Academia Nuestra Senora De Fatima Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
660749622
IRS 990 coverage
2020–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Bajadero, PR, USA
Phone
7876234566
Rating
72
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Primary, Elementary Schools
Affiliation
Christianity

Reported finances

Revenue
$853,631
Expenses
$807,818
Assets
$154,201
Liabilities
$648,463

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

3 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Limaris Carrion Limaris Carrion (President)
  • Luis R Velasquez (Vice President)

Highest reported compensation

  • Angeles Carrion (Academic Director): $35,642 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

To provide the best bilingual and individualized education to the needy students of the community, at the lowest possible cost and to contribute to their Christian and civic formation through the integrated curriculum of the School of Tomorrow and the sport program.

What it reported doing in 2024

The Academy offers a bilingual, Christian, and personalized education to about 178 students during the 2023-2024 school year, spanning roughly 186 learning days. Students can choose between in-house classes or home-schooling. For those studying at home, the Academy provides materials, supports parents, and manages testing and grading. The curriculum follows the Accelerated Christian Education program from the School of Tomorrow, adapted for online learning. Students also enjoy free lunches through the USDA School Lunch Program, extended hours until 5:00 PM, and tutoring under Title I-A Ley de educación primaria y secundaria. Activities include Honor Roll recognition, field trips, mass, field day, Día de la Puertorriqueñidad, a Christmas Lights celebration, and spiritual retreats. This year, 98 students made the Honor Roll. Notable milestones included 9 kindergarteners moving to Level 1, 17 advancing to secondary school (Level 7), 13 starting high school, and 11 earning their diplomas, all celebrated with family, supervisors, and monitors at special ceremonies.

Operating model

Revenue model
Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
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.

The verdict

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

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 77
  • Transparency & Controls: 90
  • Accountability: 50
  • Sustainability: 33
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 84.9%; rating input score 85
  • Program expense ratio: 89.7%; rating input score 90
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

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: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 50%; rating input score 50; 11th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 4 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 50
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 5.4%; rating input score 51; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.19; rating input score 9; 9th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 4.21; rating input score 1; 1st percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 4.4%; rating input score 54; 54th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -1.1% per year; rating input score 0; 14th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 2.2% per year; rating input score 100; 26th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 23.5% per year; rating input score 100; 86th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 84.9% of revenue deployed · 89.7% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 1 of 2 board members independent · 4 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $360K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $36K · 3 people listed
  • Consistency: 40 of 40 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 5 filing years from 2020 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
  • 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.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • Review — Accountability: Independent voting board scored 50/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 4 of 8 not reported.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 9/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 51/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 1/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 54/100.