Portuguese Fraternal Society of America
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 237159163
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2019–2019
- Forms available
- Form 990 2019, Form 990-N 2018
- Location
- Modesto, CA, USA
- Phone
- 2097026364
- Rating
- 68
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $12,500,113
- Expenses
- $13,484,271
- Assets
- $134,282,524
- Liabilities
- $124,162,111
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2019. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
10 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- JOHN ALFRED SALVADOR (CEO)
Highest reported compensation
- JOHN ALFRED SALVADOR (CEO): $129,820 total reported compensation
- EDWARDA ALDERETE (EXEC TREASURER): $49,731 total reported compensation
- BERNICE ARMAS-MARTINEZ (EXEC SECRETARY): $40,864 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2019. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
The PFSA mission is to protect its members and their families financially and to provide cultural, social, educational and charitable activities for its members and the community
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
- Distribution model
- Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent spending detail to tell whether the nonprofit works directly or through others.
The verdict
SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of voting board members are independent and expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 89
- Transparency & Controls: 74
- Accountability: 42
- Sustainability: 42
- Growth: NotEnoughData
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
- Program expense ratio: 99%; rating input score 99
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 81.8%; rating input score 82; 0th percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: Limited
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: Limited
- Major donor itemization: Limited
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 0%; rating input score 0; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 9 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 100
- 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: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -7.9%; rating input score 11; 11th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 9.96; rating input score 92; 92nd percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.92; rating input score 10; 10th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 1.6%; rating input score 77; 77th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: Limited
- Revenue growth: Limited
- Asset growth: Limited
Details
- Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 99% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 0 of 7 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment
- Leadership: top reported pay $130K · 10 people listed
- Consistency: 24 of 26 current checks pass · 2 findings to review
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 3 filed money-flow records
- 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.
Grant-readiness screening is separate from the live rating, not a measure of program quality. Review the source records before making a grant decision.
- High — Accountability: Independent voting board scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 11/100.
- Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Functional expense sum did not reconcile in the filed values.
- Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Part IX CompCurrentOfficersDirectors column sum did not reconcile in the filed values.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 10/100.
- High — Grant Readiness: Automatic revocation: this organization had its federal tax-exempt status automatically revoked.