Paluz Corp

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
854325363
IRS 990 coverage
2022–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Doral, FL, USA
Phone
7863157654
Rating
69
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
International Relief

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$2,743,197
Expenses
$2,734,521
Assets
$875,515
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

3 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • MARIELA VILLALOBOS (PRESIDENT)

Highest reported compensation

  • GIOVANNI VARELA (SECRETARY): $42,263 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Paluz is an organization made up of a multidisciplinary team made up of doctors, nutritionists, engineers, project management and logistics personnel, in order to implement projects in the health, nutrition, wash and education sectors for the benefit of the most vulnerable, through nutritional activities under the cmam concept for the assistance of children and pregnant women, implementation of wash (water, hygiene and sanitation)projects to improve access to services in communities, schools and health institutions, implementation of education projects such as the management and provision of school feeding programs to promote student permanence, and more programs related to the unsustainable development goals.

What it reported doing in 2024

Paluz nutrition program: paluz delivers nutritional services such as screening, treatment, follow-up consultations and counseling to children under 5 years old, pregnant and lactating women with the mission of saving lives treating severe and moderate acute malnutrition under cmam protocol: community management of acute malnutrition. Paluz health program: paluz delivers free healthcare to vulnerable communities, especially those in hard to reach areas. This is mainly done with 2 distinct approaches: intramural for the strengthening of healthcare facilities and extramural where through a broad network of volunteers, paluz delivers direct primary healthcare consultations and treatment donations to all group ages and genres. Paluz wash program: paluz complements all its services with water, hygiene and sanitation implementation with goods, supplies and capacity building in communities and inside healthcare facilities to guarantee the integral approach to health and nutrition issues. In 2024, we provided direct healthcare services with consultations, treatments and follow-ups to over 20,000 adult and pediatric patients. - granted access to nutritional services to over 25,000 children under 5 years old and to more than 5,000 pregnant and lactating women (plws). - guaranteed access to medical supplies and medications to 10 healthcare facilities continually. - rehabilitated and provided with minor repairs to 50 healthcare facilities to guarantee access to safe water with the wash-fit approach. - provided treatment for severe and acute malnutrition to over 1,000 children under 5 years old.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% 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 - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and most voting board members are independent. The filing reports few safeguards for money sent abroad and the filing does not identify recipients for some grant dollars.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 82
  • Transparency & Controls: 55
  • Accountability: 65
  • Sustainability: 40
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 91.7%; rating input score 92
  • Program expense ratio: 92%; rating input score 92
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Scored; rating input score 0
  • Grant itemization coverage: Scored; rating input score 0
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 66.7%; rating input score 67; 11th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 5 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 62
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • 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: 0.3%; rating input score 35; 35th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.32; rating input score 10; 10th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 97; 97th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 1.5%; rating input score 78; 78th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 27.9% per year; rating input score 100; 91st percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 19.2% per year; rating input score 100; 87th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 8.3% per year; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 91.7% of revenue deployed · 92% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 2 of 3 board members independent · 5 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $2.5M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $42K · 3 people listed
  • Consistency: 26 of 26 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors and foreign activity
  • Filing history: 3 filing years from 2022 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.

  • High — Transparency & Controls: Foreign activity oversight scored 0/100.
  • High — Transparency & Controls: Grant itemization coverage scored 0/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 7 not reported.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 35/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 10/100.