books and backpacks among other items. Distributions occurred five times during the year.
- Program Service Expenses 70,491, Grants and allocations 0, Revenue 0 Community Support - The Chapter partners with 21 non-profit agencies and provides them with needed items for their clients. Volunteers shop and deliver requested items to each of the agencies. During 2024-25, this program served over 3,000 individuals and families.
- Program Service Expenses 46,181, Grants and allocations 0, Revenue 0 Operation Loaner Hearing Aid - Furnishes hearing aids, in collaboration with SDSU and several school districts within San Diego County, to children waiting for permanent replacements. During 2023-24, OLHA was able to purchase two Pontu Hearing Aids as loaners to infants and students born without the ability to wear traditional aids valued at 5,000 each and 24 behind the ear hearing aids. The budget for this year was 18,972.
- Program Service Expenses 26,313, Grants and allocations 0, Revenue 0 Twain Learning Center - Volunteers partner with this alternative high school in the San Diego Unified School District which includes one main campus an independent study program and satellite campuses located at five comprehensive high schools. Volunteers encourage students through incentive awards, scholarships, and mentorships. In 2024-25, this program awarded 24,000 in scholarships to applicants who will be attending a San Diego Community College in the Fall of 2025.
- Program Service Expenses 6,721, Grants and allocations 0, Revenue 0 Book Buddies - Volunteers at two virtual and twelve in-person schools throughout five elementary school districts in San Diego County promoted literacy by reading aloud to students, donating books to their classroom libraries, and helping students to become lifelong learners.
- Program Service Expenses 3,360, Grants and allocations 0, Revenue 0 Enriching Foster Youth - The new philanthropy with a budget of 10,000 worked with Voices for Children to provide activities for foster youth and their Court Appointed Special Advocates CASAs. Activities this year included working with a local artist to create their own dream pillows and attending the San Diego Junior Theatre production of James and the Giant Peach.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending May 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Legitimacy checks
Is it registered with the IRS? Passed.
Listed in the IRS master file of tax-exempt organizations as a 501(c)(3) charitable organization.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Has the IRS revoked its tax-exempt status? Passed.
Not on the IRS automatic revocation list.
Source: Automatic revocation of exemption list, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Are donations tax-deductible? Passed.
On the IRS list of organizations eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions.
Source: Publication 78 data: organizations eligible for tax-deductible contributions, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Is it keeping up with its IRS filings? Passed.
Most recent return on file covers the year ending May 2025.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
How long has it been tax-exempt? Passed.
Recognized by the IRS since May 1965.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Is it in good standing with state regulators? Passed.
Not on California's list of charities barred from soliciting. Other states are not yet checked.
Source: May Not Operate or Solicit for Charitable Purposes list, California Attorney General, Registry of Charities and Fundraisers, file dated October 21, 2026.
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