Hispanic Services Council Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 593198934
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2018–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Tampa, FL, USA
- Phone
- 8139367700
- Rating
- 88
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Neighborhood Centers
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $2,617,818
- Expenses
- $2,588,884
- Assets
- $695,148
- Liabilities
- $214,415
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
9 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- ROBERTO TORRES (PRESIDENT)
Highest reported compensation
- MARIA F PINZON (EXECUTIVE DI): $92,878 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Founded in 1992 by a group of social service professionals concerned about the lack of access to services available to latino families, hispanic services council (hsc) is a private, non-profit organization based in tampa, fl serving latinos throughout hillsborough county, fl. Hsc's mission is to increase access and opportunities for latinos and influence the systems that serve them. To achieve its mission, hsc connects latinos to opportunities that reduce health and education-related disparities while empowering them via civic engagement. Through its core programs, hsc serves over 1,200 individuals annually. Hsc is uniquely equipped to advocate for immigrant rights because it is a trusted community voice, its programs are client-focused, and analysis of metrics and trends means that service delivery is responsive to the emergent needs of clients. Hsc's 2generation approach serves parents and children simultaneously, and tracks outcomes for both while empowering families to work togethe
What it reported doing in 2024
Hsc has responded to this need by developing opportunities that result in an educated, healthy, prosperous, and engaged latino community. To achieve this, we offer the following programs and services: hsc has responded to this need by developing opportunities that result in an educated, healthy, prosperous, and engaged latino community. To achieve this, we offer the following programs and services: education la red de padres activos (la red)/the network of active parents works to increase the academic performance of children in k-8th grade by building the capacity of parents to engage in their children's education living. Program activities include parenting education, family support, and leadership development. La linea hispana connects non-english speaking families to appropriate services that will help them access economic, housing, health and multiple support services to ensure family stability and self-sufficiency. Health promotoras (community health workers) play a key role as connectors, mediators and messengers to vulnerable and marginalized residents who need to be linked to health resources and information so that they can achieve optimal physical and emotional health. Promotoras are integral to the services provided through the following programs: comprando rico y sano (crs)/healthy shopping), focuses on providing nutrition and healthy living education in spanish, as well assisting individuals apply and/or recertify for snap benefits. The goal of crs is to improve knowledge and behaviors around health-conscious shopping and food choice among latinos. Program activities include grocery shopping tours, community conversation circles regarding healthy eating and nutrition advice and snap application and recertification assistance. These activities have helped families to: increase their awareness of the importance of healthy shopping strategies; increase their knowledge of cost-saving measures when shopping; and, enroll or recertify into snap. Hillsborough county's indigent health care application assistance offers individualized and confidential assistance for individuals seeking health insurance options through hillsborough county. Program services include application assistance and supportive services to ensure effective utilization of health insurance. Acquiring health insurance allows individuals to access preventative health care services and other health related opportunities to be healthy and maintain a healthy lifestyle.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Grant-funded. 79% of the money available for current operations came from government grants.
- 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. Expenses are high relative to revenue and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 88
- Transparency & Controls: 92
- Accountability: 95
- Sustainability: 32
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 86.7%; rating input score 87
- Program expense ratio: 87.7%; rating input score 88
- Fundraising efficiency: $251.3 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 93; 93rd percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd 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: 7 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 88
- 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: Fail
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 1.1%; rating input score 38; 38th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.27; rating input score 8; 8th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.31; rating input score 33; 33rd percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 3.6%; rating input score 64; 64th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 9.9% per year; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 10% per year; rating input score 100; 68th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 9% per year; rating input score 100; 55th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 86.7% of revenue deployed · 87.7% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 8 of 8 board members independent · 7 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $2.3M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $93K · 9 people listed
- Consistency: 28 of 28 current checks pass
- Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors
- Filing history: 7 filing years from 2018 to 2024
- 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 — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 38/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 8/100.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Form 990 shared with the board not reported.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 33/100.