Southwest Asylum & Migration Inst

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
462431007
IRS 990 coverage
2014–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-N 2013
Location
Las Cruces, NM, USA
Phone
5756409193
Rating
73
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Ethnic, Immigrant Centers

Reported finances

Revenue
$62,792
Expenses
$57,391
Assets
$19,595
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

3 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • ZACHARY MANNING (PRESIDENT)

Highest reported compensation

  • DORIS RIOS (SECRETARY/TR): $22,260 total reported compensation
  • NANCY ORETSKIN (VICE PRESIDE): $13,000 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

To provide low cost and no cost immigration legal services. Activities are focused on those fleeing violence from northern mexico seeking asylum in the united states of america. Creating us taxpayers from immigrants is obtained through proper work authorizations.

What it reported doing in 2024

Accomplishments for the 2023 year include the following: 14 i-765 work authorizations, 7 i-485 applications, 1 daca, 1 i- 824, 2 i-730's, 3 n400 naturalization applications, 1 i-90 app to replace permanent resident card, 1 i-130 petition for alien relative, 2 i-131 applications for travel docs, 3 i-589 applications for asylum and withholding of removal, and 3 tps'.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 86% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
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 the filed numbers largely add up. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and program spending has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 76
  • Transparency & Controls: 90
  • Accountability: 63
  • Sustainability: 43
  • Growth: 20

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 82.7%; rating input score 83
  • Program expense ratio: 90.5%; rating input score 91
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd 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 8 controls in place; rating input score 12
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 8.6%; rating input score 64; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.34; rating input score 14; 14th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 61.4%; rating input score 6; 6th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -0.2% per year; rating input score 0; 50th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -0.5% per year; rating input score 0; 58th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 13.1% per year; rating input score 100; 85th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 82.7% of revenue deployed · 90.5% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 3 of 3 board members independent · 1 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $52K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $22K · 3 people listed
  • Consistency: 18 of 18 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 10 filing years from 2014 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 2 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 — Accountability: Governance controls: 6 of 7 not reported.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 14/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 6/100.