Unidos En La Mision Foundation Inc

What it reported doing in 2024

Border area fieldwork bolstering local communities, support networks our group lately started a fieldwork adventure near venezuela's border zone, hoping to personally understand the problems the locals have and what's done to assist. This mission gave us a chance to speak with neighborhood groups and community figures really working on migration, helping refugees, also building their community in this key zone. We hit tchira first, where we could see the universidad catlica del tchira or ucat. While there, we gave a communications and fund raising class to give local leaders some better skills. This workshop, leaded by alejandra carmona, communications guru, with corina trujillo, in charge of help and building up institutions. It involved leaders of several local social orgs. These leaders learned good comms and fundraising, giving them more tools to aid their own communities. Onward, our voyage proceeded, venturing to the jesuit refugee service jrs office in tchira. We met with the dedicated folks there to grasp their efforts. They shed light on the vital help offered to refugees and migrants, right on that border. Jrs's services are quite essential, aiding migrants crossing states and those venezuelan's returning from abroad, a group impacted by quite a few things. Supporting these people is pretty darn critical as that region grapples, still, with displacement. Then, we journeyed to the parroquia de san camilo de lelis in apure. We crossed paths with key community figures working with father henry quintero sj and father gerardo rosales sj providing much needed pastoral and community backing. Their hard work is very important, offering spiritual support and social aide to keep the community thriving. Ultimately our mission ended, with stops at two agriculture schools run by fe y alegra in apure. Witnessing how younger students got their high school education with that emphasis on the sciences of farming. Here's the refined text: such schools, they really do give important skills which let learners jump into the areas farming provides, boosting the region's economy while securing food. Travels across states and districts, these trips definitely help our team work better, so we're sure to stick to supporting locals via projects and sharing resources. And by joining with our partner's well, we hope that local leaders' strengths are built up; schooling is enhanced, and we address those urgent needs faced by refugees, travelers and peoples in need.

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
• Program expense ratio: 86.6%; rating input score 87
• Fundraising efficiency: $24.25 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

• Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
• Pay-setting controls: Limited
• Foreign activity oversight: 2 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 25
  • Claims monitoring procedures: Pass
  • Requires narrative reports: Limited
  • Conducts field audits: Limited
  • May suspend future funding: Limited
  • Requires financial reports: Pass
  • Conducts site visits: Limited
  • Requires grant agreements: Limited
  • May require repayment: Limited
• Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 76th percentile among comparable filings
• Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
• Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

• Independent voting board: Limited
• Governance controls: 1 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 14
  • Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
  • Whistleblower policy: Fail
  • Document-retention policy: Fail
  • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
  • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
  • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
  • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
  • Audit committee oversight: Missing
  • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

• Operating margin: -15.4%; rating input score 12; 12th percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.33; rating input score 52; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 91; 91st percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 81; 81st percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: 150% per year; rating input score 100; 100th percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: 41.5% per year; rating input score 100; 95th percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: 51.8% per year; rating input score 100; 96th percentile among comparable filings