Sistema Universitario Ana G. Méndez

Legal name: Sistema Universitario Ana G Mendez Incorporado

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
660201206
IRS 990 coverage
2009–2024
Official website data refreshed
Sep 2026
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-T 2024
Location
San Juan, PR, USA
Phone
7877510178
Rating
72
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
University or Technological Institute

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$199,610,800
Expenses
$201,032,024
Assets
$356,148,375
Liabilities
$97,487,075

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

Leadership & pay

29 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • JOSE F MENDEZ MENDEZ (DIRECTOR/PRESIDENT)
  • RENE A SOTO TORRES (BOD PRESIDENT)
  • EVELYZA CRESPO RIVERA (CEO OF CAROLINA CAMPUS)
  • JOSE BERRIOS (CEO OF CUPEY CAMPUS)
  • ZORAIDA ORTIZ MUNOZ (CEO OF TURABO CAMPUS)

Highest reported compensation

  • JOSE F MENDEZ MENDEZ (DIRECTOR/PRESIDENT): $1,384,493 total reported compensation
  • RICARDO RODRIGUEZ DOMENECH (EXECUTIVE VP/CHIEF OF STAFF): $804,947 total reported compensation
  • RAFAEL NADAL ARCELAY (LEGAL COUNSELOR): $725,789 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

Formar profesionales competentes, con sentido ético y compromiso social, capaces de contribuir al desarrollo sostenible de Puerto Rico y del mundo.

What it reported doing in 2024

Instruction - the institution provides a complete instruction program, allowing the students to obtain a higher education of quality. It also supports its students through activities other than formal instruction that contribute to the student's emotional and physical well-being and to their intellectual, cultural and social development such as: student activities, cultural events, intramural athletics and other. Cafeterias, parking, printing shop are also made available for the benefit of students, faculty and staff.

Operating model

Revenue model
Other-operating. 90% of the money available for current operations came from other operating revenue.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 93% 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 - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. Program spending has declined or grown slowly and revenue has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 62
  • Transparency & Controls: 96
  • Accountability: 77
  • Sustainability: 40
  • Growth: 20

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 70.1%; rating input score 70
  • Program expense ratio: 69.6%; rating input score 70
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 68th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 5 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 83
    • Compensation committee: Pass
    • Independent consultant: Pass
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Pass
    • Compensation survey or study: Pass
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 77th percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Yes; rating input score 100

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 69.2%; rating input score 69; 20th 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: Fail
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -0.7%; rating input score 23; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.77; rating input score 59; 59th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.27; rating input score 59; 59th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 2.7%; rating input score 43; 43rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -5.8% per year; rating input score 0; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -1.7% per year; rating input score 0; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 0.5% per year; rating input score 100; 9th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • What they do: 3 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 1 operating location identified
  • Where the money goes: 70.1% of revenue deployed · 69.6% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 9 of 13 board members independent · 8 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 8 filed program accomplishments · $140M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $1.4M · 29 people listed · 5 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 5 contractors listed · $14M reported
  • Consistency: 40 of 40 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 10 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, executive pay, and related organizations
  • Filing history: 16 filing years from 2009 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 19 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.
  • Staff and benefit plans: Retirement and health plans the organization files with the Department of Labor, and the people in them.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 23/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Other executive compensation review process not reported.
  • Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 59/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 43/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 59/100.