Lamar Unidos LLC

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
824423687
IRS 990 coverage
2024–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2023
Location
Lamar, CO, USA
Rating
59
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Human Service Organizations

Reported finances

Revenue
$545,660
Expenses
$77,983
Assets
$473,860
Liabilities
$3,265

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

4 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Migdalia Quintana (President)

Highest reported compensation

  • Nancy M Diaz Escapite (Executive Dir.): $54,252 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Lamar Unidos was started in 2015 as a response to the critical need to address collective challenges, have a reliable source of information, accessible services and space for Lamar? s Latino immigrant families. Lamar Unidos has become a primary source of trusted information and support to the Lamar Latino Community. Since its inception, Lamar Unidos has worked with the community to tackle issues that are most pressing such as education, economic justice, immigration, financial and tax help, physical health and civic engagement.

What it reported doing in 2024

Licenses: Supported 47 individuals with reviewing documents and explaining the application process so they can obtain their drivers license. Fiscal Assistance: Served 293 individuals, mostly from Tax Help Colorado (VITA program) Community Outreach: Assisted 157 individuals Benefit Recovery Fund: Educated 108 individuals on requirements and how to apply. Consulate Appointments: Scheduled 38 appointments for community members. Citizenship/DACA Referrals: 7 community members referred to DACA and Citizenship clinics. Food Boxes Delivered: 109 boxes distributed in partnership with Promotoras from Project protect food systems. ESL Students: 28 participants in the VCSL program from ONA. Programa de Salud: Conducted 165 exercise sessions with an average of 4.618 participants per session Cover All Coloradans Ambassadors Program: 70 families reached out in 2024, they were informed about the State program.

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

MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up and revenue comfortably covers expenses. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 31
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 58
  • Sustainability: 81
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 7.3%; rating input score 7
  • Program expense ratio: 50.9%; rating input score 51
  • Fundraising efficiency: $371.45 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 95; 95th 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: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 0 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 0
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Fail
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 85.7%; rating input score 98; 98th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 6.08; rating input score 87; 87th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.01; rating input score 71; 71st percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 28.7%; rating input score 8; 8th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: 195.3% per year; rating input score 100; 100th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 197.6% per year; rating input score 100; 100th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 7.3% of revenue deployed · 50.9% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 3 of 3 board members independent · 0 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $40K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $54K · 4 people listed
  • Consistency: 21 of 21 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • 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 7/100.
  • High — Accountability: Governance controls: 7 of 7 not reported.
  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 51/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 8/100.