Mariachi Scholarship Foundation

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
330866851
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2014–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2023, Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-T 2021
Location
Bonita, CA, USA
Phone
6198889509
Rating confidence
Limited
Sector
Arts Education

Reported finances

Revenue
$85,567
Expenses
$93,963
Assets
$309,183
Liabilities
$1,479

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

Leadership & pay

5 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • ROBERT GRIEGO (Vice President)
  • JEFF NEVIN (President)
  • SILVIA NOGALES (Vice President)

People named in this filing

  • ROBERT GRIEGO (Vice President)
  • JEFF NEVIN (President)
  • SILVIA NOGALES (Vice President)

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 mariachi scholarship foundation was created in 1996 with the vision of expanding educational opportunities and enriching the lives of students through participation in mariachi music.

What it reported doing in 2025

The foundation programs accomplish the following objectives 1advocating for mariachi music in schools, including direct engagement with school board members, principals, teachers, parents and students 2providing professional development activities and curriculum materials to mariachi teachers 3 inspiring students to study mariachi and ballet folklrico by hosting the annual conferences later rebranded as the san diego international mariachi summit with concerts and educational workshops by some of the greatest mariachis and dancers in the world 4 promoting mariachi music in the community to generate awareness and excitement in thousands of people who attend our events every year 5 raising money to support college scholarships for students who graduate from programs we support.

Operating model

Revenue model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent revenue detail to tell how this nonprofit funds its work.
Distribution model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent spending detail to tell whether the nonprofit works directly or through others.

The verdict

- The available evidence is not sufficient to produce an overall rating for this filing. This is not a warning sign.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: NotEnoughData
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 46
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: Limited
  • Program expense ratio: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -9.8%; rating input score 29; 29th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 3.29; rating input score 76; 76th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 27; 27th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 31.8% per year; rating input score 100; 87th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 12% per year; rating input score 100; 83rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 7.4% per year; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
  • Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 9 filing years from 2014 to 2025
  • 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 — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 29/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 27/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.