Raza Development Fund INC FY2024 filing

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Phoenix, AZ501(c)(3)Since 1996Community DevelopmentEIN 52-1954196

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501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
84¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$3.1M paid to officers and key staff.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · Pay: Part VII

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IRS status
501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
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IRS BMF · Auto-Revocation List
Tax-deductible gifts
Yes
Donations are tax-deductible
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IRS Pub. 78 · IRS BMF
Latest return
FY2024
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2024, 2 tax years back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
5 of 5
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $8.1M a year · 28% of revenue · last 5 filings
Looks good: a surplus in 5 of the last 5 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 5 filings
Spent on programs
84%
of spending
Looks good: 84% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$3.1M
to officers and key staff · 13% of spending
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 13% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
Cash reserves
32 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 32.4 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
1
named funder · $100K
Fine: 1 funder names it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$250.8M
69% of total assets
Worth a look: liabilities are 69% of assets; over 65%.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
8
of 10 voting members
Looks good: 8 of 10 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$25.7M
-2% vs prior year
Spent
$23.6M
To programs
84%
Net assets
$112.3M
By yearFY2020–FY2024
Revenue
$25.7M
FY2024▼ -2%
Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$19.8M
FY2021$23.2M
FY2022$48.1M
FY2023$26.3M
FY2024$25.7M
FY2024$44.3M
Expenses
$23.6M
FY2024▲ +14%
Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$17.1M
FY2021$16.7M
FY2022$24.6M
FY2023$20.7M
FY2024$23.6M
FY2024$26.0M
Net assets
$112.3M
FY2024▲ +4%
Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$72.2M
FY2021$78.7M
FY2022$102.2M
FY2023$107.8M
FY2024$112.3M
FY2024$130.6M

From the FY2024 Form 990 (year ending September 2024) · figures checked against the IRS filing · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2024. IRS ruling in Mar 1996.

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Where the money goes

84 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 84% · $19.8M Management & general 16% · $3.7M Fundraising 1% · $121K

Form 990 Part IX, line 25, columns B–D. Every line is in By the numbers.

Who runs it and what they're paid

23 people listed on the 990; $3.1M paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation · most recent filed roster (FY2023); the FY2024 filing did not itemize Part VII
President & CEO
$526,911Pt VII · Sec A
Former CFO (thru 6/30/23)
$381,866Pt VII · Sec A
Chief People & Operations Officer
$327,428Pt VII · Sec A
EVP Strategic Invest (thru 2/15/24)
$318,489Pt VII · Sec A
Chief Investment Officer
$227,493Pt VII · Sec A
Chief Financial Officer
$227,229Pt VII · Sec A
Chief Credit Officer
$213,974Pt VII · Sec A
Deputy CFO & Controller
$210,291Pt VII · Sec A

Mary Ann Donovan’s $458K as President & CEO is at the 74th percentile of top reported officer pay among 572 $10–100M community development 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 · 8 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2024FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Tom Espinoza——$1,133,088$508,291$432,730$493,983
Mary Ann Donovan$457,563$526,911$167,375———
Rodrigo Vela—$381,866$372,230$294,322$266,448$253,887
Melissa McDonald$302,141$327,428$324,974$282,920$236,483$191,787
David Clower—$318,489$321,812$278,961$264,546$243,376
Mark Van Brunt———$140,625$241,669$299,230
Adrian Ruiz$224,030$227,493$189,935$159,686$136,645$124,325
Antonio Lopez$223,626$227,229$195,867$165,888$136,810$117,997

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

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

Programs and updates

Provides financing solutions and capital loans to expand affordable housing, education, and healthcare opportunities for Latino and low-income families.

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1 program service account for $19.8M of program spending, described in the organization's own filed words · FY2023.
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Loan Fund Programs

Lending programs to assist low income communities by increasing access to capital. Loans approved 36.

$19.8Mprogram expense

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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$100K
Grants paid · 149 grants · $8.2M · 2019–2024
Dream onFY2024$400,000
Canal AllianceCA · FY2024$250,000
Clinica Msr Oscar a RomeroCA · FY2024$100,000
La Clinica Del Pueblo INCDC · FY2024$100,000
Mountain Park Health CenterAZ · FY2024$100,000
Altamed FoundationCA · FY2024$100,000
East La Community CorporationFY2024$100,000
Valle Del Sol INCAZ · FY2024$100,000
Hispanic Unity of Florida INCFY2024$15,000
Madhouse DevelopmentFY2023$500,000
Juntos CommunityFY2023$200,000
Casa Familiar INCCA · FY2023$100,000
Dream onFY2023$100,000
Valcom VenturesFY2023$100,000
La Clinica Del Pueblo INCDC · FY2023$25,000
Valle Del Sol INCAZ · FY2023$25,000
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By the numbers

The FY2024 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$25.7M
Ln 12
Fees for servicesLn 2g$21.0M
Investment incomeLn 3$3.2M
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$1.1M
Money outPt IX
$23.6M
Ln 25
Programscol B$19.8M
Managementcol C$3.7M
Fundraisingcol D$121K
Owns and owesPt X
$112.3M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$63.7M
Total assetsLn 16$363.1M
LiabilitiesLn 26$250.8M
PeoplePt VI, VII
23
listed · VII A
PaidVII A12
Voting boardVI 1a10
IndependentVI 1b8
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$1.1M
Government grantsLn 1e$300K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$21.0M
Investment incomeLn 3$3.2M
Other incomeLn 4–11$343K
Total revenueLn 12$25.7M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$20.2M
SavingsLn 2$43.4M
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$63.7M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$14.6M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$2.3M
Other assetsLn 15$2.8M
Total assetsLn 16$363.1M
LiabilitiesLn 26$250.8M
Net assetsLn 32$112.3M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 545
VolunteersI 69
Fiscal year endsHeaderSeptember
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13Yes
Records policyVI 14No
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY24End FY24
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$58.7M$63.7M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$21.9M$14.6M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$2.3M$2.3M
Total assetsLn 16$335.2M$363.1M
LiabilitiesLn 26$227.4M$250.8M
Net assetsLn 32$107.8M$112.3M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$1.2M$1.2M
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$2.2M$1.4M$746K$12K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$3.3M$2.1M$1.1M$19K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$228K$152K$76K$1K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$1.1M$719K$359K$6K
Payroll taxesLn 10$369K$245K$122K$2K
Legal feesLn 11b$903K$792K$95K$16K
Accounting feesLn 11c$188K$188K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$2.1M$2.0M$97K$2K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$254K$50K$204K
Office expensesLn 13$117K$84K$27K$6K
Information technologyLn 14$72K$41K$28K$3K
OccupancyLn 16$86K$54K$29K$4K
TravelLn 17$851K$399K$422K$30K
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$25K$13K$11K$263
InterestLn 20$7.7M$7.7M
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$118K$118K
InsuranceLn 23$127K$93K$28K$6K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$2.7M$2.5M$124K$12K
All other expensesLn 24e$35K$459$35K
Total functional expensesLn 25$23.6M$19.8M$3.7M$121K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2024 Viewing $25.7M$23.6M$2.0M$112.3M 990 PDF
FY2023 $26.3M$20.7M$5.6M$107.8M 990 PDF
FY2022 $48.1M$24.6M$23.5M$102.2M 990 PDF
FY2021 $23.2M$16.7M$6.5M$78.7M 990 PDF
FY2020 $19.8M$17.1M$2.7M$72.2M 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
See the full FY2024 990 (4 parts)
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $25,660,512 across 7 lines filed
VIII-1e Government grants$300,000
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$827,500
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$1,127,500
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $20,997,840$20,997,840
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $3,192,211$3,192,211
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Excluded from tax $342,961$342,961
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $20,997,840 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $3,535,172$25,660,512
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $23,615,314 across 20 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizationsPrograms $1,210,000$1,210,000
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $1,426,226 · Management $745,830 · Fundraising $12,419$2,184,475
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $2,149,374 · Management $1,133,976 · Fundraising $19,082$3,302,432
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $151,567 · Management $75,644 · Fundraising $1,187$228,398
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $718,978 · Management $358,828 · Fundraising $5,629$1,083,435
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $244,707 · Management $122,128 · Fundraising $1,916$368,751
IX-11b Legal feesPrograms $792,482 · Management $94,735 · Fundraising $16,106$903,323
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $187,780$187,780
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $1,995,220 · Management $96,528 · Fundraising $2,052$2,093,800
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $50,000 · Management $204,052$254,052
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $83,809 · Management $26,978 · Fundraising $6,320$117,107
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $41,323 · Management $27,985 · Fundraising $2,789$72,097
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $53,576 · Management $28,540 · Fundraising $4,331$86,447
IX-17 TravelPrograms $399,132 · Management $421,676 · Fundraising $30,168$850,976
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $13,297 · Management $11,075 · Fundraising $263$24,635
IX-20 InterestPrograms $7,707,789$7,707,789
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $117,599$117,599
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $93,013 · Management $28,100 · Fundraising $6,201$127,314
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $2,523,010 · Management $124,209 · Fundraising $12,285$2,659,504
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $459 · Management $34,941$35,400
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $19,771,561 · Management $3,723,005 · Fundraising $120,748$23,615,314
Part X · Balance sheet $363,067,878 assets, 18 lines filed
Asset lines not itemized here account for $270,551,753; see the IRS return.
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $21,033,327$20,247,473
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $37,687,621$43,427,174
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $9,085,498$8,485,821
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $102,277$656,710
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $2,338,106$2,265,159
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $20,534,364$13,207,747
X-12 Other securitiesStart of year $1,383,032$1,423,841
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $3,851,279$2,802,200
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $335,227,129$363,067,878
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $3,091,132$4,157,175
X-19 Deferred revenue$9,000,000
X-24 Unsecured notes and loans payableStart of year $157,521,876$170,963,902
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $528,580$544,029
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $227,395,188$250,802,543
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $55,265,222$74,459,572
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $52,566,719$37,805,763
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $107,831,941$112,265,335
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $335,227,129$363,067,878
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $112,265,335 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$25,660,512
XI-2 Total expenses$23,615,314
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$2,045,198
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$107,831,941
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$2,388,196
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$112,265,335

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