Friends of the Children of El Salvador

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN: 205751041
IRS 990-EZ coverage: 2020–2024
Forms available: Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2016
Location: Albuquerque, NM, USA
Phone: 5052501280
Rating: 88
Verdict: STRONG
Rating confidence: Moderate
Sector: International Relief

Reported finances

Revenue: $56,533
Expenses: $48,237
Assets: $38,999

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

Leadership & pay

11 people listed

People named in this filing

Donna Bruzzese (Board Chair)
Patricia Stelzner (Secretary)
Fr Vicent Chavez (Board Member)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

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

Overview

Mission

The organization provides educational opportunities for Salvadoran High School and College students. The organization also provides nutritional and hygene programs.

What it reported doing in 2024

The organization is currenlty assisting 23 families withan educational opportunity.

Operating model

Revenue model: Donor-supported. 100% 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. Program spending has declined or grown slowly and revenue has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

Financial Efficiency: 88
Transparency & Controls: 100
Sustainability: 51
Growth: 20

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

Mission deployment rate: 82.9%; rating input score 83
Program expense ratio: 97.1%; rating input score 97

Transparency & Controls

Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

Operating margin: 14.7%; rating input score 68; 68th percentile among comparable filings
Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.81; rating input score 41; 41st percentile among comparable filings
Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

Program expense growth: -2.3% per year; rating input score 0; 42nd percentile among comparable filings
Revenue growth: -3.1% per year; rating input score 0; 40th percentile among comparable filings
Asset growth: 15.3% per year; rating input score 100; 81st percentile among comparable filings

Details

Where the money goes: 82.9% of revenue deployed · 97.1% of spending went to programs
Governance: Filed governance answers
Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $47K in reported program spending
Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 11 people listed
Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
Schedules: 3 filed schedules
Filing history: 5 filing years from 2020 to 2024
Contacts: How to reach this organization
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.

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

High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 41/100.
Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.
High — Grant Readiness: Automatic revocation: this organization had its federal tax-exempt status automatically revoked.