The Miss America Foundation Inc
Donations deductibleRevenue
$82k
year to 31 December 2024
Expenses
$223k
year to 31 December 2024
Total assets
$1.5m
$2.2m liabilities
Net assets
Minus $701k
assets less liabilities
Directors and trustees
11
4.7 years on average
Staff
3
employees, year to 31 December 2024
Chair observed
≥3 yrs
Joel Ballesteros
Left since last filing
3
27% of the board
The Miss America Foundation Inc's network
11 people1 organisationi11 people and 1 organisation on this map.The large node is the subject of this page. Solid lines are what the register itself records (11). Violet dotted lines (1) are likely: the same full name sits on the current board of another organisation in the same register and region. Form 990 filings give names without a person identifier; SEC insider filings carry a CIK. It may be a different person.The board
11 listediTime on the board is observed from the annual filings: the IRS files no appointment date, so the bar counts years from the first filing the person appears on - a lower bound, not a filed start date. Names are exactly as filed. The IRS publishes no person identifier, so this edition does not yet link a person across organisations in the tables. The network map shows same-name matches as likely links only, never as confirmed.Time served and departures are observed across annual filings. Observed time served is a lower bound - a member may have joined before the first year on record. The organisation reported 11 voting members of its governing body on its latest Form 990 Part VI, which matches the board listed here.| Name | Role as filed | Since | On the board |
|---|---|---|---|
| Joel Ballesteros Chair | Chairman | 2020 | 6 yrs |
| Allison Hickey | Vice Chairman | 2021 | 5 yrs |
| Carolyn Medina | Trustee | 2023 | 3 yrs |
| Chase Hutt | Trustee | 2022 | 4 yrs |
| Cheryl Schrier | Trustee | 2023 | 3 yrs |
| Danielle Young | Treasurer | 2022 | 4 yrs |
| Joe Youngblood | Trustee | 2021 | 5 yrs |
| Letitia Nilan | Trustee | 2022 | 4 yrs |
| Lynne Grasz Hall | Company secretary | 2021 | 5 yrs |
| Majken Mechling | CEO | 2023 | 3 yrs |
| Tico Perez | Trustee | 2021 | 5 yrs |
Officers and senior leadership
1 listediNamed in Part VII as officers, key employees or highest-compensated staff - not board members, shown for completeness.| Name | Title as filed | On the filings |
|---|---|---|
| Majken Mechling | CEO | since 2020 |
Pay and hours
year to 31 December 2024iFrom Part VII of the Form 990: compensation reported for each officer, director, trustee, key employee and highest-paid staff member, and the average hours a week they report. Most board members are unpaid; a blank means nothing was reported. Pay from related organisations is shown separately.| Name | Title as filed | Hours a week | Pay from the organisation | Related organisations | Other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Majken Mechling | CEO | 0 | $96k | ||
| Joel Ballesteros | Chairman | 0 | $0 | ||
| Lynne Grasz Hall | Secretary | 0 | $0 | ||
| Allison Hickey | Vice Chairman | 0 | $0 | ||
| Chase Hutt | Trustee | 0 | $0 | ||
| Carolyn Medina | Trustee | 0 | $0 | ||
| Letitia Nilan | Trustee | 0 | $0 | ||
| Tico Perez | Trustee | 0 | $0 | ||
| Cheryl Schrier | Trustee | 0 | $0 | ||
| Danielle Young | Treasurer | 0 | $0 | ||
| Joe Youngblood | Trustee | 0 | $0 | ||
| Majken Mechling | CEO | 0 | $0 |
Colorado roster
13 listediOfficers, directors and trustees from the latest filing with the Colorado Secretary of State (document 20263000651). Titles are as filed; some entries are registered agents or custodians of records rather than board members. Source: data.colorado.gov, public domain.| Name | Title as filed |
|---|---|
| Carolyn Medina | Trustee |
| Tico Perez | Trustee |
| Majken Mechling | |
| Chase Hutt | Trustee |
| Allison Hickey | Vice Chair |
| Joel Ballesteros | Board Chairman |
| Majken Mechling | CEO |
| Letitia Nilan | Trustee |
| Joe Youngblood | Trustee |
| Danielle Young | Board Treasurer |
| Lynne Grasz Hall | Board Secretary |
| Cindy Novotny | Trustee |
| Cheryl Schrier | Trustee |
About
- Legal name
- The Miss America Foundation Inc
- EIN
- 270390958
- Address
- Po Box 714, Cape May Ch, NJ, 08210-0714
- State
- New Jersey
- Mission
- To provide unique opportunities for young American women to obtain financial assistance in the nature of scholarship awards as a means of achieving their educational and career goals. (as filed on the Form 990)
- Activity (NTEE)
- T30 Philanthropy, voluntary services and grantmaking
- IRS classification
- 501(c)03 (tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) where shown)
- Classified purpose
- Philanthropy, Voluntarism & Grantmaking Foundations
- Size band
- 6 (IRS master file code)
- Formed
- 2012
- Principal officer
- Majken Mechling (as named on the Form 990)
- IRS ruling date
- 1 April 2012
- Status
- Code 01 (unconditional exemption)
- Form 990 filings on record
- 6, latest 2023
- IRS Publication 78
- PC (contributions deductible)
Most connected
Longest observed on the filings
≥6years on the filingsJoel Ballesteros
≥5years on the filingsAllison Hickey
≥5years on the filingsJoe Youngblood
≥5years on the filingsLynne Grasz Hall
Latest return
year to 31 December 2024iFigures from the newest Form 990 or 990-EZ in the IRS e-file releases of 2025 and 2026, for the year ending 31 December 2024. US dollars, as filed.- Total assets
- $1.5m
- Total liabilities
- $2.2m
- Net assets or fund balances
- Minus $701k
- Contributions and grants received
- $9k
- Program service revenue
- $0
- Employees
- 3