Redlands Christian Migrant Association Inc
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
RCMA OPENS DOORS TO OPPORTUNITIES THROUGH QUALITY CHILD CARE AND EDUCATION FROM CRIB TO HIGH SCHOOL AND BEYOND.
- Income
- $133.0 million
- Spending
- $99.3 million
- Spent on programs
- 88%
- Reserves
- -0.1 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- government grants, 81%
- Employees
- 1,771
- Volunteers
- 3,942
- Highest pay
- $222,216, executive director
Source: Form 990 for the year ending June 30, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Financial health
Fair: 61 out of 100. Higher than 58% of charities in its peer group (human services, over $100m).
Reserves
0 of 35Spendable reserves are negative: it owes or has committed more than it holds.
Debt
16 of 20It owes 16% of what it owns.
Living within its means
15 of 15Income exceeded spending by 25% of income.
Income trend
15 of 15Income rose 23% on the year before.
Spending floor
15 of 1588% of spending went to programs and raising each dollar of donations cost 2 cents.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending June 30, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Governance
Good: 85 out of 100. Higher than 7% of charities in its peer group (human services, over $100m).
Independent board
25 of 2529 of 29 voting board members are independent.
Conflict of interest policy
15 of 15Has a written conflict of interest policy.
Whistleblower policy
8 of 8Has a written whistleblower policy.
Record keeping policy
7 of 7Has a written policy on keeping and destroying records.
Board minutes
5 of 5Keeps minutes of board meetings.
Board sees the tax return
10 of 10Gave the board a copy of this return before filing it.
Pay set independently
5 of 5Sets its chief executive's pay through independent review and comparison.
Independent check of accounts
0 of 15Its accounts were not audited or reviewed by an independent accountant.
No reported misuse
10 of 10Reports no diversion of assets, excess benefits or loans to insiders.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending June 30, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Impact evidence
Describes programs. Its tax return describes what it does but we have found no measurable results in it.
Programs described in its return (5)
- $51.6 million spent. HEAD START: HEAD START, EARLY HEAD START AND MIGRANT HEAD START ARE COMPREHENSIVE CHILD-DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS THAT SERVE PREGNANT WOMEN, CHILDREN FROM BIRTH TO AGE 5 AND THEIR FAMILIES. THE PROGRAMS STRIVE TO INCREASE THE SCHOOL READINESS OF YOUNG CHILDREN IN LOW INCOME FAMILIES. KEY TO THE SUCCESS OF RCMA IN PREPARING YOUNG CHILDREN FOR PUBLIC SCHOOL IS ITS MISSION TO HIRE STAFF AND TEACHERS FROM THE COMMUNITIES SERVED. MOST OF OUR STAFF IS BILINGUAL, AND MANY ARE FORMER MIGRANT FARM WORKERS, INCLUDING OUR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND DIRECTOR OF FARMWORKER ADVOCACY. HEAD START NATIONALLY EVOLVED FROM A TASK FORCE RECOMMENDATION IN 1964 FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF A FEDERALLY SPONSORED PRESCHOOL PROGRAM TO MEET THE NEEDS OF DISADVANTAGED CHILDREN, HEAD START NOW OFFERS PROGRAMS GEARED FOR CHILDREN 3 TO 5 YEARS OLD. EARLY HEAD START PROVIDES PROGRAMS FOR INFANTS AND TODDLERS, NEWBORNS TO 3 YEARS. RESPONDING TO THE UNIQUE SEASON NEEDS OF MIGRANT FARM WORKERS, MIGRANT AND SEASONAL HEAD START WAS CREATED IN 1969 AND SERVES NEWBORNS TO 5 YEAR OLDS. HEAD START IS A PROGRAM WITHIN THE ADMINISTRATION ON CHILDREN, YOUTH AND FAMILIES IN THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, WHICH AWARDS GRANTS TO RCMA TO PROVIDE THESE SERVICES.
- $17.4 million spent. CHILD CARE SUBSIDIZED: FROM THREE MODEST CHILD-CARE CENTERS WITH 75 CHILDREN IN 1965, RCMA TODAY SERVES MORE THAN 4,300 HILDREN OF MIGRANT FARM WORKERS AND RURAL, LOW-INCOME FAMILIES IN 53 CENTERS, 3 CHARTER SCHOOLS AND 18 CHILD CARE PARTNERS THROUGHOUT FLORIDA. CHILDREN IN OUR CENTERS RANGE FROM 6 WEEKS TO 12 YEARS OLD. RCMA'S INCLUSION OF CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES, BEGINNING WITH INFANTS AND TODDLERS, HAS BEEN RECOGNIZED AS A MODEL WITHIN FLORIDA. RCMA, THE LARGEST NON-PROFIT PROVIDER OF CHILD-CARE SERVICES IN FLORIDA, ACROSS 18 COUNTIES. LIKE OTHER CHILDREN RCMA SERVES, MOST OF THOSE ENROLLED SPEAK ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE, IF AT ALL. WITH A MISSION OF HIRING STAFF AND TEACHERS FROM THE COMMUNITIES SERVED, RCMA ALREADY EMPLOYS A MAJORITY OF BILINGUAL STAFFERS. MANY OF OUR EMPLOYEES ARE FORMER MIGRANT FARM WORKERS WHO ACQUIRED THEIR CHILD DEVELOPMENT CREDENTIALS, FAMILY DEVELOPMENT CREDENTIALS, ASSOCIATE'S DEGREES OR BACHELOR'S DEGREES AFTER JOINING RCMA. SERVING A LARGE MIGRANT POPULATION, PLUS OTHER YEAR-ROUND FARM AND LOW-INCOME FAMILIES, RCMA OFFERS THE 540-HOUR VPK PROGRAM OPTION DURING THE ACADEMIC YEAR. THIS WAY, EVEN THOUGH SOME CHILDREN ARRIVE LATE AND LEAVE EARLY, THEY STILL RECEIVE THE REQUIRED COURSEWORK, WHICH IS ESSENTIAL TO THEIR SUCCESS LATER IN KINDERGARTEN AND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. WE HAVE STRONG PARTNERSHIPS WITH HEAD START, FLORIDA'S OFFICE OF EARLY LEARNING, LOCAL EARLY LEARNING COALITIONS, THE MEXICAN CONSULATES IN ORLANDO AND MIAMI, FLORIDA AGRICULTURE, COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS AND SCHOOL DISTRICTS. MORE THAN HALF OF RCMA'S CHILDCARE CENTERS HAVE BEEN NATIONALLY ACCREDITED, REFLECTING STANDARDS AND ACHIEVEMENTS THAT EXCEED STATE LICENSING REQUIREMENTS.
- $13.0 million spent. CHARTER SCHOOLS: RCMA OPERATES TWO CHARTER SCHOOLS (PUBLIC SCHOOLS OF CHOICE), THE IMMOKALEE COMMUNITY ACADEMY IN EASTERN COLLIER COUNTY AND THE WIMAUMA COMMUNITY ACADEMY IN SOUTHEASTERN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, WHICH PROVIDE A UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY FOR RCMA TO EXTEND ITS POSITIVE IMPACT ON CHILDREN. THE SCHOOLS PROVIDE A SEAMLESS TRANSITION FOR CHILDREN AS THEY PROGRESS FROM RCMA'S EARLY CHILDHOOD AND PRE-KINDERGARTEN PROGRAMS INTO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND MIDDLE SCHOOL IN HILLSBOROUGH AND COLLIER COUNTIES. TEST RESULTS CONFIRM THAT THE LONGER STUDENTS REMAIN WITH RCMA, THE BETTER THEY PERFORM IN SCHOOL. WHEN ONE CONSIDERS THAT MANY OF OUR STUDENTS ARE TESTED IN THEIR SECOND LANGUAGE, THEIR ACCOMPLISHMENTS ARE QUITE IMPRESSIVE. THE ACADEMIC FOCUS IS THE IMPROVEMENT OF LANGUAGE AND MATH USING A THEMATIC AND INTEGRATIVE APPROACH, WHICH IMMERSES STUDENTS IN AN ENRICHED ENVIRONMENT THAT REFLECTS THE COMPLEXITIES OF LIFE. THE RESULTS INCLUDE IMPROVED LANGUAGE, ACADEMICS AND LITERACY, INCREASED SELF-ESTEEM AND DESIRABLE SOCIAL SKILLS. THE WIMAUMA COMMUNITY ACADEMY (KINDERGARTEN THROUGH FIFTH) AND THE IMMOKALEE COMMUNITY ACADEMY (KINDERGARTEN THROUGH SIXTH GRADE) WERE ORIGINALLY CHARTERED IN 2000. WIMAUMA ACADEMY AND LEADERSHIP ACADEMY SCHOOLS CONSOLIDATED IN 2020 AND A 10 CHARTER YEAR WAS RENEWED TO 2030. IMMOKALEE COMMUNITY ACADEMY IS RENEWED ITS CHARTER IN 2021 AND ADDED 7TH & 8TH GRADE.
- $5.1 million spent. FOOD SERVICE PROGRAM - TO PROVIDE BASIC FOOD AND NUTRITION FOR ALL CHILDREN SERVED IN OUR CENTERS. IMMIGRATION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM: OVER 80% OF THE FAMILIES RCMA SERVES ARE EMPLOYED IN THE AGRICULTURAL SECTOR. A SIGNIFICANT PERCENTAGE OF THOSE FAMILIES MIGRATE AND THE MAJORITY ARE FOREIGN-BORN. ALL OF OUR FAMILIES ARE SIGNIFICANTLY IMPACTED BY IMMIGRATION POLICY AND ENFORCEMENT. RCMA HAS DEVELOPED A MULTI-FACETED IMMIGRATION SUPPORT PROGRAM THAT BUILDS ON EXISTING PROGRAMS AND SERVICES. RCMA'S IMMIGRATION PROGRAM INCLUDES LEADERSHIP TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT, ADVOCACY, IMMIGRATION SUPPORT SERVICES AND PUBLIC EDUCATION CAMPAIGNS. OTHER PROGRAMS: COMMUNITY LEARNING CENTERS RCMA'S COMMUNITY LEARNING CENTERS STRIVE TO BRING FREE OR AFFORDABLE QUALITY EDUCATION TO RURAL LOW-INCOME COMMUNITIES USING TECHNOLOGY AND CARING, CULTURALLY SENSITIVE TEACHERS AND TUTORS. THROUGH COMMUNITY LEARNING CENTERS, RCMA PROVIDES BASIC EDUCATION SERVICES TO ADULTS WHO HAVE NOT COMPLETED THEIR BASIC EDUCATION STUDIES, EITHER IN U.S. SCHOOLS OR IN MEXICO. THE COMMUNITY LEARNING CENTERS PROVIDE THREE LEVELS OF STUDIES --LITERACY (BASIC READING AND WRITING), PRIMARY (ELEMENTARY) AND SECONDARY (MIDDLE SCHOOL) - AND ACCREDITS STUDENTS ACCORDING TO THE STANDARDS SET BY THE MINISTRY OF PUBLIC EDUCATION IN MEXICO. STUDENTS ALSO CAN EARN THEIR FLORIDA GENERAL EQUIVALENCY DIPLOMA. OUT OF SCHOOL SERVICES RCMA PROVIDES OUT OF SCHOOL SERVICES TO APPROXIMATELY 500 SCHOOL AGE CHILDREN. THESE SERVICES ARE PROVIDED IN SEVERAL COUNTIES IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT, THE HOMESTEAD HOUSING AUTHORITY AND RCMA CHARTER SCHOOLS. THE PRIMARY COMPONENTS OF THE SERVICES PROVIDED INCLUDE TUTORING, HOMEWORK HELP, LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT AND RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES. TEEN PARENT PROGRAM WHEN A TEENAGER BECOMES PREGNANT, BOTH SHE AND HER BABY FACE EVEN GREATER CHALLENGES AT HOME AND SCHOOL. KEY GOALS OF RCMA'S TEEN PARENT PROGRAM ARE TO EDUCATE AND SUPPORT THE TEEN MOTHERS TO BE AND PROMOTE JOB SKILLS THAT WILL HELP THEM ACHIEVE FINANCIAL INDEPENDENCE. RCMA STAFF ALSO WORKS CLOSELY WITH COLLABORATING AGENCIES TO ASSURE PREGNANT TEENS RECEIVE PRENATAL AND POST-PARTUM SERVICES AND PROVIDES QUALITY CHILD CARE FOR NEWBORNS OF HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS.
- (Expenses $ 5,126,248 including grants of $ 0)(Revenue $ 10,888,146) FOOD SERVICE PROGRAM - TO PROVIDE BASIC FOOD AND NUTRITION FOR ALL CHILDREN SERVED IN OUR CENTERS. IMMIGRATION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM: OVER 80% OF THE FAMILIES RCMA SERVES ARE EMPLOYED IN THE AGRICULTURAL SECTOR. A SIGNIFICANT PERCENTAGE OF THOSE FAMILIES MIGRATE AND THE MAJORITY ARE FOREIGN-BORN. ALL OF OUR FAMILIES ARE SIGNIFICANTLY IMPACTED BY IMMIGRATION POLICY AND ENFORCEMENT. RCMA HAS DEVELOPED A MULTI-FACETED IMMIGRATION SUPPORT PROGRAM THAT BUILDS ON EXISTING PROGRAMS AND SERVICES. RCMA'S IMMIGRATION PROGRAM INCLUDES LEADERSHIP TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT, ADVOCACY, IMMIGRATION SUPPORT SERVICES AND PUBLIC EDUCATION CAMPAIGNS. OTHER PROGRAMS: COMMUNITY LEARNING CENTERS RCMA'S COMMUNITY LEARNING CENTERS STRIVE TO BRING FREE OR AFFORDABLE QUALITY EDUCATION TO RURAL LOW-INCOME COMMUNITIES USING TECHNOLOGY AND CARING, CULTURALLY SENSITIVE TEACHERS AND TUTORS. THROUGH COMMUNITY LEARNING CENTERS, RCMA PROVIDES BASIC EDUCATION SERVICES TO ADULTS WHO HAVE NOT COMPLETED THEIR BASIC EDUCATION STUDIES, EITHER IN U.S. SCHOOLS OR IN MEXICO. THE COMMUNITY LEARNING CENTERS PROVIDE THREE LEVELS OF STUDIES --LITERACY (BASIC READING AND WRITING), PRIMARY (ELEMENTARY) AND SECONDARY (MIDDLE SCHOOL) - AND ACCREDITS STUDENTS ACCORDING TO THE STANDARDS SET BY THE MINISTRY OF PUBLIC EDUCATION IN MEXICO. STUDENTS ALSO CAN EARN THEIR FLORIDA GENERAL EQUIVALENCY DIPLOMA. OUT OF SCHOOL SERVICES RCMA PROVIDES OUT OF SCHOOL SERVICES TO APPROXIMATELY 500 SCHOOL AGE CHILDREN. THESE SERVICES ARE PROVIDED IN SEVERAL COUNTIES IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT, THE HOMESTEAD HOUSING AUTHORITY AND RCMA CHARTER SCHOOLS. THE PRIMARY COMPONENTS OF THE SERVICES PROVIDED INCLUDE TUTORING, HOMEWORK HELP, LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT AND RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES. TEEN PARENT PROGRAM WHEN A TEENAGER BECOMES PREGNANT, BOTH SHE AND HER BABY FACE EVEN GREATER CHALLENGES AT HOME AND SCHOOL. KEY GOALS OF RCMA'S TEEN PARENT PROGRAM ARE TO EDUCATE AND SUPPORT THE TEEN MOTHERS TO BE AND PROMOTE JOB SKILLS THAT WILL HELP THEM ACHIEVE FINANCIAL INDEPENDENCE. RCMA STAFF ALSO WORKS CLOSELY WITH COLLABORATING AGENCIES TO ASSURE PREGNANT TEENS RECEIVE PRENATAL AND POST-PARTUM SERVICES AND PROVIDES QUALITY CHILD CARE FOR NEWBORNS OF HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending June 30, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Legitimacy checks
Is it registered with the IRS? Passed.
Listed in the IRS master file of tax-exempt organizations as a 501(c)(3) charitable organization.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Has the IRS revoked its tax-exempt status? Passed.
Not on the IRS automatic revocation list.
Source: Automatic revocation of exemption list, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Are donations tax-deductible? Passed.
On the IRS list of organizations eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions.
Source: Publication 78 data: organizations eligible for tax-deductible contributions, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Is it keeping up with its IRS filings? Passed.
Most recent return on file covers the year ending June 2025.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
How long has it been tax-exempt? Passed.
Recognized by the IRS since July 1969.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Is it in good standing with state regulators? Passed.
Not on California's list of charities barred from soliciting. Other states are not yet checked.
Source: May Not Operate or Solicit for Charitable Purposes list, California Attorney General, Registry of Charities and Fundraisers, file dated October 21, 2026.
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