Wellness for Growth Foundation

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
461169772
IRS 990 coverage
2013–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025, Form 990-N 2012
Location
Houston, TX, USA
Phone
7134520377
Rating
65
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
International Development

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$34,429
Expenses
$10,256
Assets
$58,582
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

6 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • EIRASMIN LOKPEZ (PRESIDENT)

Highest reported compensation

  • PATRICIA GHERSI (CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER): $2,160 total reported compensation
  • PATRICIA SOCORRO (EDUCATION DIRECTOR): $1,340 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The entity is established as a permanent organization in Texas dedicated to empowering underserved minorities through integral wellness education and skills for economic growth to improve their and their communities' wellbeing

What it reported doing in 2025

Education programs: two-month-long programs grounded on our practical and comprehensive educational platform taught at low-income bilingual schools. Throughout our programs, participants learn how to practice healthy and balanced lifestyles with their families, develop the necessary skills for personal and economic growth, participate in income-generating activities, and get basic education and support to jump-start their entrepreneurial endeavors. The classes are: english, personal finances, computer and mobile skills, entrepreneurship and job seeking preparation, nutrition, practical recipes, & chronic disease prevention, self-esteem, resilience & leadership and artistic expression.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 99% 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

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and most voting board members are independent. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 44
  • Transparency & Controls: 90
  • Accountability: 69
  • Sustainability: 69
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 26.3%; rating input score 26
  • Program expense ratio: 88.4%; rating input score 88
  • 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: 83.3%; rating input score 83; 27th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 4 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 50
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: Pass
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 70.2%; rating input score 94; 94th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 5.71; rating input score 54; 54th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 34.1%; rating input score 6; 6th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -1.7% per year; rating input score 0; 43rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 0.2% per year; rating input score 100; 58th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 12.7% per year; rating input score 100; 82nd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 26.3% of revenue deployed · 88.4% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 5 of 6 board members independent · 4 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $9K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $2K · 6 people listed
  • Consistency: 12 of 12 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 13 filing years from 2013 to 2025
  • 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 — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 26/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 3 of 7 not reported.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 54/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 6/100.