Causa of Oregon

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
611590160
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2023
Forms available
Form 990 2023
Location
Portland, OR, USA
Phone
5032891517
Rating
74
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
International Human Rights

Reported finances

Revenue
$3,839
Expenses
$2,174,399
Assets
$0
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2023. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

1 person listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • YESENIA GALLARDO (PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • YESENIA GALLARDO (PRESIDENT)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2023. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Causa works to improve the lives of latino immigrants and their families through advocacy, leadership development, civic engagement and coalition building. Latino immirgants and their families are the heart of causa and inspire, implement and champion our work.

What it reported doing in 2023

In Oregon, we saw the immediate impact of covid-19 for our bipoc and immigrant communities and took swift action to advocate for state funding to provide financial relief to oregonians who were intentionally excluded from public benefits. We did this, by co-creating the now well-established Oregon worker relief coalition and developing the worker relief fund and the quarantine fund to provide disaster relief funds to individuals who have been disproportionately impacted by covid-19. As of now, the fund has raised over $110 million dollars and has had over 35,000 applicants and distributed over $40 million dollars. In order to distribute these funds, we have built a statewide community led infrastructure to ensure access to the fund for our most vulnerable and most affected communities. This program has drastically increased our organizational makeup and has strengthened our partnerships with coalition members across the state in an effort to have one centralized trusted community program. Causa's role was to lead the advocacy effort to get this project off the ground and we were the intial fiscal sponsors of the fund. Now, causa is one of the navigating organizations, oversees the distribution of dollars for the worker relief fund and is an active member of the executive committee.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 70% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 96% of its reported program spending out as grants.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 88
  • Transparency & Controls: 93
  • Accountability: 30
  • Sustainability: 8
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 98%; rating input score 98
  • 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: 99.9%; rating input score 100; 60th percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: Limited
  • Governance controls: 5 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 71
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • 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: -56,539.7%; rating input score 1; 1st percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0; rating input score 3; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 60; 60th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 19.2% per year; rating input score 100; 84th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 15.4% per year; rating input score 100; 91st percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 21.8% per year; rating input score 100; 92nd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 98% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 5 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $2.1M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 1 people listed
  • Consistency: 20 of 20 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes grants
  • Filing history: 13 filing years from 2010 to 2023
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 5 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 5 filed related-organization links
  • 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.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 1/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 3/100.