Hispanic Affairs Project

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
271276653
IRS 990 coverage
2020–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025
Location
Montrose, CO, USA
Phone
9702404115
Rating
70
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Centers to Support the Independence of Specific Populations

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$931,002
Expenses
$477,034
Assets
$3,079,363
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

8 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Ricardo Perez (Executive Director)
  • Joel Flores (Board President)

Highest reported compensation

  • Ricardo Perez (Executive Director): $81,954 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Promoting leadership development, community outreach and providing key services for immigrant integration in western Colorado

What it reported doing in 2025

Resources to the community: Aided 432 low-income families with assistance including information related to labor rights, housing, medical services, driver license and connecting them with other local, regional non-profits and governmental entities. Site visit to 86 ranch and farm workers including these with H2A visa to share information about labor matters. Facilitated the Older Adult program with 17 community sessions and initiated the Hispanic business Group to enhance the visibility for businesses created by first generation entrepreneur immigrants coordinating 7 educative sessions. Ongoing outreach and education to prevent domestic violence and sexual assaults issues impacting minority groups. Organized 6 welcoming community events in Montrose, Mesa, and Paonia. Ongoing support "Inmigrantes Unidos de Gunnison" as vehicle to enhance collaboration between immigrant/refugee and governmental agencies. More than 750 people participated in one or more of our activities. In coordination with AidKit, HAP participated in the Benefit Recovery Fund (BRF) to educate community members about unemployment benefits, at the same time, initiated the Welcoming, reception and integration program (WRI-Program) to provided resources to new arrivals. An extensive social media platform was implemented to reach out English and/or Spanish speaking population in western Colorado.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 94% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 92% 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

SUPPORTED - A large share of total spending goes to programs and the filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filing does not identify recipients for some grant dollars.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 63
  • Transparency & Controls: 64
  • Accountability: 84
  • Sustainability: 81
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 45.7%; rating input score 46
  • Program expense ratio: 85.4%; rating input score 85
  • Fundraising efficiency: $70.01 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 81; 81st percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 91.7%; rating input score 92; 15th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 0%; rating input score 0; 15th 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; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 5 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 62
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 48.8%; rating input score 90; 90th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 6.46; rating input score 87; 87th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 88; 88th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 17.2%; rating input score 21; 21st percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 6% per year; rating input score 100; 41st percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 3.4% per year; rating input score 100; 28th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 17.8% per year; rating input score 100; 75th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 45.7% of revenue deployed · 85.4% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 7 of 7 board members independent · 5 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $407K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $82K · 8 people listed
  • Consistency: 41 of 43 current checks pass · 2 findings to review
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors and grants
  • Filing history: 5 filing years from 2020 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
  • 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.

  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 46/100.
  • High — Transparency & Controls: Grant itemization coverage scored 0/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 7 not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 21/100.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Review — Transparency & Controls: Domestic grant itemization did not reconcile in the filed values.