Mission Plaza Tenants Association

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
954384510
IRS 990 coverage
2013–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025
Location
Los Angeles, CA, USA
Phone
3239870335
Rating
56
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate

Reported finances

Revenue
$279,203
Expenses
$383,574
Assets
$4,089,222
Liabilities
$3,456,066

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

Leadership & pay

5 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • MARIA CUEVAS (PRESIDENT)

Highest reported compensation

  • MARIA CUEVAS (PRESIDENT): $27,700 total reported compensation
  • MIRIAM SHARINN (TREASURER): $101 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

To promote the general welfare and economic developement of low income families residing at misson plaza and the surrounding community by: 1) ensuring mission plaza is operated and maintained as a decent, safe and affordable housing for low income families, 2)serving as the managing general partner of the limited partnership that that owns mission plaza and to fulfill all the responsibilities as managing general partner of the limited partnership

What it reported doing in 2025

Mission plaza operated a 132-unit apartment complex to provide housing to low income residents subsidized by u.s. Dept of hud and subject to hud regulations (the project). In march 2012, the organization sold the prject to mission family apartments, lp

Operating model

Revenue model
Other-operating. 100% of the money available for current operations came from other operating revenue.
Distribution model
Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 51% for direct work, and 49% for grants.

The verdict

MIXED - Most voting board members are independent and program spending has grown recently. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filing does not identify recipients for some grant dollars.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 44
  • Transparency & Controls: 59
  • Accountability: 68
  • Sustainability: 33
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 55.3%; rating input score 55
  • Program expense ratio: 40.2%; rating input score 40
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 91.7%; rating input score 92; 20th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 0%; rating input score 0; 20th percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 2 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 22
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: Fail
    • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -37.4%; rating input score 6; 6th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 10.66; rating input score 90; 90th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.85; rating input score 5; 5th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 7.2%; rating input score 29; 29th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 27.1% per year; rating input score 100; 88th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 18.4% per year; rating input score 100; 85th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 0% per year; rating input score 100; 22nd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 55.3% of revenue deployed · 40.2% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 5 of 5 board members independent · 2 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $154K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $28K · 5 people listed
  • Consistency: 19 of 20 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes grants
  • Filing history: 13 filing years from 2013 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
  • 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.

  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 55/100.
  • High — Transparency & Controls: Grant itemization coverage scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 40/100.
  • High — Accountability: Governance controls: 6 of 8 not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 6/100.
  • Review — Transparency & Controls: Domestic grant itemization did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 5/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 29/100.