Hello Stranger Foundation

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN: 831296140
IRS 990-EZ coverage: 2022–2024
Forms available: Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2021
Location: Los Angeles, CA, USA
Rating: 48
Verdict: MIXED
Rating confidence: Moderate
Sector: Arts, Cultural Organizations - Multipurpose

Reported finances

Revenue: $136,665
Expenses: $135,118
Assets: $1,702

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

Leadership & pay

3 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

ANGELA ROMERO (PRESIDENT)
ROXANNA CASTANEDA (VICE PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

ANGELA ROMERO (PRESIDENT)
ROXANNA CASTANEDA (VICE PRESIDENT)
KATHERINE CACERES (TREASURER)

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

To promote cultural awareness and promote skill building for marginalized communities by ways of education cultural programming and professional development

What it reported doing in 2024

Provided cultural education and programming through artistic programs and events for the community

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

MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up and program spending has grown recently. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.

Rating breakdown

Financial Efficiency: 21
Transparency & Controls: 82
Sustainability: 19
Growth: 80

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

Mission deployment rate: 21.4%; rating input score 21
Program expense ratio: 21.7%; rating input score 22

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

Operating margin: 1.1%; rating input score 37; 37th percentile among comparable filings
Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.01; rating input score 4; 4th percentile among comparable filings
Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
Officer compensation ratio: 45.2%; rating input score 6; 6th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

Program expense growth: 28.5% per year; rating input score 100; 83rd percentile among comparable filings
Revenue growth: 3.9% per year; rating input score 100; 42nd percentile among comparable filings
Asset growth: -118.8% per year; rating input score 0; 1st percentile among comparable filings

Details

Where the money goes: 21.4% of revenue deployed · 21.7% of spending went to programs
Governance: Filed governance answers
Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $29K in reported program spending
Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
Schedules: 2 filed schedules
Filing history: 3 filing years from 2022 to 2024
Contacts: How to reach this organization
Money network: 3 filed money-flow records
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 — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 21/100.
High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 22/100.
Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 37/100.
High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 4/100.
High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 6/100.