Alianza Latina Aplicando Soluciones

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
205974351
IRS 990 coverage
2021–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025, Form 990-EZ 2020
Location
Milwaukee, WI, USA
Phone
4146430022
Rating
79
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Centers to Support the Independence of Specific Populations

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$237,623
Expenses
$205,668
Assets
$517,007
Liabilities
$20,161

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

10 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Elsa Diaz-Bautista (Executive Director)
  • Maria Barajas (President)
  • Jessica Guzman (Vice President)

Highest reported compensation

  • Elsa Diaz-Bautista (Executive Director): $67,275 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

ALAS is Wisconsins Community Parent Resource Center CPRC serving families of children and youth with disabilities. ALAS partners with families to ensure they understand their rights, navigate complex systems, and actively participate in decisions affecting their childrens education, development, and future. Continued on Sch O.

What it reported doing in 2025

INFORMATION DISSEMINATION Ensures broad community access to accurate, timely information about special education rights, services, and resources through Website and partner website links Social media platforms Monthly newsletters Media outreach Community exhibits and local postings Mass postal mailings Email campaigns Community visits and trusted word of mouth outreach trainings on core IDEA topics and emerging issues Reach over 4,900 individuals monthly. INDIVIDUALIZED SUPPORT Provides personlized assistance to families navigating complex educational and services systems to include Individual consultations Service and resource referrals IEP meeting attendance Participation in case conferences Mentoring and peer support group facilitation. Monthly Reach School Year 150-250 individuals, Summer months 90-120 individuals. LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT Builds leadership within families and youth by creating structured opportunities for skill-building, networking, and systems-level engagement. Programs include Youth self advocacy training and support Continued Sch O.

Operating model

Revenue model
Grant-funded. 61% of the money available for current operations came from government grants.
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 - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. Fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 67
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 84
  • Sustainability: 53
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 69.5%; rating input score 69
  • Program expense ratio: 76.2%; rating input score 76
  • Fundraising efficiency: $6.39 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 26; 26th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th 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; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 5 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 62
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • 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: 13.4%; rating input score 62; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.51; rating input score 65; 65th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.04; rating input score 29; 29th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 32.7%; rating input score 9; 9th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 5.3% per year; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 12% per year; rating input score 100; 74th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 29.3% per year; rating input score 100; 90th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 69.5% of revenue deployed · 76.2% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 9 of 9 board members independent · 5 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $157K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $67K · 10 people listed
  • Consistency: 27 of 27 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 5 filing years from 2021 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 2 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.

Key Signals

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

  • High — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 26/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 7 not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 9/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 29/100.