NM Comunidades En Accion Y De Fe

Overview

Mission

CAFE is a faith based Non Profit community organization with the purpose of training and organizing low and moderate income families to shape public policy.

What it reported doing in 2025

NM CAFE elevates issues of public policy by putting stories of those directly impacted, at the center. These issues consist of policies related to climate justice, a moral economy, and ending mass incarceration. Through these pathways, CAFE has worked with the community to advocate on for a higher statewide minimum wage, moving New Mexico towards 100% carbon free, and ending the use of private prisons in the state.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 71% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 90% 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
273310051
IRS 990 coverage
2015–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025
Headquarters
Las Cruces, NM, USA
Phone
5755201624
Rating
75
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Ethnic, Immigrant Centers

Official website

The verdict

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and most voting board members are independent. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 59
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 74
  • Sustainability: 73
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 51.3%; rating input score 51
  • Program expense ratio: 60.6%; rating input score 61
  • Fundraising efficiency: $196.18 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 90; 90th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • 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; 65th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 3 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 38
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: Fail
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 33.1%; rating input score 83; 83rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 4.77; rating input score 84; 84th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.02; rating input score 50; 50th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 13%; rating input score 29; 29th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 18.3% per year; rating input score 100; 76th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 10.7% per year; rating input score 100; 61st percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 25% per year; rating input score 100; 84th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 51.3% of revenue deployed · 60.6% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 6 of 6 board members independent · 3 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $372K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $80K · 7 people listed
  • Consistency: 31 of 31 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 11 annual filings from 2015 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 4 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

7 people listed

Highest reported compensation

  • Sylvia Ulloa (Executive Director): $80,000 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: FY2025.