Raices

Legal name: Refugee & Immigrant Center for Education & Legal Services

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
742436920
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2024
Official website data refreshed
Sep 2026
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
San Antonio, TX, USA
Phone
+1 (833) 372-4237
Rating
84
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Immigrant’s Rights

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$39,153,257
Expenses
$37,527,271
Assets
$50,426,800
Liabilities
$7,008,762

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

Leadership & pay

15 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • DOLORES K SCHROEDER (CEO/PRESIDENT)

Highest reported compensation

  • DOLORES K SCHROEDER (CEO/PRESIDENT): $451,384 total reported compensation
  • KIM MATTHESON (CHIEF HUMAN RESOURCES OFFI): $350,137 total reported compensation
  • ANNA L FLORES (CFO/COO): $315,353 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

RAICES ensures that the families we work with who are navigating the U.S. immigration system are heard and given just pathways to call this country home. Through a holistic approach that combines legal and social services, we support individuals and families who want to put down roots in the U.S. while cultivating welcoming communities that uphold our shared values and freedoms.

What it reported doing in 2024

Rights advocacy: raices legal advocacy and strategic litigation initiatives defend access to asylum nationally and mitigate the harms of detention conditions on immigrant, refugee, and asylum-seeking people and families in federal government custody. Programming leverages client education, the courts, and the power of public action to preserve the human and legal rights enshrined in the u.s. Constitution, as well as international and federal law. In 2024, raices addressed harms incurred by clients through wrongful imprisonment, family separation, and asylum bans, and prepared for anticipated challenges to existing immigration statutes under a new administration.

Operating model

Revenue model
Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 92% 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.
  • Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 76
  • Transparency & Controls: 89
  • Accountability: 95
  • Sustainability: 51
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 81.8%; rating input score 82
  • Program expense ratio: 80%; rating input score 80
  • Fundraising efficiency: $7.79 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 31; 31st percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 94.1%; rating input score 94; 20th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 5 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 83
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Pass
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Pass
    • Written employment contract: Pass
    • Compensation survey or study: Pass
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 66th 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: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 4.2%; rating input score 51; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.34; rating input score 47; 47th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.14; rating input score 67; 67th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 5.7%; rating input score 45; 45th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 19.1% per year; rating input score 100; 89th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 17.4% per year; rating input score 100; 90th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 19.9% per year; rating input score 100; 89th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • What they do: 5 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 5 operating locations identified
  • Where the money goes: 81.8% of revenue deployed · 80% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 6 of 6 board members independent · 8 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $30M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $451K · 15 people listed · 5 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 2 contractors listed · $496K reported
  • Consistency: 34 of 34 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, and executive pay
  • Filing history: 15 filing years from 2010 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 9 filed money-flow records
  • 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.

  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 31/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 51/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Form 990 shared with the board not reported.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 47/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 45/100.