Cuenca De Los Ojos: FY2020 Nonprofit Profile & Form 990 (EIN 47-4433572)

Jose Manuel Perez Cantu’s $50K as Conservation Director is at the 31st percentile of top reported officer pay among 1989 $100K–1M environment 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 · 4 named individuals · Part VII

Name	FY2024	FY2023	FY2022	FY2021	FY2020
Jeremiah H Leibowitz	$35,337	$131,250	$141,250	$125,008	$112,988
Jose Manuel Perez Cantu	$50,041	—	—	—	—
Amy Vega	$6,878	—	—	—	—
Lizz Valdovinos	$3,429	—	—	—	—

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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Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2Yes
Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aYes
Loans to or from officersSch L · Pt II1 listed

Programs and updates

Protects and restores diverse plant and animal life in the US/Mexico borderlands.

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1 program · $482K · in their own filed words · FY2020

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Cuenca los ojos' core programs consist of water restoration, native grassland restoration, wildlife management and reintroduction, scientific research, and outreach and education.

$482Kprogram 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 · FY2025

Clark Family Foundation INCFY2025$113K

Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$113K

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1The main four

Money inPt VIII

$248K

Ln 12

Gifts and grantsLn 1h$248K

Investment incomeLn 3$161

Money outPt IX

$573K

Ln 25

Programscol B$482K

Managementcol C$92K

Owns and owesPt X

$185K

net assets · Ln 32

Cash and savingsLn 1–2$268K

Total assetsLn 16$275K

LiabilitiesLn 26$90K

PeoplePt VI, VII

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listed · VII A

PaidVII A1

Voting boardVI 1a5

IndependentVI 1b5

2In more detail

Revenue in detailPt VIII

Gifts and grantsLn 1h$248K

Noncash giftsLn 1g$6K

Investment incomeLn 3$161

Total revenueLn 12$248K

Assets in detailPt X, end of year

CashLn 1$161K

SavingsLn 2$107K

Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$268K

Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$7K

Total assetsLn 16$275K

LiabilitiesLn 26$90K

Net assetsLn 32$185K

OperationsPt I, VI

EmployeesI 52

VolunteersI 64

Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember

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

Line	Start FY20	End FY20
Cash and savingsLn 1–2	$539K	$268K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c	$2K	$7K
Total assetsLn 16	$541K	$275K
LiabilitiesLn 26	$31K	$90K
Net assetsLn 32	$510K	$185K

4Every line

Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line

Line	Total	Programs	Management	Fundraising
Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsLn 3	$268K	$268K
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5	$113K	$56K	$56K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7	$91K	$91K
Other employee benefitsLn 9	$2K	$2K	$672
Payroll taxesLn 10	$16K	$11K	$4K
Legal feesLn 11b	$8K	$8K	$132
Accounting feesLn 11c	$11K		$11K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g	$49K	$33K	$16K
Office expensesLn 13	$808		$808
Information technologyLn 14	$805		$805
TravelLn 17	$3K	$3K
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19	$289	$215	$74
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22	$1K		$1K
InsuranceLn 23	$3K	$3K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24	$6K	$6K
Total functional expensesLn 25	$573K	$482K	$92K	$0

Filing history

Year	Money in	Money out	In minus out	Net assets	Download
FY2024 Latest	$376K	$267K	$109K	$825K	990 PDF
FY2023	$950K	$387K	$563K	$716K	990 PDF
FY2022	$409K	$368K	$41K	$152K	990 PDF
FY2021	$584K	$664K	−$80K	$105K	990 PDF
FY2020 Viewing	$248K	$573K	−$325K	$185K	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 F · Foreign O · Explanations

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Part I · Summary $247,956 revenue, 12 lines filed

I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $827,497$247,795

I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $0$0

I-10 Investment incomePrior year $0$161

I-11 Other revenuePrior year $0$0

I-12 Total revenuePrior year $827,497$247,956

I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $270,216$268,000

I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0

I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $53,299$221,901

I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0

I-17 Other expensesPrior year $52,961$83,450

I-18 Total expensesPrior year $376,476$573,351

I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $451,021−$325,395

Part VI · Governance 5 of 5 board members independent, 1 to look at

VI-1a Voting members of the governing body5

VI-1b Independent voting members5

VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsYes

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 $247,956 across 5 lines filed

VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$247,795

VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$5,763

VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$247,795

VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $161$161

VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $161$247,956

Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $573,351 across 15 lines filed

IX-3 Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsPrograms $268,000$268,000

IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $56,494 · Management $56,494$112,988

IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $90,634$90,634

IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $1,749 · Management $672$2,421

IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $11,458 · Management $4,400$15,858

IX-11b Legal feesPrograms $7,728 · Management $132$7,860

IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $11,036$11,036

IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $33,332 · Management $16,143$49,475

IX-13 Office expensesManagement $808$808

IX-14 Information technologyManagement $805$805

IX-17 TravelPrograms $3,265$3,265

IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $215 · Management $74$289

IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationManagement $1,130$1,130

IX-23 InsurancePrograms $2,536$2,536

IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $6,246$6,246

IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $481,657 · Management $91,694 · Fundraising $0$573,351

Part X · Balance sheet $274,813 assets, 10 lines filed

X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $538,656$161,064

X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $0$107,105

X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $2,011$6,644

X-16 Total assetsStart of year $541,167$274,813

X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $708$7,149

X-24 Unsecured notes and loans payableStart of year $0$52,600

X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $30,708$89,749

X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $510,459$185,064

X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $510,459$185,064

X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $541,167$274,813

Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $185,064 net assets at year end

XI-1 Total revenue$247,956

XI-2 Total expenses$573,351

XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$325,395

XI-4 Net assets at start of year$510,459

XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0

XI-10 Net assets at end of year$185,064

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