Advocacy Resource Center for Housing

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
742742006
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2014–2014
Forms available
Form 990 2013, Form 990-EZ 2014
Location
McAllen, TX, USA
Phone
9566314277
Rating
73
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Alliance/Advocacy Organizations

Reported finances

Revenue
$8,828
Expenses
$12,267
Assets
$2,607
Liabilities
$14,586

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2014. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

4 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Daniel Vargas (President)
  • San Juanita Maldonado (Executive Director)

People named in this filing

  • Daniel Vargas (President)
  • David Facundo (Treasurer)
  • Sylvia Quinones (Secretary)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2014. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Provide tenant assistance and education about their rights and obligations under the law and provide rent assistance to eligible low income families living in Hidalgo County Texas

What it reported doing in 2014

Provide tenant assistance which consisted of education and or security deposit and or emergency rental assistance for eligible low income families living in Hidalgo County TX

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 53% for direct work, and 47% for grants.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. A relatively small share of total spending goes to programs and revenue has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 64
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 12
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 71.8%; rating input score 72
  • Program expense ratio: 51.7%; rating input score 52

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -39%; rating input score 13; 13th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.21; rating input score 16; 16th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 5.59; rating input score 2; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 15%; rating input score 10; 10th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: -180.3% per year; rating input score 0; 1st percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -100.9% per year; rating input score 0; 1st percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 71.8% of revenue deployed · 51.7% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $6K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • 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.

Grant-readiness screening is separate from the live rating, not a measure of program quality. Review the source records before making a grant decision.

  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 52/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 13/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 16/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 2/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 10/100.
  • High — Grant Readiness: Automatic revocation: this organization had its federal tax-exempt status automatically revoked.