Restoring the Community Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
593817128
IRS 990 coverage
2011–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025, Form 990-N 2024
Location
Houston, TX, USA
Phone
7138254994
Rating
53
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Educational Services and Schools - Other

Reported finances

Revenue
$27,518
Expenses
$21,531
Assets
$20,700
Liabilities
$14,282

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

Leadership & pay

5 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • BERTHA MAHECHA (President)

People named in this filing

  • BERTHA MAHECHA (President)
  • JULIO HERRERA (Director)
  • SAMUEL HERRERA (Director)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The corporation is organized, and shall be operated exclusively for charitable, religious, educational, and scientific purposes, including but not limited to promote an integral and sustainable development of the human being as well as the construction of a peaceful culture through servicing others, promoting programs, promoting projects and creating industrial, commercial and service organizations to help restore and dignify the qualify of life of the human being, community and society around the world.

What it reported doing in 2025

The corporation is organized, and shall be operated exclusively for charitable, religious, educational, and scientific purposes, including but not limited to promote an integral and sustainable development of the human being. As well as the construction of a peaceful culture through servicing others, promoting programs, promoting projects and creating industrial, commercial and service organizations to help restore and dignify the qualify of life of the human being, community and society around the world.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 100% of its reported program spending out as grants.

The verdict

MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up and program spending has grown recently. A relatively small share of voting board members are independent and a relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 54
  • Transparency & Controls: 80
  • Accountability: 0
  • Sustainability: 49
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 54.5%; rating input score 55
  • Program expense ratio: 69.7%; rating input score 70
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 88.9%; rating input score 89; 9th 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; 10th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 0 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 0
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Fail
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 21.8%; rating input score 71; 71st percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.96; rating input score 27; 27th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.69; rating input score 6; 6th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 58; 58th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 12.5% per year; rating input score 100; 77th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 8.1% per year; rating input score 100; 83rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 17.5% per year; rating input score 100; 87th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 54.5% of revenue deployed · 69.7% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 0 of 5 board members independent · 0 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $15K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
  • Consistency: 14 of 15 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 12 filing years from 2011 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 — Accountability: Independent voting board scored 0/100.
  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 55/100.
  • High — Accountability: Governance controls: 6 of 6 not reported.
  • Review — Transparency & Controls: Foreign grants require schedule f did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 27/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 6/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 58/100.