Casita Cultura Latina

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
883675966
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2023–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024
Location
Worcester, MA, USA
Phone
6175292119
Rating
51
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Cultural, Ethnic Awareness

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$33,293
Expenses
$39,209
Assets
$23,883
Liabilities
$1,682

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

Leadership & pay

5 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • RAQUEL CASTRO (PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • RAQUEL CASTRO (PRESIDENT)
  • VALERIE ZOLEZZI-WYNDHAM (TREASURER)
  • GINA PLATA-NINO (CLERK)

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

A cultural collective of latino/a/e/x people hosting cultural and creative activities in inclusive, intergenerational community spaces, bridging and elevating deep societal issues affecting out latino community and others.

What it reported doing in 2024

Dia de los muertos in the woo is the multi-day celebrationincluding a festival with performances, vendors, and live music, as well as an art exhibit, tequila tasting and dialogue on latinidad.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 95% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
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

MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up. 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: 19
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 31
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 19.7%; rating input score 20
  • Program expense ratio: 16.7%; rating input score 17

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -17.8%; rating input score 25; 25th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.61; rating input score 34; 34th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.07; rating input score 19; 19th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -139.3% per year; rating input score 0; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -59.4% per year; rating input score 0; 5th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -39.6% per year; rating input score 0; 5th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 19.7% of revenue deployed · 16.7% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $7K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
  • Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2023 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
  • 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: Mission deployment rate scored 20/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 17/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 25/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 34/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 19/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.