Barajas Foundation
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 463094319
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2019–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2022
- Location
- Woodland Hills, CA, USA
- Phone
- 8183579918
- Rating
- 66
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Scholarships, Student Financial Aid Services, Awards
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $23,300
- Expenses
- $23,935
- Assets
- $500
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
5 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- ELIZABETH BARAJAS (PRESIDENT)
- ANGELA SIMEON (VICE PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- ELIZABETH BARAJAS (PRESIDENT)
- JOSEPHINE BARAJAS (TREASURER)
- KENNY MELCOMBE (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 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Providing student athletes with scholarships to promote highter education for the beterr future
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Transfer-based 990-EZ. The 990-EZ reports grants or member benefits, but it does not separate enough spending to show the nonprofit’s full delivery mix.
The verdict
SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up. Some filed totals do not add up and assets have declined or grown slowly.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 59
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 34
- Growth: 40
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 94.4%; rating input score 94
- Program expense ratio: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -2.7%; rating input score 37; 37th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.02; rating input score 8; 8th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: Limited
- Revenue growth: 14.2% per year; rating input score 100; 85th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -41.8% per year; rating input score 0; 5th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 94.4% of revenue deployed
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: Filed program service accomplishments
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
- Consistency: 5 of 6 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- Filing history: 5 filing years from 2019 to 2025
- 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.
- Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Part I part ii net assets crosscheck did not reconcile in the filed values.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 37/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 8/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.