Urban Philanthropies

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
471538027
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2024–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2023
Location
Riverside, CA, USA
Rating
88
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Philanthropy, Charity, Voluntarism Promotion

Reported finances

Revenue
$194,280
Expenses
$184,736
Assets
$47,853

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

3 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Margarita Olaiz (Chief Executive Office)

People named in this filing

  • Margarita Olaiz (Chief Executive Office)
  • Joe Olaiz Jr (Secretary)
  • Monica Garcia (Treasurer)

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 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Our primary exempt purpose is to support individuals and families in underserved communities by providing essential food clothing and access to critical services. During the year we carried out regular food and clothing distributions and offered outreach and referrals to housing assistance healthcare and employment resources. These activities helped relieve immediate hardship and promote stability for those we serve.

What it reported doing in 2025

Community Resource Referral & Support Services - The organization offers guidance and referrals to connect individuals with additional community services such as housing assistance employment programs healthcare mental health resources and social support organizations. We assisted approximately 237 individuals and families in accessing services that promote increased stability and self-sufficiency. This program helps reduce barriers and provides a pathway to longer-term support solutions.

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 - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 97
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 35
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 95.1%; rating input score 95
  • Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 4.9%; rating input score 44; 44th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.26; rating input score 24; 24th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 94.8% per year; rating input score 100; 97th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 34.1% per year; rating input score 100; 91st percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 22.2% per year; rating input score 100; 80th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 95.1% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $185K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
  • Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 1 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2024 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • 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.

  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 44/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 24/100.