Friends of Farmworkers Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
510214321
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Philadelphia, PA, USA
Phone
2157330878
Rating
86
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Legal Services

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$2,912,362
Expenses
$2,731,154
Assets
$1,893,269
Liabilities
$630,677

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

Leadership & pay

11 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • GUSTAVO GARCIA (PRESIDENT)
  • BRENDA MARRERO (VICE-PRESIDENT)
  • ANTON ANDREW (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, THRU SEPT 2024)
  • ARLENE RIVERA FINKELSTEIN (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, EFFECT. NOV 2024)

Highest reported compensation

  • ALICIA ANGUIANO (CHIEF LEGAL OFFICER): $134,633 total reported compensation
  • ANTON ANDREW (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, THRU SEPT 2024): $114,420 total reported compensation
  • ARLENE RIVERA FINKELSTEIN (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, EFFECT. NOV 2024): $21,092 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

Friends of farmworkers supports low-wage workers as they pursue economic and social justice. We do this through the provision of legal services, education, and advocacy.

What it reported doing in 2024

Friends of farmworkers supports low-wage workers as they pursue economic and social justice. We do this through the provision of legal services, education, and advocacy designed to empower the most vulnerable workers among us to earn a living wage and to ensure that they and their families have the opportunity to lead productive, healthy, and fulfilling lives. Our current program priority areas are focused on employment issues such as unpaid wages, unsafe work conditions, retaliation against workers, and discrimination in employment and housing. We also provide immigration legal services to help remove the fear of immigration-related retaliation that discourages many workers from reporting abusive and unlawful conduct. We provide direct services in these areas and also participate in litigation that has nationwide impact.our education and outreach programs help workers make informed decisions about their employment, protect themselves from exploitation, and improve the economic stability of their families.

Operating model

Revenue model
Grant-funded. 88% of the money available for current operations came from government grants.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 94% 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. Total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 83
  • Transparency & Controls: 89
  • Accountability: 95
  • Sustainability: 40
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 80.2%; rating input score 80
  • Program expense ratio: 85.1%; rating input score 85
  • Fundraising efficiency: $200.07 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 92; 92nd 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: 96.4%; rating input score 96; 31st percentile among comparable filings
  • 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 9 controls in place; rating input score 89
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 6.2%; rating input score 54; 54th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.69; rating input score 25; 25th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.33; rating input score 31; 31st percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 9.9%; rating input score 30; 30th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 11.7% per year; rating input score 100; 69th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 12.3% per year; rating input score 100; 75th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 15.8% per year; rating input score 100; 76th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 80.2% of revenue deployed · 85.1% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 8 of 8 board members independent · 8 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $2.3M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $135K · 11 people listed
  • Consistency: 31 of 32 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors and grants
  • Filing history: 14 filing years from 2010 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 5 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.

Key Signals

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

  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 25/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 54/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Other executive compensation review process not reported.
  • Review — Transparency & Controls: Domestic grant itemization did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 31/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 30/100.