Esperanza Community Housing Corporation

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
954230345
IRS 990 coverage
2013–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Los Angeles, CA, USA
Phone
2137487285
Rating
88
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Standard
Sector
Housing Development, Construction, Management

Reported finances

Revenue
$7,715,175
Expenses
$6,999,170
Assets
$22,173,273
Liabilities
$18,594,427

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

11 people listed

Highest reported compensation

  • NANCY HALPERN IBRAHIM (EXECUTIVE DIR.): $145,163 total reported compensation
  • Iris Reynolds (director of am): $131,692 total reported compensation
  • Ivy Panlilio (DEV DIRECTOR): $115,769 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Esperanza community housing corporation is a social justice non-profit in south central los angeles that achieves long-term, comprehensive community development. We recognize that indigenous, black, and latino immigrant communities are disproportionately impacted by historical oppression, health disparities, disinvestment, and displacement. Therefore, we develop and preserve affordable housing; elevate health equity and access to care; mobilize for environmental justice; create and protect local economic opportunities; expand engagement in arts and culture; and advocate for policies protecting human rights. Esperanza works collaboratively to strengthen south los angeles. In all of our actions, esperanza builds hope with the community.

What it reported doing in 2024

Community services: the health programs deliver coordinated, community-based services to individuals and families to promote and achieve health and well-being in south los angeles and other areas within los angeles county. The community health promoters (chp) training program trained and cultivated 20 new chps to provide culturally and linguistically accessible health education, primary prevention, and advocacy to children and families. The healthy homes program provides in-home assessments for environmental health hazards and educates tenants to mitigate threats. The healthy breathing program utilizes healthy homes protocols to focus on asthma education/mitigation and distribute non-toxic cleaning supplies and materials. The healthy homes and healthy breathing programs conduct at least 3 visits with each household within a 6-month period. Both programs served a total of 262 families and outreached to more than 2300 low-income community members. The healthy homes program is comprised of 2 program managers and 4 chps with one of the managers specializing in ipm (integrated pest management). The healthy breathing program is comprised of 1 program manager and 4 chps. The lanterman program served 100 families that had one or more family members with a developmental disability to improve their access and utilization of regional center services as well as to facilitate linkages between wrap-around services. The lanterman program is comprised of 1 program coordinator and 4 chps. Additionally, chp-staffed community outreach services reached more than 2,130 local residents providing education in the topics of nutrition and physical education, disaster preparedness, and breast cancer prevention. The we are la and ocpsc initiatives provided outreach and education to more than 13,500 los angeles residents on resources and assistance for emergency housing, emergency food, utilities and rental financial assistance, mental health and medical care, covid-19, and other basic needs. The newest "south central heals" initiative served 1,548 residents in the most underserved areas of south la, including florence, Vermont-slauson, and south park.

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. Some filed totals do not add up and liabilities are high compared with assets.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 79
  • Transparency & Controls: 94
  • Accountability: 100
  • Sustainability: 58
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 76.5%; rating input score 77
  • Program expense ratio: 83.9%; rating input score 84
  • Fundraising efficiency: $31.47 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 70; 70th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 93.3%; rating input score 93; 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: 8 of 8 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: Pass
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 9.3%; rating input score 61; 61st percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 3.17; rating input score 75; 75th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.84; rating input score 9; 9th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 5.6%; rating input score 49; 49th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 14.8% per year; rating input score 100; 77th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 9.7% per year; rating input score 100; 67th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 12.1% per year; rating input score 100; 66th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 76.5% of revenue deployed · 83.9% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 8 of 8 board members independent · 8 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $5.9M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $145K · 11 people listed
  • Highest-paid contractors: 1 contractor listed · $125K reported
  • Consistency: 32 of 33 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 11 filing years from 2013 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 3 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 2 filed related-organization links
  • 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.

Grant-readiness screening is separate from the live rating, not a measure of program quality. Review the source records before making a grant decision.

  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 9/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 49/100.
  • High — Grant Readiness: Federal audit findings: this organization reported findings in its latest federal Single Audit.