Los Charros Foundation Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
474181377
IRS 990 coverage
2019–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025, Form 990-EZ 2018, Form 990-T 2023
Location
Tucson, AZ, USA
Phone
5209098307
Rating
79
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Fund Raising and Fund Distribution

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$588,999
Expenses
$343,220
Assets
$1,461,202
Liabilities
$8,607

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

Leadership & pay

22 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • STEPHEN TURCOTTE (PRESIDENT)
  • RICHARD BRATT (PAST PRESIDENT)
  • SCOTT EVEN (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • KRISTIN TOMLINSON (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

Highest reported compensation

  • KRISTIN TOMLINSON (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $40,000 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

To promote the cowboy way of life, land conservation, and youth development and education, specifically in santa cruz, pima and cochise counties, Arizona.

What it reported doing in 2025

The foundation supports 4-h and ffa programs by attending annual 4-h county fairs in cochise, pima and santa cruz counties and purchasing animals from the youth. Animals are donated back to the 4-h program, which allows them to generate additional funds for their program. The purchase of these animals assists the youth in saving for their college education and teaches them responsibility and money management. The foundation also buys animals to give to youth of limited financial means and provides feed and training to help youth get into 4-h. In addition, the foundation also provides funding to 4-h and ffa programs for special projects or events.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 92% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 98% of its reported program spending out as grants.
  • Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of total spending goes to programs. 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: 66
  • Transparency & Controls: 89
  • Accountability: 84
  • Sustainability: 77
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 51.8%; rating input score 52
  • Program expense ratio: 81.6%; rating input score 82
  • Fundraising efficiency: $103.1 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 85; 85th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 93.3%; rating input score 93; 24th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 97%; rating input score 97; 48th 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; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 5 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 62
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • 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: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 41.7%; rating input score 88; 88th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 4.26; rating input score 82; 82nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.01; rating input score 64; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 11.7%; rating input score 33; 33rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 28.1% per year; rating input score 100; 87th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 22.6% per year; rating input score 100; 85th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 23.9% per year; rating input score 100; 84th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 51.8% of revenue deployed · 81.6% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 21 of 21 board members independent · 5 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $280K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $40K · 22 people listed
  • Consistency: 26 of 27 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 8 filed schedules · includes major donors and grants
  • Filing history: 6 filing years from 2019 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 4 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 4 filed related-organization links
  • 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.

  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 52/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 7 not reported.
  • Review — Transparency & Controls: Domestic grant itemization did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 33/100.