Tipey Joa Native Warriors

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
931577781
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2024–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2023, Form 990-EZ 2024
Location
El Cajon, CA, USA
Rating
45
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Alliance/Advocacy

Reported finances

Revenue
$161,586
Expenses
$168,771
Assets
$146,141

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

Leadership & pay

4 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Ana Gloria (President)

People named in this filing

  • Ana Gloria (President)
  • Queenette Pettiford (Board Director)
  • Nichol Soto (Board Director)

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

To promote health cultural preservation and social justice in Indigenous communities. Tipey Joa brings together various Indigenous communities and encourages the outside community to participate in bringing health and wellness through various programs which include but are not limited to youth empowerment health education language and cultural events. Tipey Joa works with Yuman groups that include the Kumeyaay nations.

What it reported doing in 2024

Program 3 Community Engagement & Binational PartnershipsTipey Joa strengthened community relationships and food sovereignty efforts through collaborative events such as the Roots of Resilience gathering at Buena Vista Audubon Society Wetlands Reserve the JASILJ Native Youth Camp and cross-border activities at Tipai Wamp Ecotourism Center in Baja California. These initiatives brought together over 250 youth and families to exchange cultural knowledge celebrate Indigenous art and food systems and support the annual collection of donations and supplies for Yuman families in Mexico. Each event fostered cultural continuity environmental awareness and intertribal solidarity through traditional arts storytelling and shared community service.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 99% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 77% for direct work, and 23% for grants.

The verdict

MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 8
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 28
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 8.1%; rating input score 8
  • Program expense ratio: 7.7%; rating input score 8

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: -4.4%; rating input score 23; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.87; rating input score 55; 55th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 44.4%; rating input score 6; 6th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: -44.3% per year; rating input score 0; 1st percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -4.8% per year; rating input score 0; 16th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 8.1% of revenue deployed · 7.7% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $13K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
  • 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 — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 8/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 8/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 23/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 55/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 6/100.