Texas Migrant Council Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
741695460
IRS 990 coverage
2009–2016
Official website data refreshed
Sep 2026
Forms available
Form 990 2016
Location
Laredo, TX, USA
Phone
9567225174
Rating
80
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Ethnic, Immigrant Centers

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$77,358,161
Expenses
$77,440,551
Assets
$26,094,635
Liabilities
$10,407,375

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2016. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

20 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Cesar Sotelo (Chief Executive Officer (Thru Sept))

Highest reported compensation

  • Cesar Sotelo (Chief Executive Officer (Thru Sept)): $199,180 total reported compensation
  • Nestor Atkinson (Migrant Seasonal Head Start Director): $174,808 total reported compensation
  • Ricardo Gonzalez (Chief Financial Officer): $155,989 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2016. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The mission of Teaching & Mentoring Communities is to impact early education needs of eligible children and strengthen families.

What it reported doing in 2016

Texas School Readiness (TSR) - In 2005 the Texas legislature, through the leadership of Texas senator Judith Zaffirini, directed the State Center for Early Childhood Development under Senate Bill 23, to explore how to better integrate the delivery of early childhood education for three- and four-year old children at risk for school failure. This bill challenged educators to assist Texas children, particularly those from low socioeconomic backgrounds and/or learning english as a second language. This legislation targets children who are entering kindergarten programs without the basic cognitive skills necessary for them to succeed academically and become school ready.From this effort, the Texas Early Education Model - now known as the Texas School Ready! Project (TSR) was created to form the basis for a statewide early childhood education program. This program provides cost-effective coordinated and integrated services to the greatest extent possible among early childcare facilities and education programs. The three key instructional components of TSR include reseach based curriculum, effective, and ongoing web-based professional development, and technology driven progress monitoring for child learning. If these criteria are met, an early childhood program is certified for preparing its children ready for kindergarten and is presented with a Texas School Ready certification.Our organization believes that each child must be prepared to enter kindergarten ready to learn. With programs administered in Laredo, Victoria, Starr county, and the Rio Grande Valley we are excited about the educational opportunities we provide. The TSR project is successful thanks to its partners. Partnerships include our migrant and seasonal Head Start program, county Head Start programs, the school districts, the Workforce Development Boards, and higher education facilities and private child care businesses. In fiscal year 2017 the program serviced 1,165 children.

Operating model

Revenue model
Grant-funded. 100% of the money available for current operations came from government grants.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 95% 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.
  • Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Program spending has declined or grown slowly and revenue has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 84
  • Transparency & Controls: 83
  • Accountability: 95
  • Sustainability: 30
  • Growth: 20

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 95.3%; rating input score 95
  • Program expense ratio: 95.2%; rating input score 95
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 68th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 3 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 50
    • Compensation committee: Pass
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • 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: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 83rd 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: Pass
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -0.1%; rating input score 26; 26th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.34; rating input score 14; 14th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.4; rating input score 51; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 1.4%; rating input score 68; 68th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -0.7% per year; rating input score 0; 13th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -1% per year; rating input score 0; 8th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 24.4% per year; rating input score 100; 96th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 95.3% of revenue deployed · 95.2% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 11 of 11 board members independent · 8 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 5 filed program accomplishments · $73.7M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $199K · 20 people listed · 3 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 3 contractors listed · $742K reported
  • Consistency: 37 of 37 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 8 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, and executive pay
  • Filing history: 8 filing years from 2009 to 2016
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 9 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.

Key Signals

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

Grant-readiness screening is separate from the live rating, not a measure of program quality. Review the source records before making a grant decision.

  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 26/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 14/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Form 990 shared with the board not reported.
  • Review — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 51/100.
  • High — Grant Readiness: Automatic revocation: this organization had its federal tax-exempt status automatically revoked.