Souls from the Earth Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
920271625
IRS 990 coverage
2023–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025, Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2022
Location
Miami, FL, USA
Phone
3057339863
Rating
57
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Youth Development - Agricultural

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$126,370
Expenses
$58,426
Assets
$183,762
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

4 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • JOSE LUIS PLASENCIA (PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • DANA PINEDA (TREASURER)
  • ALINA PLASENCIA (VICE PRESIDE)
  • JOSE LUIS PLASENCIA (PRESIDENT)

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

To build and equip schools in local communities encouraging mental and economic growth in central america.

What it reported doing in 2025

The organization's mission is to build and equip schools in local communitites encouraging mental and economic growth in central america. This is accomplished by providing benevolent assistance to non-profit organizations and benevolent assistance to those in need. Specifically, the organization provided benenvolent assistance to kids so that they could receive regular dental check-ups and necessary procedures. The organization also provided school supplies to kids, as well as, teaching materials and classroom supplies to teachers. The organization provided training in mental health awareness, stress management and emotional resilience to empower educators to care for themselves and students alike. Lastly, the organization provided funds to help build and finish the next school in honduras.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 98% 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

MIXED - Most voting board members are independent and revenue comfortably covers expenses. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filing reports few safeguards for money sent abroad.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 49
  • Transparency & Controls: 55
  • Accountability: 76
  • Sustainability: 81
  • Growth: 40

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 38.1%; rating input score 38
  • Program expense ratio: 82.5%; rating input score 83
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Scored; rating input score 0
  • Grant itemization coverage: 0%; rating input score 0; 20th percentile among comparable filings
  • 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: 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: 53.8%; rating input score 92; 92nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 3.15; rating input score 70; 70th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 77; 77th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 67; 67th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 77.3% per year; rating input score 100; 98th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -34% per year; rating input score 0; 1st percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -6.1% per year; rating input score 0; 8th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 38.1% of revenue deployed · 82.5% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 4 of 4 board members independent · 3 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $48K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
  • Consistency: 21 of 21 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors and foreign activity
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2023 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.

  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 38/100.
  • High — Transparency & Controls: Foreign activity oversight scored 0/100.
  • High — Transparency & Controls: Grant itemization coverage scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Accountability: Governance controls: 3 of 6 not reported.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.