Rostro De Cristo Inc

What it reported doing in 2024

Introduction in 2024 rostro de cristo (which means "the face of christ" in spanish) completed its 35th year of existence providing volunteer lay missionary experiences in ecuador and providing support to ecuadorian catholic church through educational and medical projects in ecuador. Until 2023, rostro de cristo (rdc) offered short-term and year-long opportunities to young adults who live simply and serve on the outskirts of ecuador's largest city, guayaquil. Due to gang violence in the city we made the decision to suspend the program in guayaquil in february of 2023 and move our volunteer community to quito, ecuador's capital. In january of 2024 we had three volunteers working on the outskirts of quito when the gang violence erupted in quito. Due to this outbreak of violence and the general instability of the security situation in ecuador we made the difficult decision to suspend our program in ecuador indefinitely and seek a new location to serve those in need and to support the mission of the church. We spent the remainder of 2024 investigating and developing a new program in consuelo, dominican republic in collaboration with ascala, (scalabrini association in the service of migrants and refugees). Ascala, a ministry of the congregation of the missionary sisters of st charles borromeo, is a team of over 30 dominican, haitian, and religious professionals dedicated to providing "services to defend human rights and promote human and social development for vulnerable migrants," most principally haitian residents and immigrants, and dominicans of haitian descent living in the areas many bateyes. Ascala works on initiatives that improve the lives of migrants and their children through legal aid, education, entrepreneurship training and support, and social services. We are grateful for this incredible opportunity and continue to be in prayerful relationship with our ecuadorian neighbors and partners. We have recruited three highly qualified professionals who will begin working as rostro de cristo fellows in consuelo with ascala in early 2025. Rostro de cristo volunteer program 2024: quito, ecuador the following names are those volunteers that service in quito, ecuador during 2024: grace gleason peter oliver anna zenk rostro de cristo volunteer supported projects and partners in quito el centro diurno de comedor and apoya escolar "maria isabel mazza" (the maria isabel mazza day kitchen and educational reinforcement center): el centro diurno de comedor and apoya escolar "maria isabel mazza" (cdca) was founded by the missionaries of the christian school (las misioneras de la escuela cristiana), a women's religious congregation, twenty years ago. The program focuses on providing a safe, supportive learning and growing environment for over seventy children 4-12 years old by providing professional tutoring, recreation activities, and nutrition. The children served through the cdca program come from single parent homes and/or low- income families. Rostro de cristo volunteers served as tutors and ensured that the children had the proper supervision and positive reinforcement to stay on the course which will lead to healthy and meaningful futures, and better opportunities for themselves and their families. Rostro de cristo retreat program 2024 in a normal program year rdc offers short-term retreat/immersion experiences for high school university, parish or other groups. In 2024, we hosted one group of 17 participants from boston college. Due to the outbreak of gang violence in quito the group's time was cut short and they returned home to the united states after just 4 days.

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 71%; rating input score 71
• Program expense ratio: 90.2%; rating input score 90
• Fundraising efficiency: $24.45 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 62; 62nd percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

• Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
• Pay-setting controls: Limited
• Foreign activity oversight: 1 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 12
  • Claims monitoring procedures: Pass
  • Requires narrative reports: Fail
  • Conducts field audits: Fail
  • May suspend future funding: Fail
  • Requires financial reports: Fail
  • Conducts site visits: Fail
  • Requires grant agreements: Fail
  • May require repayment: Fail
• Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 80th percentile among comparable filings
• Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
• Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

• Independent voting board: 93.3%; rating input score 93; 26th percentile among comparable filings
• Governance controls: 3 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 43
  • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
  • Whistleblower policy: Fail
  • Document-retention policy: Fail
  • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
  • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
  • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
  • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
  • Audit committee oversight: Missing
  • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

• Operating margin: 21.2%; rating input score 75; 75th percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.35; rating input score 49; 49th percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.11; rating input score 26; 26th percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: -2.7% per year; rating input score 0; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: -2.4% per year; rating input score 0; 15th percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: -2.3% per year; rating input score 0; 17th percentile among comparable filings