Mexican Patriotic Club

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
822594802
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2024–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2023
Location
Calumet City, IL, USA
Rating
50
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Fund Raising and Fund Distribution

Reported finances

Revenue
$91,961
Expenses
$79,610
Assets
$78,333
Liabilities
$10,294

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

Leadership & pay

4 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Carmela Vargas (President)
  • Natalie Vargas (Vice President)

People named in this filing

  • Carmela Vargas (President)
  • Natalie Vargas (Vice President)
  • Connie Peulecke (Secretary)

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

Our primary goal is to secure financial support to provide scholarships for local high school graduates enabling them to pursue higher education. Additionally we allocate contributions to support educational institutions shelters and community gatherings fostering a stronger and more resilient local community. This dual approach of investing in youth through scholarships and supporting essential community services ensures a positive impact on both individual lives and the broader community.

What it reported doing in 2025

Support those experiencing homelessness and domestic violence by donating to organizations that provide essential services such as shelter food counseling and support. Your contributions make a meaningful impact on the lives of vulnerable individuals and families in crisis. Your generosity helps create a safe and supportive environment for those in need offering hope and a chance for a better future.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 97% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
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

MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up and revenue has grown recently. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 8
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 53
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 8.2%; rating input score 8
  • Program expense ratio: 9.4%; rating input score 9

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: 13.4%; rating input score 65; 65th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.98; rating input score 47; 47th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.13; rating input score 14; 14th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: 129.4% per year; rating input score 100; 99th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 14.7% per year; rating input score 100; 78th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 8.2% of revenue deployed · 9.4% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 2 filed program accomplishments · $8K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 9 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2024 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 — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 8/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 9/100.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Part III transfer expenses within program total did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 47/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 14/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.