La Frontera Ministries International Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
273434934
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2011–2020
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2020
Location
Mcallen, TX, USA
Phone
9566316121
Rating confidence
Limited
Sector
Human Service Organizations
Affiliation
Christianity

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$70
Expenses
$515
Assets
$0
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2020. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

4 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • PATRICIA PENA (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
  • REV STEVEN HERZBERG (PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • PATRICIA PENA (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
  • REV MOISES PEREZ ESPINO (SECRETARY)
  • REV STEVEN HERZBERG (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-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2020. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The purpose of the organization is to train, develop, and accompany projects between churches, individuals, families, communities and marginalized persons between mexico and the united states, in order to improve the quality of life and create healthy fair communities thus transforming lives.

What it reported doing in 2020

In partnership with the san juan school district, pharr public library, home depot, southwest Texas literacy coalition and lutheran churches, books were presented for the border literacy program. The program provides educational materials to both parents and children, assisting the children in developing the important skill of reading to succeed in school and achieve their future goals. The parents received an orientation on the importance of reading, tips on how to read to their children and make it a family affair.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent spending detail to tell whether the nonprofit works directly or through others.

The verdict

- The available evidence is not sufficient to produce an overall rating for this filing. This is not a warning sign.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: NotEnoughData
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 9
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: Limited
  • Program expense ratio: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -635.7%; rating input score 4; 4th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0; rating input score 2; 2nd 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: -19.8% per year; rating input score 0; 24th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -14.5% per year; rating input score 0; 26th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -26.7% per year; rating input score 0; 6th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 2 filed program accomplishments
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
  • Consistency: 5 of 5 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 10 filing years from 2011 to 2020
  • 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.

  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 4/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 2/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.