Mexicans & Americans Thinking Together- Foundation Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
204318098
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2020
Forms available
Form 990 2020
Location
San Antonio, TX, USA
Phone
2102700300
Rating
78
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Human Service Organizations

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$2,619
Expenses
$325,174
Assets
$1,538,781
Liabilities
$11,780

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2020. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

12 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • ARACELY GARCIA GRANADOS (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

People named in this filing

  • LIC ALONSO ANCIRA (DIRECTOR, CHAIRMAN)
  • ESPERANZA ANDRADE (DIRECTOR)
  • ERNESTO ANCIRA JR (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 2020. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Mexicans & americans thinking together-foundation, inc.(matt) is a non-profit organization, formed in 2006, whose mission is to encourage mexicans and americans to understand, address and solve the major problems of mexico and the united states to the benefit of the peoples of both countries.

What it reported doing in 2020

Yes al ingles: matt recognizes that the single most important bridge to helping people successfully integrate into the u.s. System is learning to speak english, and in response has launched yes al ingles. Yes al ingles is a low cost, 100% online, university certified english language learning program that targets those who speak little to no english-which limits their ability to effectively integrate into daily u.s. Life, and compete for job opportunities to earn a better wage. The program offers 72 hours of interactive teaching that enables participants to develop their oral and written english communication skills, as well as reading comprehension and conversational skills. The program also incorporates learning groups and chats with other users as a system of support, and is monitored by an administrator to ensure progress. The course can be successfully completed in 5 months with a minimum time investment of 4 hours a week. More importantly, upon completion of the program, participants earn a certificate of recognition from Texas a&m university and the university of the incarnate word. Due to the program's success, matt is launching english for professionals, the second level to yes al ingles. Participants will be able to further expand their business vocabulary by concentrating business, quality assurance, politics, economics, hospitality, marketing, education, computer skills and electronic commerce. Additional information regarding yes al ingles can be obtained by visiting the program's website, www.yesalingles.org, emailing [email protected], or calling 1-866-980-6288.

Operating model

Revenue model
Affiliate-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions from related organizations.
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. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 89
  • Transparency & Controls: 91
  • Accountability: 70
  • Sustainability: 25
  • Growth: 0

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: 90.9%; rating input score 91; 16th 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: 80%; rating input score 80; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 4 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 57
    • 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: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Fail
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -12,316%; rating input score 1; 1st percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 4.73; rating input score 47; 47th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.01; rating input score 33; 33rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 61; 61st percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -19.5% per year; rating input score 0; 25th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -9.5% per year; rating input score 0; 37th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -9.9% per year; rating input score 0; 14th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 8 of 10 board members independent · 4 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $325K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 12 people listed
  • Consistency: 14 of 14 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 11 filing years from 2010 to 2020
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Related organizations: 1 filed related-organization link
  • 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.

Grant-readiness screening is separate from the live rating, not a measure of program quality. Review the source records before making a grant decision.

  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 3 of 7 not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 1/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 47/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 33/100.
  • High — Grant Readiness: Automatic revocation: this organization had its federal tax-exempt status automatically revoked.