New Mexico Immigrant Law Center

Overview

Mission

To provide legal services to new mexicos low-income immigrants and their families; to educate New Mexico immigrant families, service providers, and the general public on legal issues unique to non-citizens; and to work with community leaders and other decision-makers to improve the status, security, health and well-being for new mexicos low-income immigrants.

What it reported doing in 2024

Nmilc focused on providing access to justice for low-income immigrants through collaborative and holistic legal services. This past year we served individuals from 30 counties (out of a total of 33) in New Mexico and provided direct representation, advice, brief services, navigation, legal information and referral to 9,787 individuals. 1,266 individuals received direct legal representation. To expand access across the state we have a state-wide legal hotline and a remote legal services infrastructure to provide brief services support for individuals applying for green card renewal, and work permit renewal. We have also developed legal workshop models to provide greater access to legal orientation and brief services to asylum seekers facing removal statewide. Furthermore, we house a robust pro bono program that provides mentorship to attorneys to expand our reach. This year 198 attorneys and doj representatives, and 8 certified interpreters provided 3,682 hours of volunteer legal services. An additional170 volunteers provided program and administrative support. Our case managers ensure that people experiencing serious psychological needs or in need of social services are holistically supported. 139 individuals benefited from navigation services. Thorugh our detention program, we provided legal information to 3,882 detained adult individuals. We advocated on behalf of clients with various government agencies to address medical neglect, lack of language access, and due process failures. We also provided education, expertise and advocacy in support of policies important to our constituents.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 66% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
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.

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
273303237
IRS 990 coverage
2019–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Headquarters
Albuquerque, NM, USA
Phone
5052471023
Rating
78
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Ethnic, Immigrant Centers

Official website

The verdict

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 76
  • Transparency & Controls: 70
  • Accountability: 95
  • Sustainability: 60
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 66.1%; rating input score 66
  • Program expense ratio: 90.8%; rating input score 91
  • Fundraising efficiency: $77.42 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 84; 84th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 1 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 17
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Missing
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 7 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 88
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 27.5%; rating input score 83; 83rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.11; rating input score 40; 40th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.08; rating input score 62; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 14.9%; rating input score 19; 19th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 22.8% per year; rating input score 100; 88th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 22% per year; rating input score 100; 90th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 20.8% per year; rating input score 100; 85th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 66.1% of revenue deployed · 90.8% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 4 of 4 board members independent · 7 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $5.2M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $222K · 11 people listed · 1 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Consistency: 32 of 32 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors and executive pay
  • Filing history: 6 annual filings from 2019 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 6 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
  • 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.

Leadership & pay

11 people listed

Highest reported compensation

  • JENNIFER LANDAU (EXECUTIVE DI): $222,216 total reported compensation
  • SHALINI THOMAS (MNG DOJ REP): $134,399 total reported compensation
  • TEAGUE GONZALEZ (DEPUTY DIREC): $131,023 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: FY2024.