La Raza Historical Society of Santa Clara Valley

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
813429366
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2022–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2023, Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2021
Location
San Jose, CA, USA
Rating
39
Verdict
REVIEW
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Arts, Cultural Organizations - Multipurpose

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$168,669
Expenses
$84,467
Assets
$158,242

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

14 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Jesus Orosco (President)
  • Rosanna Alvarez (Vice President)

People named in this filing

  • Jesus Orosco (President)
  • Rosanna Alvarez (Vice President)
  • Richard Alejandro (Treasurer)

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 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Accept historical photos books posters and other historical items. Provide research support. Save the items safely and professionally. Historical presentations in person and online. Document and present history through website writings and the development of an internet archive.

What it reported doing in 2025

Renovation of the Chiechi House located at San Jose History Park.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
No current program activity. The filing reports no program spending for the current year.

The verdict

REVIEW - The filed numbers largely add up and program spending has grown recently. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 0
  • Transparency & Controls: 75
  • Sustainability: 74
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 0%; rating input score 0
  • Program expense ratio: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 91.7%; rating input score 92; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 49.9%; rating input score 92; 92nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.87; rating input score 78; 78th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 31.8% per year; rating input score 100; 84th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 1.4% per year; rating input score 100; 25th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 16.4% per year; rating input score 100; 73rd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 0% of revenue deployed
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 14 people listed
  • Consistency: 5 of 5 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 1 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 3 filing years from 2022 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • 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.

  • High — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 0/100.