Educating children and strengthening families, in a bilingual, multicultural environment.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
89¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 255 volunteers and 272 employees.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · People: Part I, lines 5–6

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FY2025 · 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
FY2025
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2025, 1 tax year back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
2 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average deficit $220K a year · 1% of revenue · last 6 filings
Concern: a surplus in 2 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
89%
of spending
Looks good: 89% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$881K
to officers and key staff · 4% of spending
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 4% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
<1 mo
of spending, in cash
Plus $4.4M in investments, Pt X · Ln 11–13
Fine: 0.9 months of spending in cash, plus $4.4M in investments.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
1
named funder · $1.3M
Fine: 1 funder names it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$3.0M
29% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 29% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
10
of 10 voting members
Looks good: 10 of 10 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$24.0M
+25% vs prior year
Spent
$24.2M
To programs
89%
Net assets
$7.4M
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$24.0M
FY2025▲ +25%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$13.0M
FY2021$17.0M
FY2022$17.0M
FY2023$17.4M
FY2024$19.2M
FY2025$24.0M
Expenses
$24.2M
FY2025▲ +21%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$15.4M
FY2021$15.5M
FY2022$16.3M
FY2023$17.5M
FY2024$20.0M
FY2025$24.2M
Net assets
$7.4M
FY2025▼ -2%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$7.6M
FY2021$9.4M
FY2022$8.1M
FY2023$8.1M
FY2024$7.5M
FY2025$7.4M

From the FY2025 Form 990 (year ending June 2025) · figures checked against the IRS filing · see the original

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Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Dec 1992.

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Where the money goes

89 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 89% · $21.6M Management & general 10% · $2.3M Fundraising 1% · $263K

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

16 people listed on the 990; $881K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation · most recent filed roster (FY2024); the FY2025 filing did not itemize Part VII
President & CEO
$271,554Pt VII · Sec A
CFO (thru 11/29/24)
$169,734Pt VII · Sec A
SR Dir of Oper & Admin
$127,494Pt VII · Sec A
Senior Director
$106,065Pt VII · Sec A
Senior Dir Fam & Comm Svc
$103,127Pt VII · Sec A
Senior Dir Ece Programs
$103,127Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Myrna Peralta’s $272K as President & CEO is at the 69th percentile of top reported officer pay among 3122 $10–100M 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 · 7 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Myrna Peralta$271,554$251,572$215,258$254,038$233,654$218,077
Ignacio Bravo$169,734$143,814$139,755$152,250$158,712$145,000
Cynthia Mercado$127,494$110,043$101,776$105,468$111,434—
Rosalina Burgos——$107,692$104,237$109,475—
Rosalba Bonilla$106,065$100,634————
Lisa Rivera$103,127—————
Heriberto Velasquez$103,127—————

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

The form asks each of these directly. These are the filed answers.

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

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Empowers children and families through bilingual, multicultural education.

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3 programs · $20.9M · in their own filed words · FY2024
01

Early childhood educationsee schedule o for complete description

$18.4Mprogram expense
02

Food and wellnesssee schedule o for complete description

$1.6Mprogram expense
03

Centronia institutesee schedule o for complete description

$967Kprogram expense

Funders

Who pays for it.

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

Grants

Schedule I · received and paid
Grants received · FY2025
Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$1.3M
Grants paid · 6 grants · $609K · 2019–2024
Unitemized GrantFY2024$166,950
Unitemized GrantFY2023$106,850
Unitemized GrantFY2022$66,180
Unitemized GrantFY2021$91,050
Unitemized GrantFY2020$89,975
Unitemized GrantFY2019$88,475

By the numbers

The FY2025 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$24.0M
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$20.7M
Fees for servicesLn 2g$2.3M
Other incomeLn 4–11$638K
Money outPt IX
$24.2M
Ln 25
Programscol B$21.6M
Managementcol C$2.3M
Fundraisingcol D$263K
Owns and owesPt X
$7.4M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$1.9M
Total assetsLn 16$10.4M
LiabilitiesLn 26$3.0M
PeoplePt VI, VII
16
listed · VII A
PaidVII A6
Voting boardVI 1a10
IndependentVI 1b10
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$20.7M
Government grantsLn 1e$18.7M
Noncash giftsLn 1g$137K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$2.3M
Investment incomeLn 3$404K
Other incomeLn 4–11$638K
Gains on assetsLn 7$214K
Total revenueLn 12$24.0M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$111K
SavingsLn 2$1.8M
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$1.9M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$4.4M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$174K
Other assetsLn 15$1.9M
Total assetsLn 16$10.4M
LiabilitiesLn 26$3.0M
Net assetsLn 32$7.4M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 5272
VolunteersI 6255
Fiscal year endsHeaderJune
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13Yes
Records policyVI 14Yes
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY25End FY25
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$733K$1.9M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$5.7M$4.4M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$176K$174K
Total assetsLn 16$12.5M$10.4M
LiabilitiesLn 26$5.0M$3.0M
Net assetsLn 32$7.5M$7.4M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$167K$167K
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$399K$362K$32K$5K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$14.8M$13.6M$1.0M$208K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$101K$85K$16K$48
Other employee benefitsLn 9$877K$735K$127K$14K
Payroll taxesLn 10$1.1M$1.0M$74K$16K
Legal feesLn 11b$8K$4K$4K
Accounting feesLn 11c$70K$64K$5K$979
Investment management feesLn 11f$34K$34K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$526K$411K$113K$2K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$44K$39K$5K$50
Office expensesLn 13$793K$756K$36K$926
Information technologyLn 14$65K$57K$8K
OccupancyLn 16$2.3M$1.6M$733K
TravelLn 17$43K$41K$1K$217
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$53K$53K
InterestLn 20$8K$7K$613$109
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$72K$72K
InsuranceLn 23$154K$140K$12K$2K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$2.3M$2.2M$65K$5K
All other expensesLn 24e$225K$163K$55K$8K
Total functional expensesLn 25$24.2M$21.6M$2.3M$263K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest Viewing $24.0M$24.2M−$180K$7.4M 990 PDF
FY2024 $19.2M$20.0M−$786K$7.5M 990 PDF
FY2023 $17.4M$17.5M−$40K$8.1M 990 PDF
FY2022 $17.0M$16.3M$695K$8.1M 990 PDF
FY2021 $17.0M$15.5M$1.5M$9.4M 990 PDF
FY2020 $13.0M$15.4M−$2.5M$7.6M 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 M · Noncash J · Pay O · Explanations
See the full FY2025 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $24,046,080 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $16,316,010$20,749,492
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $2,057,987$2,254,533
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $305,143$404,485
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $534,374$637,570
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $19,213,514$24,046,080
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $106,850$166,950
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $13,940,516$17,352,247
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $5,952,151$6,707,197
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $19,999,517$24,226,394
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year −$786,003−$180,314
Part VI · Governance 10 of 10 board members independent, no flags
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body10
VI-1b Independent voting members10
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyYes
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyYes
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $24,046,080 across 10 lines filed
Lines not itemized here account for $70 of total revenue; see the IRS return.
VIII-1e Government grants$18,709,522
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$2,039,970
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$136,554
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$20,749,492
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $2,254,533$2,254,533
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $190,153$190,153
VIII-6 Net rental income or lossExcluded from tax $597,489$597,489
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsExcluded from tax $214,332$214,332
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Excluded from tax $40,011$40,011
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $2,254,603 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $1,041,985$24,046,080
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $24,226,394 across 21 lines filed
IX-2 Grants to domestic individualsPrograms $166,950$166,950
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $362,148 · Management $32,020 · Fundraising $5,094$399,262
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $13,627,574 · Management $1,013,160 · Fundraising $208,044$14,848,778
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $84,624 · Management $16,326 · Fundraising $48$100,998
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $735,378 · Management $127,319 · Fundraising $14,320$877,017
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $1,036,236 · Management $73,685 · Fundraising $16,271$1,126,192
IX-11b Legal feesPrograms $3,660 · Management $3,995$7,655
IX-11c Accounting feesPrograms $63,558 · Management $5,489 · Fundraising $979$70,026
IX-11f Investment management feesManagement $34,224$34,224
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $411,102 · Management $112,857 · Fundraising $2,265$526,224
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $39,115 · Management $4,663 · Fundraising $50$43,828
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $755,975 · Management $36,102 · Fundraising $926$793,003
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $56,680 · Management $7,993$64,673
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $1,609,369 · Management $732,746$2,342,115
IX-17 TravelPrograms $41,148 · Management $1,216 · Fundraising $217$42,581
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $52,798$52,798
IX-20 InterestPrograms $7,094 · Management $613 · Fundraising $109$7,816
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $71,654$71,654
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $139,550 · Management $12,052 · Fundraising $2,150$153,752
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $2,201,171 · Management $65,033 · Fundraising $5,232$2,271,436
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $163,242 · Management $54,572 · Fundraising $7,598$225,412
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $21,629,026 · Management $2,334,065 · Fundraising $263,303$24,226,394
Part X · Balance sheet $10,422,053 assets, 17 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $200,094$111,146
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $532,493$1,805,561
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $1,345,977$1,423,630
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $376,486$337,608
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $262,103$178,826
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $176,142$173,747
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $5,746,218$4,447,496
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $3,894,814$1,944,039
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $12,534,327$10,422,053
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $980,055$1,092,031
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $45,845$45,845
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $3,958,556$1,858,793
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $4,984,456$2,996,669
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $7,361,660$7,344,246
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $188,211$81,138
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $7,549,871$7,425,384
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $12,534,327$10,422,053
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $7,425,384 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$24,046,080
XI-2 Total expenses$24,226,394
XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$180,314
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$7,549,871
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$55,827
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$7,425,384

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