El Centro Nw

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
882783153
IRS 990 coverage
2024–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025, Form 990-EZ 2023, Form 990-N 2022
Location
Seaside, OR, USA
Phone
9714147270
Rating
70
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Single Organization Support

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$367,903
Expenses
$288,372
Assets
$232,681
Liabilities
$2,914

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

Leadership & pay

9 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Paula Bartheld (Executive Director)
  • Rocio Lizarraga Simmons (President)
  • Fernando Rodriguez Casillas (Vice President)

Highest reported compensation

  • Paula Bartheld (Executive Director): $51,500 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The mission of El Centro NW is to unite and empower the Hispanic community by providing a space, a voice, and a way to access academic, financial, health, and cultural resources.

What it reported doing in 2025

El Puente: We do Community Outreach through our community groups called El Puente. We have a north County community group called El Puente de Astoria and a south County community group called El Puente de Seaside. Our goal is to create another El Puente in Pacific County in Washington. We have monthly meetings to plan events, workshops to educate about immigrant rights and social justice. Through these groups we also get a lot of volunteers for our programs.

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 99% 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 a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 49
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 74
  • Sustainability: 51
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 45.5%; rating input score 45
  • Program expense ratio: 58%; rating input score 58
  • Fundraising efficiency: $11.2 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 40; 40th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th 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; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 3 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 38
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Fail
    • 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: 21.6%; rating input score 73; 73rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.81; rating input score 35; 35th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.01; rating input score 38; 38th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 17.9%; rating input score 20; 20th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 17.8% per year; rating input score 100; 81st percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 32.4% per year; rating input score 100; 93rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 38.4% per year; rating input score 100; 93rd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 45.5% of revenue deployed · 58% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 6 of 6 board members independent · 3 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 10 filed program accomplishments · $167K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $52K · 9 people listed
  • Consistency: 28 of 28 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2024 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 2 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.

Key Signals

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

  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 45/100.
  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 58/100.
  • Moderate — Accountability: Governance controls: 4 of 7 not reported.
  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 40/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 35/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 20/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 38/100.