Sa Talent Inc Sa Works

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
813677054
IRS 990 coverage
2016–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
San Antonio, TX, USA
Phone
2102261394
Rating
87
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Educational Services and Schools - Other

Reported finances

Revenue
$1,691,030
Expenses
$2,180,552
Assets
$968,862
Liabilities
$507,891

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

Leadership & pay

7 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • JENNA SAUCEDO-HERRERA (President & CEO)

Highest reported compensation

  • JENNA SAUCEDO-HERRERA (President & CEO): $451,917 total reported compensation
  • ROMANITA MATTA BARRERA (Executive Dir.): $266,926 total reported compensation
  • CHRISTOPHER MAMMEN (VP, WORKFORCE DEV): $127,262 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

The mission of sa talent, inc. Is to educate and develop youth and adults into the talent needs of san antonio's current and future employers and provide services for the regional employers for the retention and growth of their local operations.

What it reported doing in 2024

The activities of sa talent, inc. Include the sa works program which is funded solely by grants and donations. This program helps educate students, veterans, and retirees about career pathways that may not require a degree from a four year university and engage in employment development and training. The program participants are educated through schools, certificate programs and businesses. Additionally, development personnel provide awareness, education, and materials to administrators, counselors and career development personnel related to available workforce opportunities for those underprivileged and unemployed in the area to break generational poverty cycles.we provide business advancement services, including working with local businesses to ensure theyre well-supported to stay and grow in san antonio, support infratructure needs, utilities, and air connectivity. We align industry demand and workorce development to meet the needs of regional employers, encouraging industry to locate in economically depressed areas to provide new employment opportunities growing economic mobility for our community. We provide labor market analysis, targeted campaigns and tailored programs, to include talent retention and talent pipeline management. We work to ensure our region is competitively positioned on regulatory and funding issues at both the state and federal level. We help companies with international market expansion via trade export services and global market connections. Sa talent, inc. Conducts research and reports on outcomes of its programs as well as evaluates success stories of other programs across the country in the development of future activities.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 90% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
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.
  • 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. Expenses are high relative to revenue and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 96
  • Transparency & Controls: 79
  • Accountability: 95
  • Sustainability: 13
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 93.4%; rating input score 93
  • Fundraising efficiency: $63.59 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 81; 81st percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 3 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 50
    • Compensation committee: Pass
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Pass
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd 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: -28.9%; rating input score 6; 6th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.44; rating input score 21; 21st percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.52; rating input score 15; 15th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 18.8%; rating input score 16; 16th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 20.3% per year; rating input score 100; 83rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 10.6% per year; rating input score 100; 68th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 13.8% per year; rating input score 100; 70th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 93.4% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 4 of 4 board members independent · 8 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $2M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $452K · 7 people listed · 3 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 1 contractor listed · $184K reported
  • Consistency: 29 of 29 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors and executive pay
  • Filing history: 8 filing years from 2016 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 1 filed related-organization link
  • 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 6/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 21/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Form 990 shared with the board not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 15/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 16/100.