Mas Comunidad
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 850300501
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2017–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2023, Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2015
- Location
- Penasco, NM, USA
- Phone
- 5757791622
- Rating
- 93
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $139,942
- Expenses
- $222,059
- Assets
- $314,040
- Liabilities
- $1,827
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
7 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- REBECCA MITCHELL (PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- MIGUELANJEL ORTIZ (EXECUTIVE DI)
- REBECCA MITCHELL (PRESIDENT)
- AMANDA BISSELL (TREASURER)
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 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Mas comunidad is a community-based nonprofit organization dedicated to improving the health, wellness, cultural vitality, and quality of life of residents throughout the peasco valley and surrounding communities. Through collaborative partnerships, direct services, educational initiatives, and community engagement activities, the organization provides programs that address food insecurity, environmental sustainability, youth development, literacy, arts and culture, and access to health and social services.
What it reported doing in 2024
Underlying initiatives include: the spot for community wellness program the spot for community wellness is a program of mas comunidad and serves as a central community resource hub providing information and referral services to residents throughout the region. The program operates a public office where individuals and families can access assistance, referrals, and supportive services designed to improve community well-being and access to resources. Art for the heart program art for the heart is an "art for healing" project of mas comunidad that provides free and low-cost community arts programming designed to support creativity, wellness, cultural preservation, and community connection. Operating from a 1,000+ square foot community studio space, the program has remained continuously open since 1996, offering accessible art supplies, workshops, and creative opportunities to residents of all ages. Reuse center program mas comunidad operates a reuse center located at the local waste transfer station to divert usable household goods and materials from the landfill. The program collects reusable items and redistributes them free of charge to community members through a no-cost thrift store model. This initiative promotes environmental stewardship, reduces waste, encourages recycling and reuse practices, and provides low-cost access to household necessities for local residents. Community food bank program mas comunidad operates a bi-weekly food bank serving more than 100 families each month. The food bank distributes groceries and essential food items to individuals and families experiencing food insecurity within the community. The program helps improve food access for vulnerable populations while strengthening local support networks and community resilience. Peasco theatre program mas comunidad supports the peasco theatre, a community-based performing arts program dedicated to enriching the cultural life of the region through live theater, arts education, and community engagement activities. The theatre provides opportunities for local residents of all ages to participate in productions, workshops, and creative programming that foster artistic expression, cultural preservation, and community connection. The program also contributes to local economic and cultural vitality by hosting performances and events accessible to the broader community.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 81% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Direct operator. The filing allocates 92% 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 - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and reported officer compensation is a large share of total spending, which may reflect staffing concentration.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 94
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 28
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
- Program expense ratio: 82.5%; rating input score 83
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: -58.7%; rating input score 1; 1st percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.41; rating input score 70; 70th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.01; rating input score 45; 45th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 26.2%; rating input score 13; 13th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 10.2% per year; rating input score 100; 61st percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 13.5% per year; rating input score 100; 74th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 24.9% per year; rating input score 100; 84th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 82.5% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $183K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 7 people listed
- Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 6 filing years from 2017 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 4 filed money-flow records
- Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
- 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 1/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 13/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 45/100.