Latinos En Spokane

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
852725630
IRS 990 coverage
2020–2023
Forms available
Form 990 2023
Location
Spokane, WA, USA
Phone
5095589359
Rating
74
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Alliance/Advocacy

Reported finances

Revenue
$1,384,280
Expenses
$1,754,020
Assets
$732,046
Liabilities
$30,742

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2023. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

8 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • JENNYFER MESA (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
  • MAURA RUIZ (PRESIDENT)
  • MARTIN MARTINEZ (VICE PRESIDENT)

Highest reported compensation

  • JENNYFER MESA (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $92,783 total reported compensation
  • MARIA GUADALUPE GUTIERREZ (DIRECTOR): $24,200 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2023. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Our mission is to build capacity within latino community members, leaders, business-owners, and organizations in spokane; to address the needs of the growing latino populations through inclusive community engagement.

What it reported doing in 2023

Latinos en spokane's center for latinos is a culturally rooted, community-driven hub offering comprehensive wrap-around services that support latino and immigrant families in spokane county. Open as a safe, welcoming space, the center provides access to self-help resourcesincluding free internet, printing, and court document assistancemonthly legal and immigration clinics, esl and drivereducation classes, itin and computer workshops, health and social service navigation, small business and economic development support, and vibrant cultural events like language-accessible driver's ed and el mercadito. By bringing services directly to where the community is, building trust, and offering culturally and linguistically tailored programming, the center empowers individuals to integrate, participate civically, and thrive socially, economically, and culturally within the broader spokane communityection with local and state programs.in 2023, we doubled the size of our community center, launched emprendeteour latino business centerand provided rental assistance, we hosted 12 free legal clinics, hosted 80 community events, distributed over 3,079 oral hygiene products

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 68% 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. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 68
  • Transparency & Controls: 86
  • Accountability: 74
  • Sustainability: 21
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 77.3%; rating input score 77
  • Program expense ratio: 61%; rating input score 61
  • Fundraising efficiency: $13.48 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 48; 48th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 91.7%; rating input score 92; 12th 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: 3 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 38
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: Fail
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -26.7%; rating input score 7; 7th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.42; rating input score 19; 19th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.04; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 6.7%; rating input score 48; 48th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 42.4% per year; rating input score 100; 94th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 36.3% per year; rating input score 100; 94th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 36.4% per year; rating input score 100; 93rd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 77.3% of revenue deployed · 61% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 7 of 7 board members independent · 3 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $1.1M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $93K · 8 people listed
  • Consistency: 26 of 27 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 4 filing years from 2020 to 2023
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
  • 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.

  • Moderate — Accountability: Governance controls: 4 of 7 not reported.
  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 48/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 7/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 19/100.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 48/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 56/100.