Mana De San Diego

Overview

Mission

Mana de san diego transforms communities by empowering latinas to achieve upward mobility and a better quality of life.

What it reported doing in 2024

Scholarshipsmana de san diego's scholarship program aims to break down barriers to higher education and support latinas at every stage of their educational journey. Scholarships are available to latinas who live in or have permanent residence in san diego county and are pursuing associate, bachelor's, master's, or doctoral degrees.the program is designed to increase access to higher education by providing financial assistance and recognizing the academic achievements, leadership potential, and community involvement of latina students. Scholarship recipients are selected through a competitive application process based on both academic and non-academic criteria, including grade point average, financial need, educational aspirations, leadership experience, and commitment to community service.because scholarship awards are dependent on funding availability, not all applicants are guaranteed funding. Through this program, mana de san diego continues its commitment to empowering latinas through educational advancement, leadership development, and long-term economic mobility.mana de san diego's scholarship program aims to break down barriers to higher education and assist latinas at every stage of their educational career. The mana scholarships are offered to all latinas who live or have permanent residence in san diego county and will fund students pursuing an associate's, bachelor's, master's, or doctoral degree. Selection is based on academic and non-academic criteria of the applicant including: grade point average, financial need, educational aspirations, leadership, and community involvement. This is a competitive scholarship program. Not all applicants receive awards as they are dependent upon funding availability.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 88% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 82% 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
330821060
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Headquarters
San Diego, CA, USA
Phone
6192970115
Rating
86
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Student Services, Organizations of Students

Official website

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 83
  • Transparency & Controls: 90
  • Accountability: 100
  • Sustainability: 22
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 73.6%; rating input score 74
  • Fundraising efficiency: $6.26 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 23; 23rd percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 94.4%; rating input score 94; 26th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 99.7%; rating input score 100; 50th percentile among comparable filings
  • 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 7 controls in place; rating input score 100
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -60.2%; rating input score 2; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.59; rating input score 28; 28th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.26; rating input score 27; 27th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 81; 81st percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 15.4% per year; rating input score 100; 76th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 11.4% per year; rating input score 100; 70th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 10.7% per year; rating input score 100; 61st percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 73.6% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 6 of 6 board members independent · 7 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $925K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 9 people listed
  • Consistency: 27 of 28 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors and grants
  • Filing history: 15 annual filings from 2010 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
  • 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

9 people listed

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: FY2024.