Better Business Bureau Report for
Su Casa de Esperanza

Better Business Bureau Report issued March 2013
Better Business Bureau Report expires March 2014


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Charity Contact Information

Name: Su Casa de Esperanza
Address: PO Box 1333
  Pharr, TX 78577
Phone: 956-781-0276
Web Address: www.sucasadeesperanza.org
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Better Business Bureau Comments

Year, State Incorporated: 1991, Texas
Affiliates: None
Stated Purpose: The mission of Su Casa De Esperanza is to improve the spiritual, emotional, physical, economic, intellectual and social well being of families in the Rio Grande Valley.

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Evaluation Conclusions

               

Su Casa de Esperanza meets the 20 Standards for Charity Accountability.
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Programs

               

Su Casa De Esperanza is a non-profit family life program created to provide education to impoverished families living in a South Texas colonia for the purpose of enhancing their opportunities for fulfilled, abundant lives. This mission is addressed through a Family Life Education Center located in colonia communities with the expressed goals of affecting the spiritual, physical, intellectual, emotional, financial, and social needs of families. Teaching discipline, nutrition, health care, parenting skills, economic independence and intra-family communication skills improves the likellihood of accomplishing these goals. Su Casa is a vehicle that serves as an intermediate support system for these indigent families with the expressed purpose that the families eventually will become self-sufficient, productive members of the community.

For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2011, Su Casa de Esperanza's program expenses were:

  
Total: 184,174
Total Program Expenses: $184,174
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Governance

               

Chief Executive : Lucy Fernandez, Executive Director
Compensation*: 
 $51,000

Chair of the Board: Steve Frazier
Chair's Profession / Business Affiliation: retired businessman

Board Size: 12

Paid Staff Size: 8

*Compensation includes annual salary and, if applicable, benefit plans, expense accounts, and other allowances.
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Fund Raising

               

Method(s) Used:

direct mail, invitations to fund raising events, print advertisements, planned giving arrangements
Fund raising costs were 2% of related contributions. (Related contributions, which totaled $223,190, are donations received as a result of fund raising activities.)
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Tax Status

               

This organization is tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. It is eligible to receive contributions deductible as charitable donations for federal income tax purposes.
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Financial

               

The following information is based on Su Casa de Esperanza's IRS Form 990 for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2011.

Source of Funds  
Contributions and grants 223,190
Other revenue 42,926
Total Income $266,116


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Uses of Funds as a % of Total Expenses

Programs: 85%  Fund Raising: 2%  Administrative: 13% 

Total income $266,116
Program expenses $184,174
Fund raising expenses 4,333
Administrative expenses 28,165
Total expenses $216,672
Income in Excess of Expenses 49,444
Beginning net assets 226,108
Ending net assets 275,552
Total liabilities 28,237
Total assets $303,789


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Complaints

               

The BBB has processed no complaints about this organization in the past 36 months, our standard reporting period.

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