Northern New Mexicans Protecting Land Water and Rights Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 465501157
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2015–2023
- Forms available
- Form 990 2023, Form 990-N 2014
- Location
- Los Alamos, NM, USA
- Phone
- 5054550748
- Rating
- 76
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Alliance/Advocacy
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $16
- Expenses
- $7,264
- Assets
- $0
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2023. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
6 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- BEVERLY DURAN CASH (PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- STEVE CARSON (BOARD OF DIR)
- BEVERLY DURAN CASH (PRESIDENT)
- GAIL MARTINEZ (TREASURER)
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 2023. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Northern new mexicans protecting land water and rights strives to lessen the stress of neighborhood tensions due to lack of information and fair representation. By providing an organization whose main goal is to unite and empower the community against prejudice and discrimination within community members, community deterioration can be stopped and repaired. To achieve these goals, the mission is accomplished through addressing issues - the organization , to the best of its ability, coordinates the resources needed to address community issues through legal, political and community outreach programs educating the community members - the organization provides information to the community members to educate them on various issues related to land and water rights. Coordinate - the organization coordinates members to provide a significant voice to be heard on various issues related to land and water rights. The organization fights to protect the rights of individual property owners and resid
What it reported doing in 2023
Northern new mexicans protecting land, water and rights has worked to help their community with the aamodt water settlement, jemez electric co-op rate hikes as well as pursuing government officials regarding trespass, title insurance and property tax issues.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 100% of its reported program spending out as grants.
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: 82
- Transparency & Controls: 93
- Accountability: 76
- Sustainability: 8
- Growth: 0
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
- Program expense ratio: 80.1%; rating input score 80
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: Limited
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 80th 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: 3 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 43
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Fail
- Document-retention policy: Fail
- CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Missing
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -45,300%; rating input score 1; 1st percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0; rating input score 3; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 60; 60th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: -34.1% per year; rating input score 0; 10th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -47% per year; rating input score 0; 9th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -16.2% per year; rating input score 0; 9th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 80.1% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 8 of 8 board members independent · 3 of 7 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $6K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 6 people listed
- Consistency: 13 of 13 current checks pass
- Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes grants
- Filing history: 9 filing years from 2015 to 2023
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
- 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.
- Moderate — Accountability: Governance controls: 3 of 6 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 — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 3/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.