National Compadres Network Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
522384208
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025
Location
San Jose, CA, USA
Phone
4084844191
Rating
77
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Family Services for Adolescent Parents

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$2,878,047
Expenses
$3,862,370
Assets
$3,525,700
Liabilities
$600,405

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

Leadership & pay

12 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • HECTOR SANCHEZ-FLORES (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

Highest reported compensation

  • GERALD TELLO (DIRECTOR OF TRAINING AND C): $225,159 total reported compensation
  • HECTOR SANCHEZ-FLORES (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $171,541 total reported compensation
  • NELDA OLVERA (DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS): $154,217 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

See attached schedule o(ncn's) mission is to deliver trainings and assistance to organizations working to strengthen and re-root the capacity of individuals, families and communities who have experienced trauma or seek to establish asset-based programs. Ncn honors the identity and indigenous rooted traditions of chicano/a/x, latino/a/x, native, and communities of color in their work. Ncn has a long history collaborating with communities of diverse ethnicities, specifically, african american and asian pacific islanders, weaving their cultural strengths and rituals into community healing. Ncn is recognized as a leader by organizations committed to women and girls because their work addresses the biases and discrimination they encounter. As well, ncn uses an inclusive, co-creative process to serve lgbtq2s+ young people and children through a culturally rooted and healing-centered model that creates welcoming, safe and secure spaces for participants.

What it reported doing in 2025

For over 35-years the national compadres network (ncn) has supported culturally-rooted prevention and intervention efforts by working with community-based organizations, education systems, government agencies such as behavior health, juvenile justice, family social services; and philanthropic entities. Ncn works with partners to build on familial and community cultural assets to address long standing inequities that affect communities of color. It supports systems and government agencies working to eliminate disparities that negatively affect communities and promote efforts to build racial equity through a pro-culture lens. Ncn is recognized on as a national leader in promoting healing centered practices that help youth, families, and communities affected by adverse experiences and trauma.

Operating model

Revenue model
Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
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. Fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 79
  • Transparency & Controls: 70
  • Accountability: 95
  • Sustainability: 16
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 94.2%; rating input score 94
  • Program expense ratio: 70.2%; rating input score 70
  • Fundraising efficiency: $7.98 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 28; 28th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 92.3%; rating input score 92; 11th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 2 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 33
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Pass
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 8 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 89
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: Pass
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -34.2%; rating input score 2; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.91; rating input score 31; 31st percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.17; rating input score 38; 38th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 23.3%; rating input score 12; 12th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 11.3% per year; rating input score 100; 65th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 10.3% per year; rating input score 100; 67th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 15.9% per year; rating input score 100; 76th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 94.2% of revenue deployed · 70.2% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 6 of 6 board members independent · 8 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $2.7M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $225K · 12 people listed · 2 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Consistency: 27 of 28 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors and executive pay
  • Filing history: 12 filing years from 2010 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 6 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
  • 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: Fundraising efficiency scored 28/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 2/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 31/100.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 12/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 38/100.