Raices Chicago Story Coalition

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
931874858
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2023–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024
Location
Chicago, IL, USA
Rating
72
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Arts, Culture, and Humanities N.E.C.

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$65,950
Expenses
$10,070
Assets
$59,495

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

Leadership & pay

5 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Nancy Villafrancea (President)
  • Lilianna Macias (Vice President)

People named in this filing

  • Nancy Villafrancea (President)
  • Lilianna Macias (Vice President)
  • Ema Pinto (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-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Organized to respond to the under and misrepresentation of Latinos in the citys historical archives and overall narrative and address the lack of infrastructure tools and resources for the Latine-serving

What it reported doing in 2024

VENGO VINE YVOY: VISIONS OF CHICAGO BY RECENT ARRIVAL YOUTH: Invite recent arrival youth to explore their connections to Chicagos historical narrative. The project enabled students to: 1. Understand and appreciate their personal histories and contributions. 2. Learn how to collect and utilize oral histories to share their unique stories. 3. Collaborate with local artists to transform these stories into diverse artistic expressions. 4. Organize an exhibition at Pilsen Art and Community House PACH to showcase creative outputs and honor the narrative of recent arrivals fostering community connection and celebration. 50 Celebratory event guests

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
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 - The filed numbers largely add up and revenue comfortably covers expenses. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and some filed totals do not add up.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 50
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 78
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 20%; rating input score 20
  • Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 84.7%; rating input score 98; 98th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 5.91; rating input score 86; 86th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: 163% per year; rating input score 100; 100th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 177.1% per year; rating input score 100; 99th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 20% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $13K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
  • Consistency: 6 of 7 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2023 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
  • Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
  • 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 — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 20/100.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Part III program expenses within total did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.