Center for Progressive Studies Andculture Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
208568219
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2022–2023
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2023
Location
Corp Christi, TX, USA
Rating
55
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Fairs

Reported finances

Revenue
$11,284
Expenses
$5,280
Assets
$31,555

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

Leadership & pay

5 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Lorraine Stehn (President)

People named in this filing

  • Abel Cavada (Secretary)
  • Lorraine Stehn (President)
  • Joy Miller (Treasurer)

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 2023. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

To serve the community as a go to for social justice issues

What it reported doing in 2023

Career Explorers a mentoring program who donates 500 dollar scholarships to top performing under privileged martin middle school children for college tuition

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% 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 and program spending has grown recently. 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: 26
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 75
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 17.7%; rating input score 18
  • Program expense ratio: 37.9%; rating input score 38

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 53.2%; rating input score 92; 92nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 5.98; rating input score 86; 86th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 0% per year; rating input score 100; 49th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 104.4% per year; rating input score 100; 99th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 21% per year; rating input score 100; 86th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 17.7% of revenue deployed · 37.9% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $2K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
  • Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2022 to 2023
  • 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.

  • High — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 18/100.
  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 38/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.