Ysleta Lutheran Mission Human Care
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 300288965
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2011–2024
- Official website data refreshed
- Sep 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- El Paso, TX, USA
- Phone
- 9158582588
- Rating
- 85
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Emergency Assistance
- Affiliation
- Christianity
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $3,736,723
- Expenses
- $3,447,693
- Assets
- $1,567,026
- Liabilities
- $14,146
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
9 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- KARLA GONZALEZ (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
Highest reported compensation
- KARLA GONZALEZ (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $60,112 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Changing Lives Every Day Through Simple Acts of Kindness. At YLM, everything begins with sharing the Gospel. Nearly 50 Saturdays a year, we distribute food boxes to over 150 families through our partnership with El Pasoans Fighting Hunger, while more than $5 million in in-kind donations—clothing, medical supplies, and other essentials—are shared through our mission churches in El Paso and Cd. Juárez. Made possible by faithful donors, local congregations, and Orphan Grain Train, these acts of mercy open hearts to hear and experience Christ’s love. Our mission also creates opportunities to serve, and be transformed, through our Servant Event Ministry. Nearly thirty weeks each year are dedicated to Servant Event teams who build safe homes, lead Christ.
What it reported doing in 2024
Food distributionduring the fiscal year 2024-2025, food distributions took place on 44 saturdays for families in el paso experiencing food insecurity. Working in partnership with el pasoans fighting hunger, over 110 families per week received essential items and non-perishable foods through the ylm drive-through food pantry. On average, about 4,950 families were served throughout the year. This translatesto roughly 277 individuals receiving emergency supplemental food on a weekly basis. This initiative demonstrates the impactful collaboration within the community to address food insecurity. As one of the top programs, it also brought in an average of 17 volunteers each month for a total of 2,478 hours of service per year.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 92% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 84% of its reported program spending out as grants.
- 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. The filing reports few safeguards for money sent abroad and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 89
- Transparency & Controls: 72
- Accountability: 100
- Sustainability: 51
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 87.6%; rating input score 88
- Program expense ratio: 94.9%; rating input score 95
- Fundraising efficiency: $50.88 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 79; 79th percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 94.1%; rating input score 94; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: Limited
- Foreign activity oversight: 0 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 0
- Claims monitoring procedures: Fail
- Requires narrative reports: Fail
- Conducts field audits: Fail
- May suspend future funding: Fail
- Requires financial reports: Fail
- Conducts site visits: Fail
- Requires grant agreements: Fail
- May require repayment: Fail
- Grant itemization coverage: 98.7%; rating input score 99; 36th 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; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 8 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 100
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: Pass
- Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 7.7%; rating input score 58; 58th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.45; rating input score 15; 15th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.01; rating input score 86; 86th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 1.7%; rating input score 77; 77th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 7.7% per year; rating input score 100; 54th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 7.8% per year; rating input score 100; 59th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 25.6% per year; rating input score 100; 90th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: 2 programs and campaigns described on the official site
- Where the money goes: 87.6% of revenue deployed · 94.9% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 8 of 8 board members independent · 8 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $3.3M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $60K · 9 people listed
- Consistency: 32 of 34 current checks pass · 2 findings to review
- Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes major donors, foreign activity, and grants
- Filing history: 13 filing years from 2011 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 6 filed money-flow records
- Related organizations: 2 filed related-organization links
- 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 — Transparency & Controls: Foreign activity oversight: 8 of 8 not reported.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 15/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 58/100.
- Review — Transparency & Controls: Domestic grant itemization did not reconcile in the filed values.
- Review — Transparency & Controls: Foreign grant itemization did not reconcile in the filed values.