Mano a Manocultura Mexicana Sin Fronteras/mano a Manomexican Culture
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 562545700
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2012–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2025
- Location
- New York, NY, USA
- Phone
- 2125873070
- Rating
- 83
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Cultural, Ethnic Awareness
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $150,586
- Expenses
- $157,520
- Assets
- $40,762
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
3 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- JUAN CARLOS AGUIRRE (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
People named in this filing
- LISIA LEON (CHAIRPERSON)
- JESUS PEREZ (SECRETARY)
- JUAN CARLOS AGUIRRE (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
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
The promotion of mexican and mexican american arts; the development and provision of education programs about mexican history and culture; and the provision of information about education, health care, housing and legal assistance to mexicans and mexican americans in the New York metropolitan area.
What it reported doing in 2025
Mano a mano: mexican culture without borders offered several free events to the public, including "blooms & art: celebrating frida kahlo" in collaboration with the hispanic society of america and our annual dia de muertos (day of the dead) celebration, a three-day festival featuring art installations and performances by artists. We also created seven significant ofrendas (altars) throughout New York city and participated in several day of the dead celebrations.additionally, mano a mano launched "imagine mexico," a series of interactive workshops for adults, and conducted engaging lectures on various topics in public schools within our community. We aimed to impart valuable knowledge about mexican arts and culture in New York.we provided programming in mexican music, dance, visual, verbal, and ritual arts to museums, schools, community organizations, corporations, and other entities across New York city.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 82% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Direct operator. The filing allocates 83% 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
STRONG - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. Expenses are high relative to revenue and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 73
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 26
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 74.3%; rating input score 74
- Program expense ratio: 71%; rating input score 71
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -4.6%; rating input score 20; 20th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.26; rating input score 24; 24th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 74; 74th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 37%; rating input score 9; 9th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 3.3% per year; rating input score 100; 39th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 4.6% per year; rating input score 100; 42nd percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 9.7% per year; rating input score 100; 58th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 74.3% of revenue deployed · 71% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $112K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
- Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 13 filing years from 2012 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 — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 20/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 24/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 9/100.