Association of the Feast of the Holy Ghost
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 770175842
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2014–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2021
- Location
- Salinas, CA, USA
- Rating
- 48
- Verdict
- MIXED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Roman Catholic
- Affiliation
- Christianity
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $77,215
- Expenses
- $67,994
- Assets
- $211,034
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
16 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Lina DeMelo (President)
People named in this filing
- Elizabeth Matos (Treasurer)
- Jessica Sousa (Director)
- Claudia Tavarez (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 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Conduct of a Public Feast in Honor of Queen Isabel of Portugal, a public celebration called Matanca do Porco, and other public activities and events celebrating the traditions of the Azores Islands.
What it reported doing in 2024
Portuguese Festival
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Investment-supported. 88% of the money available for current operations came from recurring investment income.
- Distribution model
- Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 61% of its reported program spending out as grants.
The verdict
MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up and program spending has grown recently. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 15
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 59
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 15%; rating input score 15
- Program expense ratio: 15.3%; rating input score 15
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 11.9%; rating input score 64; 64th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 3.1; rating input score 75; 75th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 17% per year; rating input score 100; 80th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 3.9% per year; rating input score 100; 67th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 3.4% per year; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 15% of revenue deployed · 15.3% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $10K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 16 people listed
- Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- Filing history: 7 filing years from 2014 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- 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: Mission deployment rate scored 15/100.
- High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 15/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.