El Centro De Servicios Sociales Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
341165756
IRS 990 coverage
2013–2023
Forms available
Form 990 2023
Location
Lorain, OH, USA
Phone
4402778235
Rating
88
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Ethnic, Immigrant Centers

Reported finances

Revenue
$1,359,128
Expenses
$1,350,482
Assets
$2,390,397
Liabilities
$562,414

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

Leadership & pay

12 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Victor Leandry (Executive Director)
  • Amy Garcia (President)

Highest reported compensation

  • Victor Leandry (Executive Director): $112,276 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

El Centro is a Hispanic-Latino non-profit advocacy organization whose mission is to enhance the socio-economic status of the Lorain County community by providing essential social, educational, cultural and community development services. Core Programs: Senior & Adult Supportive Services, Youth Leadership, Employment, Domestic Violence & Representative Payee.

What it reported doing in 2023

Community Health and Supportive Services Program: The Community Health and Supportive Services program formally know as Adult Support Services is a unique program that serves as the first stop for many monolingual Latino families in need of social services and those having difficulty navigating the social services system. The program is also considered the signature program of El Centro. This program has established excellent partnerships with many organizations, health institutions, social services agencies and programs, school systems, law offices, and others. This program is currently serving a dual role while providing a crucial service to the community, as it also serves to cultivate and develop bilingual social workers in our county and address a need in our county, state and nation. The goal of this program is to continue providing social assessments to family in need, identifying services needed, but most important, connecting families to those services by providing referrals as well as interpretation and support. Ancillary Services provided by the program include a mobile food pantry in collaboration with Second Harvest Food Bank of Northeast Ohio.

Operating model

Revenue model
Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
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

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

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 91
  • Transparency & Controls: 86
  • Accountability: 95
  • Sustainability: 45
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 90.6%; rating input score 91
  • Program expense ratio: 91.1%; rating input score 91
  • Fundraising efficiency: $205.63 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 92; 92nd percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 93.3%; rating input score 93; 22nd 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: 7 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 88
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 0.6%; rating input score 40; 40th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.77; rating input score 61; 61st percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.24; rating input score 30; 30th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 8.3%; rating input score 42; 42nd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 6.7% per year; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 7.7% per year; rating input score 100; 59th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 3.5% per year; rating input score 100; 33rd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 90.6% of revenue deployed · 91.1% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 12 of 12 board members independent · 7 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 5 filed program accomplishments · $1.2M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $112K · 12 people listed
  • Consistency: 40 of 41 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 7 filing years from 2013 to 2023
  • 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.

  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 40/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Independent financial-statement audit not reported.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 30/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 42/100.