Raya Rise Above Your Ambitions Foundation

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
460646242
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2024–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2023
Location
Santa Ana, CA, USA
Phone
7145427473
Rating
84
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Scholarships, Student Financial Aid Services, Awards

Reported finances

Revenue
$48,253
Expenses
$65,665
Assets
$24,709

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

Leadership & pay

12 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • LEON RAYA (President)

People named in this filing

  • LEON RAYA (President)
  • SUSIE GRAY (Secretary)
  • PEARL RAYA (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 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Developing youth to be successful adults by providing positive athletic opportunities, academic success and family support

What it reported doing in 2025

Increase in Santa Ana Aztec Track Club participation and events:47Increase for Raya Foundation Track Meet:127 participants(New)Incorpated an Adult Basketball league 56 participants and family attendance 50Increase participation and continuous partnership with Santa Ana Elks Lodge #794 33 participantsContinuous Boys Travel ball team with 45 playersBoys Boom basketball league , increase participation to 81 and parent attendance 600Continuous programs for Teen basketball with 57 participants and parents/ friends attendance 400Increase for volleyball/ LIl spiker program to 38 participantsContinuous girls basketball program 12 participantsContinuous Lil Boom basketball program (6-8 yrs)38Continuous program and increaseof sponsorship for all games: Santa Ana High School Girls & Boys seniors 46participantsAnnual Family Christmas Party, increase attendance 94(NEW): Raya Foundation Family Hiking day 35

Operating model

Revenue model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent revenue detail to tell how this nonprofit funds its work.
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 revenue has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 97
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 21
  • Growth: 40

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 92.2%; rating input score 92

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -36.1%; rating input score 15; 15th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.38; rating input score 26; 26th 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: 18.4% per year; rating input score 100; 80th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -32.9% per year; rating input score 0; 10th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -35.2% per year; rating input score 0; 6th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 92.2% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $61K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 12 people listed
  • Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2024 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.

  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 15/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 26/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.