Mexicali Biennial INC: Nonprofit Profile, Financials & Form 990 (EIN 26-0615702)

Revenue by fiscal year
FY2022	$165K
FY2024	$303K
FY2025	$37K

Expenses by fiscal year
FY2022	Not on file
FY2024	$129K
FY2025	$176K

Net assets by fiscal year
FY2022	$97K
FY2024	$239K
FY2025	$96K

Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Mar 2008.

IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File

Where the money goes

100 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

100%

Program services 100% · $176K

Form 990 Part IX, line 25. Every line is in By the numbers.

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Who runs it and what they're paid

1 person listed on the 990.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation

Edward Gomez

CEO

$0Pt VII · Sec A

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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 15aNo

Programs and updates

Offers art classes and exhibitions to low-income families.

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1 program · $176K · in their own filed words · FY2025

01

Art classes and exhibitions for low income families

$176Kprogram 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 · FY2024

Andrew W Mellon FoundationFY2024$300K

California HumanitiesFY2024$25K

Total grants receivedfrom 2 funders$325K

By the numbers

The FY2025 990, line by line.

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1The main four

Money inPt VIII

$37K

Ln 12

Gifts and grantsLn 1h$37K

Money outPt IX

$176K

Ln 25

Programscol B$176K

Owns and owesPt X

$96K

net assets · Ln 32

Cash and savingsLn 1–2$246K

Total assetsLn 16$246K

LiabilitiesLn 26$150K

PeoplePt VI, VII

1

listed · VII A

PaidVII A0

Voting boardVI 1a0

IndependentVI 1b0

2In more detail

Revenue in detailPt VIII

Gifts and grantsLn 1h$37K

Total revenueLn 12$37K

Assets in detailPt X, end of year

CashLn 1$246K

Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$246K

Total assetsLn 16$246K

LiabilitiesLn 26$150K

Net assetsLn 32$96K

OperationsPt I, VI

EmployeesI 50

Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember

Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aNo

Whistleblower policyVI 13No

Records policyVI 14No

3Year over year

Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B

Line	Start FY25	End FY25
Cash and savingsLn 1–2	$235K	$246K
Total assetsLn 16	$235K	$246K
LiabilitiesLn 26	$0	$150K
Net assetsLn 32	$235K	$96K

4Every line

Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line

Line	Total	Programs	Management	Fundraising
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2	$7K	$7K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7	$61K	$61K
Payroll taxesLn 10	$3K	$3K
Management feesLn 11a	$85	$85
Legal feesLn 11b	$100	$100
Accounting feesLn 11c	$981	$981
Advertising and promotionLn 12	$2K	$2K
Office expensesLn 13	$4K	$4K
OccupancyLn 16	$44K	$44K
InterestLn 20	−$9	−$9
InsuranceLn 23	$1K	$1K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24	$53K	$53K
All other expensesLn 24e	−$24	−$24
Total functional expensesLn 25	$176K	$176K	$0	$0

Filing history

Year	Money in	Money out	In minus out	Net assets	Download
FY2025 Latest Viewing	$37K	$176K	−$138K	$96K	990 PDF
FY2024	$303K	$129K	$174K	$239K	990 PDF
FY2023	Not on file
FY2022	$165K			$97K	990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs I · Grants R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons A · Public support F · Foreign M · Noncash

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Part I · Summary $37,221 revenue, 12 lines filed

I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $303,254$37,221

I-9 Program service revenue$0

I-10 Investment income$0

I-11 Other revenue$0

I-12 Total revenuePrior year $303,254$37,221

I-13 Grants and similar amounts paid$7,251

I-14 Benefits paid to members$0

I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $63,263$63,571

I-16a Professional fundraising fees$0

I-17 Other expensesPrior year $65,676$104,846

I-18 Total expensesPrior year $128,939$175,668

I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $174,315−$138,447

Part VI · Governance 4 to look at

VI-1a Voting members of the governing body0

VI-1b Independent voting members0

VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyNo

VI-13 Written whistleblower policyNo

VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyNo

VI-15a Process for setting top official's payNo

VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo

Part VIII · Statement of revenue $37,221 across 3 lines filed

VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$37,221

VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$37,221

VIII-12 Total revenue$37,221

Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $175,668 across 13 lines filed

IX-2 Grants to domestic individualsPrograms $7,251$7,251

IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $60,560$60,560

IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $3,011$3,011

IX-11a Management feesPrograms $85$85

IX-11b Legal feesPrograms $100$100

IX-11c Accounting feesPrograms $981$981

IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $2,074$2,074

IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $4,040$4,040

IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $43,500$43,500

IX-20 InterestPrograms −$9−$9

IX-23 InsurancePrograms $1,431$1,431

IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $52,668$52,668

IX-24e All other expensesPrograms −$24−$24

IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $175,668 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$175,668

Part X · Balance sheet $246,277 assets, 6 lines filed

X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $234,724$246,277

X-16 Total assetsStart of year $234,724$246,277

X-19 Deferred revenue$150,000

X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $0$150,000

X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $234,724$96,277

X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $234,724$246,277

Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $96,277 net assets at year end

XI-1 Total revenue$37,221

XI-2 Total expenses$175,668

XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$138,447

XI-4 Net assets at start of year$234,724

XI-10 Net assets at end of year$96,277

Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2025 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

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