Mecca Housing Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
330582706
IRS 990 coverage
2014–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025
Location
Indio, CA, USA
Phone
7603473157
Rating
88
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate

Reported finances

Revenue
$50,384
Expenses
$51,630
Assets
$1,281,094
Liabilities
$468,288

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

Leadership & pay

11 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Deanna Mendoza (Vice President)
  • Juan Munoz (President)

People named in this filing

  • Jose L Santos (Treasurer)
  • Deanna Mendoza (Vice President)
  • Julianna Diaz (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. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Provide affordable housing

What it reported doing in 2025

To provide affordable rental housing as the 1% general partner in Mecca Housing Associates, a California Limited Partnership, and Paseo de los Poetas Associates, a California Limited Partnership, which own and operate Nueva Vista Apartments, and Paseo de los Poetas homes, respectively. Nueva Vista Apartments is a 32-unit affordable rental housing complex located in Mecca, CA, and Paseo de los Poetas homes are 21 single family rental homes located in Mecca, CA.To provide affordable rental housing as the .01% general partner in Villas Housing Associates, a California Limited Partnership, which owns and operates Villas Oscar Romero Apartments a 50-unit affordable rental housing complex located in Mecca, CA.To provide affordable rental housing as the 99.99% limited partner in Harrison Street Associates, a California Limited Partnership, which owns and operates Fuente de Paz Apartments, a 37-unit affordable rental housing complex located in Coachella, CA.To provide affordable rental housing as the 99.99% limited partner in Mecca Family Housing Associates, a California Limited Partnership, which owns and operates Chapultepec Apartments, a 31-unit affordable rental housing complex located in Mecca, CA.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 100% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
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

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Revenue has declined or grown slowly and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 89
  • Transparency & Controls: 90
  • Accountability: 100
  • Sustainability: 55
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 7 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 100
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -2.5%; rating input score 47; 47th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 24.81; rating input score 84; 84th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.37; rating input score 9; 9th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 58; 58th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 7.8% per year; rating input score 100; 69th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -11.6% per year; rating input score 0; 28th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 2.4% per year; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 11 of 11 board members independent · 7 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $52K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 11 people listed
  • Consistency: 12 of 12 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 12 filing years from 2014 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Related organizations: 6 filed related-organization links
  • 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 — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 47/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 9/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 58/100.