La Isla Hurricane Relief Fund

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
822953592
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2017–2018
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2018
Location
Seattle, WA, USA
Phone
2065107353
Rating
72
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Fund Raising and Fund Distribution

Reported finances

Revenue
$11,786
Expenses
$13,801
Assets
$23,736

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2018. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

6 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Erika Brown (Co-President)
  • Vicente Bravo (Co-President)
  • Michelle Font (Co -Vice President)
  • Alyssa Johnson (Co-Vice President)

People named in this filing

  • Erika Brown (Co-President)
  • Vicente Bravo (Co-President)
  • Michelle Font (Co -Vice 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 2018. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Disaster assistance, relief and rebuilding. Education and Policy research related to the issues of climate change and carbon emissions. Including rebuilding efforts in order to restore livelihood from natural disasters.

What it reported doing in 2018

Hurricane relief efforts and assistance including filters, water devices and supplies.Rebuilding efforts following the earthquake included home repairs, transportationand other aid to restore livelihood.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
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 - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and program spending has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 75
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 36
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 79.3%; rating input score 79
  • Program expense ratio: 67.8%; rating input score 68

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -17.1%; rating input score 23; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.72; rating input score 62; 62nd 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: -73.9% per year; rating input score 0; 4th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -124.2% per year; rating input score 0; 1st percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -8.1% per year; rating input score 0; 22nd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 79.3% of revenue deployed · 67.8% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $9K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 6 people listed
  • Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2017 to 2018
  • 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.

Grant-readiness screening is separate from the live rating, not a measure of program quality. Review the source records before making a grant decision.

  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 23/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.
  • High — Grant Readiness: Automatic revocation: this organization had its federal tax-exempt status automatically revoked.