Por Los Chicos

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
542095807
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2013–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2017
Location
Kirkland, WA, USA
Phone
6503049733
Rating
68
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
International Relief

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$16,051
Expenses
$17,879
Assets
$181,977
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

4 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Marcelo Birnbach (President)
  • Pablo Osinaga (Vice President)

People named in this filing

  • Marcelo Birnbach (President)
  • Federico Kolliker Frers (Secretary)
  • Pablo Osinaga (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 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The organization provides financial support to Asociacion Civil Por Los Chicos in Argentina to support charitable programs serving children and families in need, including nutrition, education, community kitchen, rural school, and social development programs. The U.S. organization raises funds and provides grants in furtherance of its charitable purpose.

What it reported doing in 2025

The organization provided financial support to Asociacion Civil Por Los Chicos in Argentina to support charitable programs serving children and families in need, including child nutrition, food assistance through community food pantries, education support, rural school support, and related welfare programs. The U.S. organization's role was limited to fundraising and providing financial support to the supported organization.

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 - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. A relatively small share of total spending goes to programs and program spending has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 63
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 55
  • Growth: 20

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 65.4%; rating input score 65
  • Program expense ratio: 58.7%; rating input score 59

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -11.4%; rating input score 28; 28th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 10.18; rating input score 92; 92nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -8.9% per year; rating input score 0; 30th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -4.2% per year; rating input score 0; 36th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 10.5% per year; rating input score 100; 71st percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 65.4% of revenue deployed · 58.7% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $10K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 3 filing years from 2013 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • 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: Program expense ratio scored 59/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 28/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.