Senhor Santo Cristo Society Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
843508998
IRS 990 coverage
2020–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025
Location
Rohnert Park, CA, USA
Phone
5106047746
Rating
81
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Roman Catholic
Affiliation
Christianity

Reported finances

Revenue
$223,349
Expenses
$217,756
Assets
$1,569,177
Liabilities
$1

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

Leadership & pay

24 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • RAUL MACIAS (Vice President)
  • JOSE MANUEL DAMASO (President)

People named in this filing

  • Carmen Damaso (Director)
  • Luis Alves (Director)
  • Robert Azevedo (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

Senhor Santo Cristo Society, Inc. (the Society) seeks to preserve, maintain, and further the Catholic religious traditions of the AzoresIslands as practiced by the Senhor Santo Cristo Church in the Azores. TheSociety brings together people hailing from the archipelago community ofthe Azores, Portugal, to celebrate and preserve Azorean religioustraditions and culture. The Society hosts cultural and religious events inSonoma County, California.

What it reported doing in 2025

The Society puts on various other religious and cultural events and feasts, which help to educate the public about and maintain the communitysawareness and closeness to its historical traditions. These fee basedevents such as crab and pork feeds, an annual auction, and showings ofartworks created by Azorean artists, which are followed by performances oftraditional dance and music. The Societys events are open to the public.Those who can afford to contribute are asked to consider making a donationto the Society, but those who cannot are invited to eat and participate forfree. These events serve to raise awareness of Azorean religious andcultural traditions in the broader community. Amounts fundraised at theseevents help the Society sponsor visits by religious figures of greatimportance in the Azores, pay for the following years cultural events, andprovide meals to individuals and families who would not otherwise be ableto participate.

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 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

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and revenue has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 88
  • Transparency & Controls: 90
  • Accountability: 64
  • Sustainability: 59
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 97.8%; rating input score 98
  • Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th 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: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 1 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 14
    • 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: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 2.5%; rating input score 42; 42nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 7.21; rating input score 85; 85th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 54; 54th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 67; 67th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 28% per year; rating input score 100; 89th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -46.7% per year; rating input score 0; 1st percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 1.4% per year; rating input score 100; 28th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 97.8% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 26 of 26 board members independent · 1 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $218K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 24 people listed
  • Consistency: 16 of 16 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 6 filing years from 2020 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: Governance controls: 5 of 6 not reported.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 42/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 54/100.