South Boston En Accion Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 364622949
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2010–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2015, Form 990-EZ 2024
- Location
- South Boston, MA, USA
- Phone
- 8572758339
- Rating
- 81
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Human Service Organizations
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $131,292
- Expenses
- $123,693
- Assets
- $19,403
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
10 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- MERCY ROBINSON (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
- GLADYS BRUNO (PRESIDENT)
- ALTEMIS DIAZ (VICE PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- MERCY ROBINSON (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
- GLADYS BRUNO (PRESIDENT)
- ALTEMIS DIAZ (VICE 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-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
South boston en accion isa neighborhood based, member driven organization that builds communityand leadership among latino families by sharing common problems andcreating solutions for change.
What it reported doing in 2024
South boston en accion builds community among the rapidlyincreasing latino population of south boston and promotescommunity leadership by these residents. We support new leaders by equipping them with information and skills and offeringexperiences that lead to new feelings of self-esteem and self-efficacy, an eagerness to speak out and a willingness to take action. By takingon the challenges that come with living in public housing, navigatingan english-speaking world, and wrestling with city systems, we seek tounderstand these systems and make changes in ways that improve thelives of not only ourselves, but our community as well. To create change together, we organize monthly meetings to bring residentstogether. At the meetings, we integrate informational presentations, include member discussion and social activity, and plan events. Weprovide leadership training through weekly meetings that targetindividuals with leadership experience. These meetings are used toshare concerns, explore collective experience, analyze problem causes, and develop action plans for change. Members develop and carry outprojects to address specific community concerns. Sbea supports thesemember-led activities, such as the esol and computer classes and thewalk for health club, by offering coaching, access to office space, equipment, supplies, and funding for costs.
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 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 - 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: 78
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 38
- Growth: 0
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 76.3%; rating input score 76
- Program expense ratio: 81%; rating input score 81
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 5.8%; rating input score 49; 49th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.16; rating input score 16; 16th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 76; 76th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 34.1%; rating input score 9; 9th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: -0.7% per year; rating input score 0; 27th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -4.3% per year; rating input score 0; 10th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -9.6% per year; rating input score 0; 11th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 76.3% of revenue deployed · 81% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $100K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 10 people listed
- Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 13 filing years from 2010 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
- Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
- 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 — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 16/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 49/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 9/100.