Casa Ruben Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
260340539
IRS 990 coverage
2022–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-N 2018
Location
Columbia, MD, USA
Phone
3014452500
Rating
75
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Health Support Services

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$977,840
Expenses
$554,612
Assets
$1,523,243
Liabilities
$121,241

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

Leadership & pay

4 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • LIGIA PERALTA (PRESIDENT)

Highest reported compensation

  • LIGIA PERALTA (PRESIDENT): $50,000 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 enhance the health and well-being of underserved, under-resourced, and under-insured communities and address health inequalities.

What it reported doing in 2024

Casa ruben inc., a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, is dedicated to enhancing community health, particularly for underserved, under resourced and under insured communities in Maryland. Established in honor of dr. Ruben peralta sr., its clinic has made substantial progress in healthcare accessibility through integrated primary and subspecialty care, vaccinations, and mobile medical services at various community locations. Throughout the covid-19 pandemic, casa ruben foundation provided over 25,000 immunizations to underserved communities through special evening schools, montgomery county public schools (mcps) schools, and a network of 200 churches. Innovative community programs include:1. The first montgomery county pediatric mobile clinic offering primary care, screenings and vaccinations for children and youths. This is a unique public-private partnership of the montgomery county council unanimously approved a $450,000 initiative to assist casa ruben inc. In acquiring a mobile medical vehicle, and the robert i. Schattner foundation complemented operational funds with a matching donation.2. Public-private partnerships and community outreach are fundamental initiatives of casa ruben, enabling the clinic to reach targeted areas and connect diverse families with culturally and linguistically appropriate approaches and subspecialty care. The clinic's opioid rapid response unit, a testing and naloxone state-distribution unit, provides access to life-saving interventions.3. Healthcare workforce incubator. Our state of Maryland registered apprenticeship offers medical assistant structured on-the-job training and related instruction to eligible youths. Additionally, the clinic is a training center for advanced nurse practitioners of the university of Maryland and johns hopkins schools of nursing.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 69% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
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 total spending goes to programs. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 60
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 84
  • Sustainability: 74
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 52.3%; rating input score 52
  • Program expense ratio: 92.8%; rating input score 93
  • 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: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 5 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 62
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Fail
    • 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: 43.3%; rating input score 90; 90th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.75; rating input score 73; 73rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.08; rating input score 46; 46th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 9%; rating input score 40; 40th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 36.2% per year; rating input score 100; 92nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -8.3% per year; rating input score 0; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 19.5% per year; rating input score 100; 81st percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 52.3% of revenue deployed · 92.8% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 3 of 3 board members independent · 5 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $515K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $50K · 4 people listed
  • Consistency: 27 of 27 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 3 filing years from 2022 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • 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.

  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 52/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 7 not reported.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 40/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 46/100.