La Paz De Dios Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 201115026
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2020–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024, Form 990-T 2024
- Location
- Chattanooga, TN, USA
- Phone
- 4236248414
- Rating
- 80
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Centers to Support the Independence of Specific Populations
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $1,613,802
- Expenses
- $1,472,265
- Assets
- $2,909,869
- Liabilities
- $380,422
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
12 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- STACY JOHNSON (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
Highest reported compensation
- STACY JOHNSON (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $128,298 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
The mission of la paz is to empower and engage chattanooga's latino population through advocacy, education and inclusion.
What it reported doing in 2024
Family stabilization - we offer bilingual access and reduce/remove barriers through culturally appropriate support services including case management, social navigation, resources, and referrals. La paz received 49,931 calls to the call front desk intake and assistance in 2024.multicultural & bilingual case management systems navigation - 100 individuals served by our case managers monthlyresource & referral - healthcare access - $422,956 of medical debt relief approved for 61 familieslegal access - over 49 community screened for sijs (special immigrant juvenile status), 40 eligible participants 1-sijs/t-visa eligible and 2 students - sijs application approval noticeon-site choice food pantry - 277 snap applications, 267 families (including 479 children) 975 accessed our on-site food pantrypartner services - la paz increased our capacity by not only bringing in additional staff, but also partnering organizations to serve the community.chattanooga area food bankaccess to food - snapfamily and children's serviceshealth insurance access - 491 peoplechattanooga urban league - vitaaccess to free tax assistance - 50 peoplecempa community careaccess to healthcare - mobile health clinic - 70
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 61% 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
STRONG - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. Fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised and expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 64
- Transparency & Controls: 92
- Accountability: 95
- Sustainability: 56
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 64.3%; rating input score 64
- Program expense ratio: 69.2%; rating input score 69
- Fundraising efficiency: $13.91 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 48; 48th 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: 91.7%; rating input score 92; 24th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 8 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 100
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: Pass
- Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 8.8%; rating input score 59; 59th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.98; rating input score 64; 64th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.13; rating input score 38; 38th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 8.7%; rating input score 41; 41st percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 13.1% per year; rating input score 100; 71st percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 3.8% per year; rating input score 100; 36th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 10.6% per year; rating input score 100; 61st percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 64.3% of revenue deployed · 69.2% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 11 of 12 board members independent · 8 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $1M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $128K · 12 people listed
- Consistency: 30 of 30 current checks pass
- Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors
- Filing history: 4 filing years from 2020 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
- 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.
- Staff and benefit plans: Retirement and health plans the organization files with the Department of Labor, and the people in them.
Key Signals
Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.
- Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 48/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 59/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 38/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 41/100.