Importa Santa Barbara
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 452620272
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2015–2023
- Forms available
- Form 990 2023, Form 990-N 2013
- Location
- Santa Barbara, CA, USA
- Phone
- 8056045060
- Rating
- 79
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Public, Society Benefit N.E.C.
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $782,959
- Expenses
- $477,643
- Assets
- $1,253,534
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2023. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
6 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- RUSSELL TRENHOLME (CHAIR/PRESIDENT)
- MARLINE FLORES (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
People named in this filing
- LUCERITO SALGADO (Director)
- Ellen Goodstein (Treasurer)
- RUSSELL TRENHOLME (CHAIR/PRESIDENT)
Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2023. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
IMPORTA Santa Barbara was founded in 2011 as an organization dedicated to providing services for Santa Barbara County's large population of low-income immigrants. In 2012, the organization decided to focus on providing immigration legal services through representatives accredited by the U.S. Department of Justice which governs immigration law. Since authorization was received in August of 2012, the organization has almost exclusively dedicated its work to providing immigration legal services, principally through representing immigrants in their petitions and applications to the USCIS. An important part of this work is educational outreach to immigrants in Santa Barbara County, and neighboring San Luis Obispo and Ventura Counties. Our ultimate goal is advancing the integration of local immigrant families into the social and civic life of the community.
What it reported doing in 2023
Educational Outreach Throughout the Ventura County, Santa Barbara County, and Southern San Luis Obispo County Region The educational outreach programs are conducted in conjunction with many other organizations that serve South and Central Coast immigrant communities in areas of health, housing, and issues concerning senior citizens and children. The content of our outreach is primarily concerned with immigration legal matters. We work to dispel rumors and misinformation, and strongly oppose the widespread victimization of immigrants by illegal consultants.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Grant-funded. 87% 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
SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of total spending goes to programs. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 62
- Transparency & Controls: 90
- Accountability: 88
- Sustainability: 84
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 56.8%; rating input score 57
- Program expense ratio: 90%; rating input score 90
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
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: Limited
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 5 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 71
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
- 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: 39%; rating input score 90; 90th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.62; rating input score 72; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 92; 92nd percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 81; 81st percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 17.7% per year; rating input score 100; 79th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 22% per year; rating input score 100; 87th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 12.9% per year; rating input score 100; 66th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 56.8% of revenue deployed · 90% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 5 of 5 board members independent · 5 of 7 filing controls reported
- Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $430K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 6 people listed
- Consistency: 19 of 19 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 8 filing years from 2015 to 2023
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
- 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.
- Review — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 57/100.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Independent financial-statement audit not reported.