Mohawk Valley Latino Association

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
562419456
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2012–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2019
Location
Utica, NY, USA
Phone
3158648419
Rating
63
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Community, Neighborhood Development

Reported finances

Revenue
$100,503
Expenses
$99,733
Assets
$94,352
Liabilities
$61,773

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

11 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • C SONIA MARTINEZ (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
  • CHEMY RODRIGUEZ (PRESIDENT)
  • ZAIDA MORELL (VICE PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • C SONIA MARTINEZ (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
  • CHEMY RODRIGUEZ (PRESIDENT)
  • ZAIDA MORELL (VICE PRESIDENT)

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 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The organization's mission is to improve the standard of living for all residents of the mohawk valley through various services that will educate and empower them and to achieve awareness among the different cultures of the mohawk valley. The organization strives to shape the minds of our youth and demonstrate the great local opportunities for their success.

What it reported doing in 2024

The organization developed collaborations with the english and american citizenship center, energy credit union and vita tax preparations and interpretation assistance. The organization was the first to offer free interpretation, translation, and transportation services to the community through cdbg funds. In addition, it collaborated with the local newspaper to publish more content about and including the latino community and community events. These initiatives are enhancing the cultural footprint of the latino population in the community. The organization continues to provide cultural events such as hispanic heritage month, the latino festival, gala and christmas party. It also held cultural dances and made presentations at various events, providing access to low-income youth for these.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 87% 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 - The filed numbers largely add up and program spending 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: 33
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 37
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 33.3%; rating input score 33
  • Program expense ratio: 33.6%; rating input score 34

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 0.8%; rating input score 36; 36th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.95; rating input score 58; 58th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.65; rating input score 8; 8th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 23.1%; rating input score 15; 15th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 6.2% per year; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 9.9% per year; rating input score 100; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 19.6% per year; rating input score 100; 79th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 33.3% of revenue deployed · 33.6% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $33K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 11 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 7 filing years from 2012 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • 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 — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 33/100.
  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 34/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 36/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 58/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 8/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 15/100.