Sachamama Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
463341619
IRS 990 coverage
2018–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025, Form 990-EZ 2017, Form 990-N 2016
Location
Boynton Beach, FL, USA
Phone
9168334413
Rating
69
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Philanthropy, Charity, Voluntarism Promotion

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$657,322
Expenses
$654,460
Assets
$769,209
Liabilities
$22,614

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

Leadership & pay

7 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Carlos Zegarra (Executive Director)

Highest reported compensation

  • Carlos Zegarra (Executive Director): $110,000 total reported compensation
  • Janette Luviano (Program Director): $52,249 total reported compensation
  • Ireola Olaifa (Director of Operation): $10,500 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

We work to build support for a clean energy economy for all, and cultivating sustainable attitudes, behaviors and lifestyles. Sachamama promotes Latino leadership in the environmental field through training, community campaigns and media partnerships.

What it reported doing in 2025

1.Climate Innovation Hub: (i) Community Training: Sachamama brought together its communications expertise and organizing experience with communities understanding of local challenges to design and implement a comprehensive climate education and engagement program. This program authentically reached frontline communities and delivered visible, community-centered results. (ii) Consultation Spaces and Wellness Practices: The initiative adopted a Community Health Worker model with participatory learning processes, personal development tools, and gamification techniques. This approach placed participants at the center of decision-making, fostering connection, co-creation, and the development of community-led climate solutions. (iii) Leadership Development and Local Actions: Sachamama supported the development and funding of community-led climate solutions, strengthening local leadership and advancing tangible climate action at the grassroots level.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 97% 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.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and most voting board members are independent. The filing reports few safeguards for money sent abroad and the filing does not identify recipients for some grant dollars.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 73
  • Transparency & Controls: 54
  • Accountability: 82
  • Sustainability: 36
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 81.8%; rating input score 82
  • Program expense ratio: 82.2%; rating input score 82
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

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: Pass
    • Compensation survey or study: Missing
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • Foreign activity oversight: Scored; rating input score 0
  • Grant itemization coverage: Scored; rating input score 0
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 5 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 56
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 0.4%; rating input score 32; 32nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.18; rating input score 48; 48th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.03; rating input score 49; 49th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 26.4%; rating input score 10; 10th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 25.5% per year; rating input score 100; 85th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 19.9% per year; rating input score 100; 82nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 29.6% per year; rating input score 100; 89th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 81.8% of revenue deployed · 82.2% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 4 of 4 board members independent · 5 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $538K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $110K · 7 people listed · 3 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Consistency: 21 of 21 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors, foreign activity, and executive pay
  • Filing history: 8 filing years from 2018 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 4 filed money-flow records
  • 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 — Transparency & Controls: Foreign activity oversight scored 0/100.
  • High — Transparency & Controls: Grant itemization coverage scored 0/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 4 of 9 not reported.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 32/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 48/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 10/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 49/100.