Ciudadela Jesus Y Maria USA Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
650963961
IRS 990 coverage
2022–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025
Location
Fort Lauderdale, FL, USA
Phone
9549145777
Rating
53
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Emergency Assistance
Affiliation
Christianity

Reported finances

Revenue
$85,956
Expenses
$52,730
Assets
$543,080
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

5 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • DRAUGHON WOODWORTH R JR (Vice-President)
  • DIAZ MARCO A (Director / President)

People named in this filing

  • DRAUGHON WOODWORTH R JR (Vice-President)
  • DeFreitas Elson (Director / Treasurer)
  • ROSARIO FRANCIA (Officer)

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 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

To offer non-discriminatory assistance to single parents of families with small children in financial need

What it reported doing in 2025

Ciudadela Jesus y Maria USA, Inc. provides one main program service activity; to provide assistance to single parents of families with small children in financial need.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 87% of its reported program spending out as grants.

The verdict

MIXED - Most voting board members are independent and revenue comfortably covers expenses. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filing does not identify recipients for some grant dollars.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 42
  • Transparency & Controls: 59
  • Accountability: 70
  • Sustainability: 73
  • Growth: 20

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 34.4%; rating input score 34
  • Program expense ratio: 56.1%; rating input score 56
  • Fundraising efficiency: $4.44 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 36; 36th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 91.7%; rating input score 92; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 0%; rating input score 0; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 2 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 29
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • 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: 38.7%; rating input score 82; 82nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 10.3; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 58; 58th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -19.8% per year; rating input score 0; 17th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -2.6% per year; rating input score 0; 48th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 7.3% per year; rating input score 100; 70th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 34.4% of revenue deployed · 56.1% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 5 of 5 board members independent · 2 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $30K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
  • Consistency: 20 of 21 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes grants
  • Filing history: 4 filing years from 2022 to 2025
  • 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.

  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 34/100.
  • High — Transparency & Controls: Grant itemization coverage scored 0/100.
  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 56/100.
  • High — Accountability: Governance controls: 4 of 6 not reported.
  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 36/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Transparency & Controls: Foreign grants require schedule f did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 58/100.