Mujeres De Islas Inc
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
Community development in the areas of education cultural environmental and socioeconomic
- Income
- $947,060
- Spending
- $864,076
- Spent on programs
- 76%
- Reserves
- 11.9 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- donations and private grants, 95%
- Employees
- 23
- Volunteers
- 0
Source: Form 990 for the year ending February 28, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Financial health
Good: 88 out of 100. Higher than 72% of charities in its peer group (community improvement, $250k to $1m).
Reserves
28 of 35Spendable reserves would cover 11.9 months of spending.
Debt
20 of 20It owes 3% of what it owns.
Living within its means
15 of 15Income exceeded spending by 9% of income.
Income trend
10 of 15Income fell 5% on the year before.
Spending floor
15 of 1576% of spending went to programs and raising each dollar of donations cost 2 cents.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending February 28, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Governance
Good: 75 out of 100. Higher than 47% of charities in its peer group (community improvement, $250k to $1m).
Independent board
18 of 254 of 4 voting board members are independent.
Conflict of interest policy
15 of 15Has a written conflict of interest policy.
Whistleblower policy
0 of 8Reports no 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.
Independent check of accounts
6 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 February 28, 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 (3)
- $396,545 spent. Proyecto Siembra - Through the activities of the program participants offer community service related to planting and creating community gardens and in turn take different workshops or trainings that increase their knowledge and reinforce services. They also receive emotional support work with the development of self-steem and acquire tools to face and manage their challenges of their daily life. The project is a key piece in educating the community about the befenits of traditional and urban agriculture and agroecology. As part of this project the Siembra Club was created which encourages children to have a closer relationship with the land. The program was provided in alliance with AmeriCorps.
- $209,814 spent. Proyecto ecoKitTM - young people were trained in the construction of wooden houses that serve as laboratories in which they experienced sowing harvesting irrigation systems and renewable energy among others. These greenhouses were installed in a community Ecological S in order to function as nurseries with rainwater and renewable energy. The ecoKit promotes play related to planting and nature exposure to experimentation self-experimentation and self-sustainability in the water collection and agro-ecological schools
- $52,368 spent. Mujeres de Islas has transformed an abandoned school lunchroom into a state of the art industrial community kitchen that provides food in emergencies as part of being Culebras Community Hub and Resilient Center and every week to feed the most vulnerable populations in Culebra. We also provide monthly workshops on everything from baking good making pasta paella using our freshly caught fish as well as our harvested produce and do all in a completely solar energized kitchen where even the ice is produced by the sun!
Source: Form 990 for the year ending February 28, 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? Worth knowing.
Status was revoked on May 15, 2023 for not filing returns for three years, and reinstated on May 15, 2023.
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 February 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 October 2023.
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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