Comunidades Indigenas En Liderazgo Corp

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
843334677
IRS 990 coverage
2022–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2019
Location
Los Angeles, CA, USA
Phone
2133590264
Rating
67
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Cultural, Ethnic Awareness

Reported finances

Revenue
$4,921,832
Expenses
$2,228,990
Assets
$5,218,435
Liabilities
$102,966

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

Leadership & pay

8 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • ODILIA ROMERO (PRESIDENT/EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

Highest reported compensation

  • ODILIA ROMERO (PRESIDENT/EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $148,656 total reported compensation
  • JANET MARTINEZ (VICE ED & TREASURER): $118,800 total reported compensation
  • GENESIS EK (ADMIN. DIRECTOR & SECRETARY): $96,014 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 organization is an indigenous women-led, intergenerational organization that works to empower indigenous people and revitalize indigenous culture by bringing visibility and resources to indigenous communities. At this time, the organization's efforts focus on providing charitable and educational support to indigenous communities in the los angeles metropolitan area, although in the future the organization may expand its programmatic offerings to a larger geographic area.

What it reported doing in 2024

Cultural programming: language revitalization classes for children of migrants to reconnect, indigenous literature conference provides a space for indigenous authors to showcase their work to the indigenous migrant communities living in los angeles. In 2024 we hosted our annual indigenous literature conference and had about 100 attendees. We hosted art workshops and a photo exhibit on mayan people in los angeles in collaboration with the mexican consulate.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 90% 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

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and most voting board members are independent. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 36
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 82
  • Sustainability: 75
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 28.6%; rating input score 29
  • Program expense ratio: 60.9%; rating input score 61
  • 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: 5 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 56
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: Pass
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 54.7%; rating input score 93; 93rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.34; rating input score 67; 67th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.02; rating input score 81; 81st percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 16.3%; rating input score 17; 17th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 10.1% per year; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 30.4% per year; rating input score 100; 94th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 35% per year; rating input score 100; 95th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 28.6% of revenue deployed · 60.9% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 5 of 5 board members independent · 5 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $1.4M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $149K · 8 people listed
  • Consistency: 29 of 29 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 3 filing years from 2022 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 3 filed money-flow records
  • 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.
  • Staff and benefit plans: Retirement and health plans the organization files with the Department of Labor, and the people in them.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • High — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 29/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 3 of 8 not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 17/100.