El Paso Sun City Pride Organization

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
270935018
IRS 990 coverage
2012–2021
Forms available
Form 990 2021, Form 990-EZ 2020
Location
El Paso, TX, USA
Phone
7023391747
Rating
72
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Lesbian, Gay Rights

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$208,604
Expenses
$176,276
Assets
$86,808
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2021. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

20 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Edward Gallardo (President)

Highest reported compensation

  • Dave Castillo (Parade Co-Director): $2,638 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2021. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The Mission Statement of the El Paso Sun city Pride Organization is to create safe and inclusive spaces for self-expression inspire an authentic sense of activism in the continued fight for equality and celebrate the unique heritage and diverse cultures of the LGBT+ community of West Texas Southern New Mexico and its allies.

What it reported doing in 2021

2022 Pride Festival parade and Splash celebration of the LGBT+ community. Included educational opportunities and presence of educational groups and speakers. Raised funds for the EPSCP scholarship fund which distributes scholarships throughout the year.

Operating model

Revenue model
Other-operating. 67% of the money available for current operations came from other operating revenue.
Distribution model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent spending detail to tell whether the nonprofit works directly or through others.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and most voting board members are independent. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 59
  • Transparency & Controls: 86
  • Accountability: 76
  • Sustainability: 47
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 61.1%; rating input score 61
  • Program expense ratio: 72.2%; rating input score 72
  • Fundraising efficiency: $2.58 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 9; 9th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 91.7%; rating input score 92; 17th 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: 3 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 43
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • 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: 15.5%; rating input score 59; 59th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.49; rating input score 19; 19th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 82; 82nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 1.5%; rating input score 38; 38th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 6.9% per year; rating input score 100; 68th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 8.1% per year; rating input score 100; 69th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 15.8% per year; rating input score 100; 77th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 61.1% of revenue deployed · 72.2% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 20 of 20 board members independent · 3 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $119K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $3K · 20 people listed
  • Consistency: 39 of 42 current checks pass · 3 findings to review
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 3 filing years from 2012 to 2021
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • 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 — Accountability: Governance controls: 3 of 6 not reported.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 9/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 19/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 59/100.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Functional expense sum did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Part IX Occupancy column sum did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 38/100.