To educate and train bilingual persons in community/medical interpreting to meet professional standards and gain remunerable work in the language service industry in order to meet the needs of Limited English Proficiency

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
91¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX

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FY2020 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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IRS status
501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
Looks good: listed by the IRS and not on the revocation list.
IRS BMF · Auto-Revocation List
Tax-deductible gifts
Yes
Donations are tax-deductible
Looks good: the IRS lists gifts to it as deductible.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS BMF
Latest return
FY2024
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2024, 2 tax years back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
4 of 5
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $42K a year · 16% of revenue · last 5 filings
Fine: a surplus in 4 of the last 5 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 5 filings
Spent on programs
91%
of spending
Looks good: 91% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
5 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 5.3 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
1
named funder · $150K
Fine: 1 funder names it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$4K
3% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 3% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
4
of 4 voting members
Looks good: 4 of 4 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$306K
Spent
$247K
To programs
91%
Net assets
$127K
By yearFY2020–FY2024
Revenue
$306K
FY2020
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$306K
FY2021$279K
FY2022$291K
FY2023$229K
FY2024$184K
Expenses
$247K
FY2020
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$247K
FY2021$195K
FY2022$207K
FY2023$201K
FY2024$228K
Net assets
$127K
FY2020
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$127K
FY2021$211K
FY2022$295K
FY2023$323K
FY2024$280K

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2024. IRS ruling in Aug 2018.

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Where the money goes

91 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 91% · $224K Management & general 5% · $11K Fundraising 5% · $11K

Form 990 Part IX, line 25, columns B–D. Every line is in By the numbers.

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Who runs it and what they're paid

5 people listed on the 990.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Vice-President
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Secretary/Treasurer
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Cecilia Portal’s $115K as Executive Director is at the 91st percentile of top reported officer pay among 2168 $100K–1M human services nonprofits. Peer set: organizations in the same NTEE major field of work and revenue-size band, compared on each org’s own highest-paid officer/key-employee, from Form 990 Part VII / 990-PF Part VIII. Descriptive placement, not a verdict on whether the pay is appropriate.

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 2 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2024FY2022
Cecilia Portal$114,526—
Julianna Silva—$9,283

Total reportable compensation (Form 990 Part VII column D / Schedule J column E) by filing year, matched by name within this organization. The Schedule J base / bonus / deferred breakdown is not parsed into this dataset.

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Questions the 990 asks

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  • Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2No
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aYes

Programs and updates

Trains bilingual individuals in professional community and medical interpreting for paid work.

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2 programs · $224K · in their own filed words · FY2020
01

Vci agency provides language services by qualified and trained interpreters in small meetings or large conferences and public hearings

$128Kprogram expense
02

Vci leadership academy offers two different courses interpreting for professionals course 40 hours and the bilingual communtiy interpreter training 80 hour course. The academy aims to improve the economic security of lower income individuals in NM through enhancing training support for unemployed and underemployed bilingual personnel to…

$96Kprogram expense

Funders

Who pays for it.

From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.

Grants

Schedule I · funders on record
Grants received · FY2023
Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$150K

By the numbers

The FY2020 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$306K
Ln 12
Fees for servicesLn 2g$155K
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$150K
Other incomeLn 4–11$727
Money outPt IX
$247K
Ln 25
Programscol B$224K
Managementcol C$11K
Fundraisingcol D$11K
Owns and owesPt X
$127K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$108K
Total assetsLn 16$130K
LiabilitiesLn 26$4K
PeoplePt VI, VII
5
listed · VII A
PaidVII A0
Voting boardVI 1a4
IndependentVI 1b4
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$150K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$155K
Investment incomeLn 3$332
Other incomeLn 4–11$727
Total revenueLn 12$306K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$108K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$108K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$7K
Total assetsLn 16$130K
LiabilitiesLn 26$4K
Net assetsLn 32$127K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 54
Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13No
Records policyVI 14No
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY20End FY20
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$59K$108K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$6K$7K
Total assetsLn 16$70K$130K
LiabilitiesLn 26$3K$4K
Net assetsLn 32$67K$127K
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$0
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$0
Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsLn 3$0
Benefits paid to or for membersLn 4$0
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$0
Pay of disqualified personsLn 6$0
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$90K$75K$7K$7K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$0
Other employee benefitsLn 9$2K$2K$162$162
Payroll taxesLn 10$8K$7K$653$653
Management feesLn 11a$0
Legal feesLn 11b$553$464$44$45
Accounting feesLn 11c$8K$7K$670$671
Lobbying feesLn 11d$0
Investment management feesLn 11f$0
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$11K$9K$885$884
Advertising and promotionLn 12$2K$2K$175$174
Office expensesLn 13$3K$2K$234$234
Information technologyLn 14$3K$2K$235$235
RoyaltiesLn 15$0
OccupancyLn 16$7K$6K$528$528
TravelLn 17$74$62$6$6
Travel and entertainment for public officialsLn 18$0
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$511$429$41$41
InterestLn 20$0
Payments to affiliatesLn 21$0
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$2K$1K$126$125
InsuranceLn 23$462$388$37$37
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$109K$109K$160$161
All other expensesLn 24e$0
Total functional expensesLn 25$247K$224K$11K$11K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2024 Latest $184K$228K−$44K$280K 990 PDF
FY2023 $229K$201K$28K$323K 990 PDF
FY2022 $291K$207K$85K$295K 990 PDF
FY2021 $279K$195K$84K$211K 990 PDF
FY2020 Viewing $306K$247K$59K$127K 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons I · Grants A · Public support O · Explanations
See the full FY2020 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $305,673 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $151,000$150,000
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $80,485$154,614
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $126$332
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $95$727
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $231,706$305,673
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paid$0
I-14 Benefits paid to members$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $103,003$99,901
I-16a Professional fundraising fees$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $56,223$146,684
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $159,226$246,585
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $72,480$59,088
Part VI · Governance 4 of 4 board members independent, 2 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body4
VI-1b Independent voting members4
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyNo
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyNo
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $305,673 across 6 lines filed
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$150,000
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$150,000
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $154,614$154,614
VIII-3 Investment income$332
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)$727
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $154,614$305,673
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $246,585 across 30 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizations$0
IX-2 Grants to domestic individuals$0
IX-3 Grants and assistance to foreign recipients$0
IX-4 Benefits paid to or for members$0
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staff$0
IX-6 Pay of disqualified persons$0
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $75,358 · Management $7,177 · Fundraising $7,177$89,712
IX-8 Pension plan contributions$0
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $1,701 · Management $162 · Fundraising $162$2,025
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $6,858 · Management $653 · Fundraising $653$8,164
IX-11a Management fees$0
IX-11b Legal feesPrograms $464 · Management $44 · Fundraising $45$553
IX-11c Accounting feesPrograms $7,036 · Management $670 · Fundraising $671$8,377
IX-11d Lobbying fees$0
IX-11f Investment management fees$0
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $9,289 · Management $885 · Fundraising $884$11,058
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $1,832 · Management $175 · Fundraising $174$2,181
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $2,458 · Management $234 · Fundraising $234$2,926
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $2,478 · Management $235 · Fundraising $235$2,948
IX-15 Royalties$0
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $5,544 · Management $528 · Fundraising $528$6,600
IX-17 TravelPrograms $62 · Management $6 · Fundraising $6$74
IX-18 Travel and entertainment for public officials$0
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $429 · Management $41 · Fundraising $41$511
IX-20 Interest$0
IX-21 Payments to affiliates$0
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $1,317 · Management $126 · Fundraising $125$1,568
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $388 · Management $37 · Fundraising $37$462
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $109,105 · Management $160 · Fundraising $161$109,426
IX-24e All other expenses$0
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $224,319 · Management $11,133 · Fundraising $11,133$246,585
Part X · Balance sheet $130,382 assets, 9 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $58,729$108,376
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $4,993$15,182
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $6,420$6,824
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $70,142$130,382
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $2,704$3,856
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $2,704$3,856
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $67,438$126,526
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $67,438$126,526
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $70,142$130,382
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $126,526 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$305,673
XI-2 Total expenses$246,585
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$59,088
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$67,438
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$126,526

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