La Mision Encontrandome Con Cristo Guatemala Mission

What it reported doing in 2024

Scholarship program: education is one of the surest ways out of poverty and the organization sees this as another avenue to help the poor in guatemala. The organization pays students' tuition for a year of education, provided the students maintain a certain gpa. This program started out with only one student. The number of students in the program continues to grow each year. Three different levels of education are supported through our scholarship program; high school, trade school, and college. We also assist with their living expenses while attending school if they have to travel outside of the city where they live. Students are required to put in two hundred hours of community service in their local communities, including working with the mission group during the annual mission trip. Our coordinator in guatemala tracks and monitors the students' grades, service hours, and expenses. To keep up with the increased demand of the scholarship program, a new fundraising program was started in 2010. The organization started a wholly owned subsidiary, guatemala mission coffee, llc. This company buys guatemalan coffee from a company in guatemala to help support their local economy. The coffee is shipped to the united states, where our volunteers assist in selling the coffee. All proceeds from coffee sales are used to fund the scholarship program. In 2024, 94 scholarship totaling $57,038 were provided to students attending 17 different educational institutions.

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 58.8%; rating input score 59
• Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100
• Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

• Consistency checks: 93.3%; rating input score 93; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
• Pay-setting controls: Limited
• Foreign activity oversight: 0 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 0
  • Claims monitoring procedures: Limited
  • Requires narrative reports: Limited
  • Conducts field audits: Limited
  • May suspend future funding: Limited
  • Requires financial reports: Limited
  • Conducts site visits: Limited
  • Requires grant agreements: Limited
  • May require repayment: Limited
• Grant itemization coverage: 86.6%; rating input score 87; 37th 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; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
• Governance controls: 1 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 14
  • Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
  • Whistleblower policy: Fail
  • Document-retention policy: Fail
  • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
  • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
  • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
  • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
  • Audit committee oversight: Missing
  • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

• Operating margin: 41.8%; rating input score 90; 90th percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.06; rating input score 45; 45th percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 79; 79th percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 81; 81st percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: 27.4% per year; rating input score 100; 89th percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: 22.4% per year; rating input score 100; 88th percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: 13.8% per year; rating input score 100; 70th percentile among comparable filings