Massachusetts Latino Police Officers Association
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 460721724
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2014–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2025
- Location
- South Easton, MA, USA
- Phone
- 6172815953
- Rating
- 76
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Professional Societies, Associations
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $11,072
- Expenses
- $11,734
- Assets
- $6,495
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
2 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- YESSENIA GOMEZ (PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- YESSENIA GOMEZ (PRESIDENT)
- RICHARD POMALES (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 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Mlpo is working to support the advancement of justice and equality for people of color with a particular emphasis on the latino community, by (1) advancing equal employment opportunities in law enforcement and criminal justice professions, (2) providing a network for the development and support of careers in law enforcement and criminal justice, (3) cultivating strong relationships among law enforcement professionals and their surrounding communities, (4) providing educational trainings, workshops, and resources for the community on issues of public safety, health, and wellness, and (5) fostering educational pursuits for youth interested in law enforcement and criminal justice education through scholarships and other financial support.
What it reported doing in 2025
Support the advancement of justice and equality for people of color with a particular emphasis on the latino community, by (1) advancing equal employment opportunities in law enforcement and criminal justice professions, (2) providing a network for the development and support of careers in law enforcement and criminal justice, (3) cultivating strong relationships among law enforcement professionals and their surrounding communities, (4) providing educational trainings, workshops, and resources for the community on issues of public safety, health, and wellness, and (5) fostering educational pursuits for youth interested in law enforcement and criminal justice education through scholarships and other financial support.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 67% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% 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
SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 74
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 32
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 74.8%; rating input score 75
- Program expense ratio: 70.5%; rating input score 71
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -6%; rating input score 33; 33rd percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.55; rating input score 33; 33rd percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 9.5% per year; rating input score 100; 70th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 2.7% per year; rating input score 100; 61st percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 2.6% per year; rating input score 100; 48th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 74.8% of revenue deployed · 70.5% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $8K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 2 people listed
- Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- Filing history: 12 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.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 33/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 33/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.