Enterprising Latinas Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 271247381
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2017–2024
- Official website data refreshed
- Sep 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2016, Form 990-N 2015
- Location
- Wimauma, FL, US
- Phone
- 813-699-5811
- Rating
- 89
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Human Service Organizations
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $1,338,404
- Expenses
- $1,738,227
- Assets
- $3,089,278
- Liabilities
- $766,380
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
7 people listed
People named in this filing
- Malinda Lugo (Director)
- Jennifer China (Director)
- Michael Ball (Director)
Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Empowering Latinas through education, workforce development, business support, and economic opportunity.
What it reported doing in 2024
Since 2014, Enterprising Latinas, Inc. impact has continued to expand economic opportunities for women and low- to moderate-income families in South Hillsborough County. More than 1,400+ residents from Wimauma and the surrounding communities have accessed workforce or entrepreneurship training, leading to higher-paying jobs and new economic prospects. Our dedicated entrepreneurs have introduced a multitude of new services to the community by establishing 200+ new businesses that contributed over $2 million to the local economy. We also saw 200+ members secure new or better-quality jobs. Through our Wimauma Connects network, 500+ households and 25 local businesses have access to free wi-fi service. At least 2,110 residents gained the skills to access the internet and use a computer through a digital literacy initiative that brings the classes to places where residents gather including health clinics, churches, and other service providers.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 97% 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
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 filed totals do not add up.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 86
- Transparency & Controls: 93
- Accountability: 100
- Sustainability: 34
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
- Program expense ratio: 91.3%; rating input score 91
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 92.3%; rating input score 92; 16th 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 7 controls in place; rating input score 100
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- 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: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -29.9%; rating input score 6; 6th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.78; rating input score 61; 61st percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.25; rating input score 28; 28th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 81; 81st percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 17.2% per year; rating input score 100; 79th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 16.6% per year; rating input score 100; 81st percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 27.5% per year; rating input score 100; 89th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: 5 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 2 operating locations identified
- Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 91.3% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 7 of 7 board members independent · 7 of 7 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $1.6M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 7 people listed
- Consistency: 26 of 27 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
- Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors
- Filing history: 8 filing years from 2017 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
- 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.
- Staff and benefit plans: Retirement and health plans the organization files with the Department of Labor, and the people in them.
Key Signals
Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 6/100.
- Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 28/100.