Mano a Mano Foundation
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 431997495
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2022–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2021
- Location
- Encinitas, CA, USA
- Phone
- 7609427684
- Rating
- 40
- Verdict
- MIXED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Centers to Support the Independence of Specific Populations
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $175,240
- Expenses
- $105,172
- Assets
- $436,205
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
4 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Jorge Jiron (President)
People named in this filing
- Jorge Jiron (President)
- Linda Lohrman (Secretary)
- Carole Franks (Finance)
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
We are a public charity organization offering support and education for Latino families. We give conferences about different education topics, how to be a better parent and helping children be successful in school and life in general. We offer programs for the community educating families on discipline, self-esteem, responsibility, the risks of the Internet, violence and bullying, substance abuse and family communication. Mano a Mano Foundation has given annual educational conferences about prevention of substance abuse for over 27 years. We also work with the police, state universities and schools to provide the necessary tools so parents can start the war against drugs at home. We train police officers, teachers, volunteers and governmental employees about the key elements to understand and work with Latino families. Currently collaboration with San DA's office in services for victims of domestic abuse and in the fight against Fentanyl.
What it reported doing in 2025
Our culturally sensitive 8-subject workshops program for Latino Families occur throughout San Diego county 150 days out of the 180 school days in California. Location of workshops are public locations where parents and their families have access and are familiar with their surroundings i.e. Schools, places of worship, public centers, etc. For the year we have served over 3,400 families or an estimated 12,000 people (parents and their children). MAMF public charity organization offering support and education for Latino families is covering the following 8-subject areas of concern in 8-workshop programs for the population we serve are: 1)The Power of Education, 2) Positive Discipline: Limits, 3) Family Illness: Healthy and Toxic Families, 4) The Truth About Drugs: Marihuana/Vaping/and all Others, 5)Education is Prevention: Domestic Violence/Bullying, 6) Mental Health: Emotional Intelligence, Suicide Prevention, Depresion, 7) Internet Dangers: Sex Trafficking, Grooming, Applications, 8) Fentanyl Crisis. Our workshops include testimonies from prior drug users, prior gang members, Latino success stories as well as introduction to local authorities and agencies available to help when needed such as local Sheriffs, San Diego Police, DEA education volunteers, School Principals, and community agencies in the areas of health, immigration law, Law enforcement and crime prevention. We are also very involved with San Diego's DAs office in the prevention and support of victims of domestic abuse.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Earned-program. 100% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
- Distribution model
- No current program activity. The filing reports no program spending for the current year.
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 a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 0
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 79
- Growth: 60
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 0%; rating input score 0
- Program expense ratio: 0%; rating input score 0
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 40%; rating input score 88; 88th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 4.15; rating input score 94; 94th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 74; 74th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 28.5%; rating input score 13; 13th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: -83.1% per year; rating input score 0; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 11.1% per year; rating input score 100; 67th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 16.2% per year; rating input score 100; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 0% of revenue deployed · 0% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
- Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- Filing history: 4 filing years from 2022 to 2025
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
- 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.
- High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 0/100.
- High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 13/100.