Cashion Cultural Legacy

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
931203502
IRS 990 coverage
2016–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-N 2012
Location
San Jose, CA, USA
Phone
4083722893
Rating
82
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Dance

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$919,268
Expenses
$681,002
Assets
$5,881,393
Liabilities
$8,872

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

Leadership & pay

9 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • TONY FERRINGO (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR UNTIL NOV 2024)
  • BERNADETTE GARCIA (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR NOV 2024 - MAY 2025)
  • OMAR RODRIGUEZ (PRESIDENT)
  • LIZA NORIEGA (VICE PRESIDENT)

Highest reported compensation

  • TONY FERRINGO (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR UNTIL NOV 2024): $48,708 total reported compensation
  • BERNADETTE GARCIA (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR NOV 2024 - MAY 2025): $12,083 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The cashion cultural legacy (ccl) is committed to sustaining the preservation, presentation, and education of mexican folk culture through dance. In honor and recognition of dr. Susan v. Cashion and her many contributions to the dance world, the ccl pursues this mission by operating a professional mexican folk dance company, offering accessible classes to the community, sponsoring an artist exchange of dancers, directors, and choreographers between California and méxico, and researching and documenting the art form.

What it reported doing in 2024

Los lupenos de san jose & los lupenos juvenil - our adult dance company, los lupeños, and our youth ensemble, los lupenos juvenil, rehearse and perform year-round at the mexican heritage plaza in san jose, California (managed by the nonprofit school of arts and culture) and one day/week at the nonprofit starting arts studios, also in san josé, California. Both dance companies rehearse 2 to 3 times a week for approximately 6 hours/week/company. All dancers are volunteers and we provide professional training, access to resident master artists, research trip participation, and accurate regional costuming for them. In fy 2024 we held 2 self-sponsored dance events which included 1 outdoor community festival and 1 indoor theater concert. For those that could not attend, we offered on-demand access to the concert and free online access to a video of the entire 5+ hour talent portion of our community festival. Our dance companies also performed at client-contracted or pro-bono performances for weddings, festivals, corporate parties, etc. We estimate that during fy 2024 our dance companies performed in front of an estimated 21,665 audience members at 40 community or private events with thousands more seeing whole or partial videos posted on our youtube channel, on facebook, instagram, and tiktok.

Operating model

Revenue model
Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
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

STRONG - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and reported officer compensation is a large share of total spending, which may reflect staffing concentration.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 68
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 90
  • Sustainability: 79
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 77.7%; rating input score 78
  • Program expense ratio: 75.4%; rating input score 75
  • 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: 6 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 75
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • 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: 25.9%; rating input score 81; 81st percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 8.64; rating input score 91; 91st percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 78; 78th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 8.9%; rating input score 40; 40th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 17.8% per year; rating input score 100; 79th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 25% per year; rating input score 100; 89th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 7.9% per year; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 77.7% of revenue deployed · 75.4% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 7 of 7 board members independent · 6 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $513K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $49K · 9 people listed
  • Consistency: 24 of 24 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 8 filing years from 2016 to 2024
  • 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.

  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Independent financial-statement audit not reported.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 40/100.