Los Indios De San Gabriel Inc Dba Gabrieleno Band of Mission Indians

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
451322558
IRS 990 coverage
2017–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Covina, CA, USA
Phone
8184061392
Rating
57
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Cultural, Ethnic Awareness

Reported finances

Revenue
$175,647
Expenses
$221,800
Assets
$31,450
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

7 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • ANDREW SALAS (CEO)

People named in this filing

  • ANDREW SALAS (CEO)
  • NADINE SALAS (VICE CHAIRMAN)
  • CHRISTINA SWINDALL MARTINEZ (Secretary)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

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

Overview

Mission

The purpose and mission of los indios de san gabriel (dba gabrieleno band of mission indians) is to respect, protect and preserve the sprit of the ancestors that have past away and future generations to come by uplifting, promoting and preserving the history, language, traditions and cultrures of the gabrieleno people.

What it reported doing in 2024

Preservation of culture and artifacts (monitoring) - los indios de san gabriel inc work with organizations monitoring various construction sites to observe distrubed soil for evidence of human remians and artifacts. The organization acts as unpaid consultants to local museums and universitites in managing their collections of our artifacts and has cintinued the process of preserving the culture of the gabrieleno indisans by gathering documentation and audio through libraries, universities and museums. The organization utilizes a cerified genelogist to document tribal membership and gather family trees going back to the 1700's. The organization conducts and/or participates in numerous presentations at local museums and historical evenets educating the general public about the culture of the gabrielenos.the tribe strives to enhance the quality of it's members lives by providing economic opporunities as well as achieving federal recognition. The tribe also strives to protect the culture and traditional practices of the gabrieleno people by protecting and preserving the tribe's sacred sites and resources as governed by the state of California along with educating it's members and the general public

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 76% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 95% 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 - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of voting board members are independent and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 70
  • Transparency & Controls: 86
  • Accountability: 6
  • Sustainability: 25
  • Growth: 20

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 85.9%; rating input score 86
  • Program expense ratio: 68.1%; rating input score 68
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 90.9%; rating input score 91; 13th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 87.8%; rating input score 88; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 0%; rating input score 0; 7th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 1 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 14
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Fail
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -26.3%; rating input score 11; 11th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.14; rating input score 8; 8th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 80; 80th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -19.1% per year; rating input score 0; 6th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -14.5% per year; rating input score 0; 4th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 10.4% per year; rating input score 100; 67th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 85.9% of revenue deployed · 68.1% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 0 of 6 board members independent · 1 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $151K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 7 people listed
  • Consistency: 19 of 20 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors and grants
  • Filing history: 7 filing years from 2017 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • 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 — Accountability: Independent voting board scored 0/100.
  • High — Accountability: Governance controls: 5 of 6 not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 11/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 8/100.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Part IX AllOtherExpenses column sum did not reconcile in the filed values.