Downtown Deck Plaza Foundation

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
995013536
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2024–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024
Location
El Paso, TX, USA
Phone
9155447636
Rating
67
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Community, Neighborhood Development

Reported finances

Revenue
$105,607
Expenses
$12,962
Assets
$96,876
Liabilities
$4,231

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

Leadership & pay

6 people listed

People named in this filing

  • Tracy J Yellen (Chair)
  • Joseph Gudenrath (Vice Chair)
  • Matthew Guzman (Secretary)

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

The Downtown Deck Plaza Foundation (DDPF) was formed on September 16, 2024, as a Texas nonprofit corporation. It is a Type I supporting organization to the Paso del Norte Community Foundation that will develop, operate, maintain, and program a 8.5 acre park and plaza (Deck Plaza) over interstate 10 in the downtown corridor of El Paso, Texas, in partnership with the Texas Department of Transportation, El Paso Metropolitan Planning Organization, County of El Paso, and City of El Paso. It will offer educational programs, green spaces, and recreational opportunities like biking and walking trails, along with other activities that support its exempt purposes.

What it reported doing in 2024

The organization will develop, operate, maintain, and program a 8.5 acre park and plaza (Deck Plaza) over Interstate 10 in the downtown corridor of El Paso, Texas. During this initial year, the organization worked towards completing a feasibility study to develop the 8.5 acre deck park.

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

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and revenue comfortably covers expenses. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and liabilities are high compared with assets.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 45
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 86
  • Growth: NotEnoughData

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 12.3%; rating input score 12
  • Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100

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: 87.7%; rating input score 99; 99th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 7.47; rating input score 98; 98th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.04; rating input score 31; 31st percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: Limited
  • Asset growth: Limited

Details

  • Where the money goes: 12.3% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $13K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 6 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • 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 12/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 31/100.