Radio Redentor
Legal name: Radio Redentor Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 660347260
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2018–2024
- Official website data refreshed
- Sep 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- San Juan, PR, United States
- Phone
- (787) 751-1310
- Rating
- 87
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Religious Radio
- Affiliation
- Christianity
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $1,250,966
- Expenses
- $1,515,537
- Assets
- $2,563,023
- Liabilities
- $2,600,554
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
12 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Osvaldo Trinidad (President)
- Ariel Padilla (Vice President)
Highest reported compensation
- Jesus M Rivera Vazquez (General Manager): $46,021 total reported compensation
- Osvaldo Trinidad (President): $5,600 total reported compensation
- Ariel Padilla (Vice President): $3,750 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
El Evangelio de Jesucristo en la vida de cada ser humano.
What it reported doing in 2024
EDUCATION, INFORMATION AND ENTERTAINMENT: The radio station's initiatives aim to provide comprehensive support to individuals and families by offering counseling and character development through the broadcasting of a variety of educational, informations programs. Our primary objective is to facilitate the holistic transformation of listeners, empowering them to cultivate and maintain a healthy Christian family environment, thereby enhancing their overall quality of life. We prioritize activities geared towards addressing prevalent social issues such as divorce, domestic violence, and other community challenges, equipping our audience with spiritual and intellectual tools to navigate daily obstacles effectively. Our programs foster intellectual growth, expand knowledge, and promote active citizenship, encouraging listeners to become informed and responsible members of their communities and the global society. Our services encompass a range of resources, including radio programs, talk shows, advice from mental health professionals, workshops, and training sessions focused on family and marital enrichment. We engage with relevant topics discussed in the media and society, facilitated by pastors, ministers, theologians, and qualified counselors from diverse fields of expertise.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Other-operating. 77% of the money available for current operations came from other operating revenue.
- 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
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 79
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Accountability: 95
- Sustainability: 29
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 94.6%; rating input score 95
- Program expense ratio: 78.1%; rating input score 78
- 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: Limited
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Yes; rating input score 100
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: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -21.1%; rating input score 9; 9th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.69; rating input score 60; 60th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 1.01; rating input score 5; 5th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 4.5%; rating input score 54; 54th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 13.9% per year; rating input score 100; 73rd percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 5.9% per year; rating input score 100; 48th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 16.8% per year; rating input score 100; 76th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: 4 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 1 operating location identified
- Where the money goes: 94.6% of revenue deployed · 78.1% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 11 of 11 board members independent · 8 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $1.2M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $46K · 12 people listed
- Consistency: 33 of 33 current checks pass
- Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors and related organizations
- Filing history: 7 filing years from 2018 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 — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 9/100.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Independent financial-statement audit not reported.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 5/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 54/100.