El M0vimiento Sigue Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 852276248
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2022–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2021, Form 990-N 2020
- Location
- Pueblo, CO, USA
- Phone
- 7195826567
- Rating
- 72
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Civil Rights, Social Action, Advocacy N.E.C.
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $629,187
- Expenses
- $508,339
- Assets
- $263,862
- Liabilities
- $-1,436
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
9 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Victoria Obregon (Vice President)
- Denise Torrez (President & CEO)
Highest reported compensation
- Jose Ortega (Executive Dir.): $75,089 total reported compensation
- Victoria Obregon (Vice President): $12,550 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
El Movimiento Sigue (EMS) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to advancing educational equity, leadership development, cultural affirmation, and social justice for Chicanx, Indigenous, immigrant, migrant, and historically underserved communities in Southern Colorado. Through youth leadership programs, educational workshops, community engagement initiatives, cultural preservation activities, and advocacy efforts, EMS empowers individuals and families to strengthen community well-being, increase access to opportunities, develop leadership skills, and promote positive social change.
What it reported doing in 2024
Youth Leadership DevelopmentServe 200 youth through leadership development, mentoring, and cultural identity programming. Host one Rita J. Martinez Youth Leadership Conference serving approximately 350400 students. Facilitate 12 Brown Future Collective sessions focused on leadership, social-emotional learning, and civic engagement. Provide 1,000+ hours of direct youth engagement and mentorship. Community Engagement and Cultural PreservationHost 12 community cultural and educational events that promote Chicanx history, identity, and community healing. Engage 500 community members through workshops, celebrations, trainings, and community gatherings. Facilitate opportunities for intergenerational storytelling, cultural arts, and oral history preservation. Advocacy and Civic EngagementConduct 4 community forums or educational sessions on issues affecting immigrant, migrant, Indigenous, and Chicanx communities. Build partnerships with schools, nonprofits, and community organizations to address systemic barriers to educational and economic opportunity. Support community-led efforts that promote equity, civic participation, and policy awareness. Organizational CapacityRecruit and retain 1520 active volunteers supporting EMS programs and events. Develop partnerships with 10 community organizations and institutions. Increase community outreach through social media, newsletters, and public education campaigns, reaching 1,000+ individuals annually.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 99% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Direct operator. The filing allocates 84% 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 a large share of total spending goes to programs. 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: 62
- Transparency & Controls: 84
- Accountability: 75
- Sustainability: 45
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 54.1%; rating input score 54
- Program expense ratio: 67%; rating input score 67
- Fundraising efficiency: $111.34 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 87; 87th percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 90.9%; rating input score 91; 8th percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: Limited
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: 81%; rating input score 81; 35th percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 88.9%; rating input score 89; 22nd 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: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: Fail
- Other executive compensation review process: Fail
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Missing
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 19.2%; rating input score 75; 75th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.52; rating input score 24; 24th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: 17.2%; rating input score 19; 19th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 26.5% per year; rating input score 100; 88th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 42.9% per year; rating input score 100; 96th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 50.3% per year; rating input score 100; 96th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 54.1% of revenue deployed · 67% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 8 of 9 board members independent · 5 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $341K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $75K · 9 people listed
- Consistency: 27 of 28 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
- Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors and grants
- Filing history: 3 filing years from 2022 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 3 filed money-flow records
- Related organizations: 1 filed related-organization link
- 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.
- Review — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 54/100.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 3 of 8 not reported.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 24/100.
- Review — Transparency & Controls: Domestic grant itemization did not reconcile in the filed values.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 19/100.