To promote catholic programs

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
100¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$673K 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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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
4 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $204K a year · 4% of revenue · last 6 filings
Fine: a surplus in 4 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
100%
of spending
Looks good: 100% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$673K
to officers and key staff · 11% of spending
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 11% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
4 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 4.3 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
15
named funders · $363K
Looks good: 15 funders name it on their filings; 3 or more.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$283K
4% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 4% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
6
of 6 voting members
Looks good: 6 of 6 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$5.8M
+0.8% vs prior year
Spent
$6.3M
To programs
100%
Net assets
$6.1M
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$5.8M
FY2025▲ +0.8%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$4.9M
FY2021$5.1M
FY2022$5.3M
FY2023$5.7M
FY2024$5.7M
FY2025$5.8M
Expenses
$6.3M
FY2025▲ +9%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$4.3M
FY2021$4.4M
FY2022$5.1M
FY2023$5.3M
FY2024$5.8M
FY2025$6.3M
Net assets
$6.1M
FY2025▼ -10%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$5.9M
FY2021$6.1M
FY2022$6.4M
FY2023$6.8M
FY2024$6.8M
FY2025$6.1M

From the FY2025 Form 990 · 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: FY2025. IRS ruling in May 1996.

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

Where the money goes

100 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 100% · $6.3M

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

11 people listed on the 990; $673K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
$132,988Pt VII · Sec A
Engineer
$117,143Pt VII · Sec A
Dir of Development
$117,028Pt VII · Sec A
Executive Director
$109,985Pt VII · Sec A
Executive Director
$99,883Pt VII · Sec A
SR Producer
$95,728Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Sammy Rodriguez JR’s $133K as President is at the 70th percentile of top reported officer pay among 1636 $1–10M religion 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

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Sammy Rodriguez JR$132,988$126,507$120,211———
Richard Reyna——$120,211$109,263$101,149—
Kent Loney$117,143$115,414$116,022$111,838$110,112$109,960
Joseph Schuler JR$117,028$116,550$115,865$114,221$112,905$111,479
Leonard J Oswald———$110,400$106,846$105,532
David Palmer$109,985$109,747$108,982$105,416$103,485$103,107
Sammy Rodriquez JR———$106,280$89,051—
Joseph McClane———$104,615$103,700$104,087

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 15aNo

Programs and updates

La Promesa Foundation is a religious organization based in Midland, TX, formed in 1996.

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2 programs · $6.3M · in their own filed words · FY2025
01

The foundation operates and continues to develop the guadalupe radio network which provides catholic programming.

$6.2Mprogram expense
02

The foundation operates the guadalupe resource center which provides a large bilingual library of materials for promoting the truths of the catholic faith.

$112Kprogram 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
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By the numbers

The FY2025 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$5.8M
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$5.2M
Other incomeLn 4–11$433K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$71K
Money outPt IX
$6.3M
Ln 25
Programscol B$6.3M
Owns and owesPt X
$6.1M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$2.2M
Total assetsLn 16$6.4M
LiabilitiesLn 26$283K
PeoplePt VI, VII
11
listed · VII A
PaidVII A6
Voting boardVI 1a6
IndependentVI 1b6
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$5.2M
Fees for servicesLn 2g$71K
Investment incomeLn 3$64K
Other incomeLn 4–11$433K
Gains on assetsLn 7$0
Total revenueLn 12$5.8M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$543K
SavingsLn 2$1.7M
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$2.2M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$0
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$2.9M
Other assetsLn 15$4K
Total assetsLn 16$6.4M
LiabilitiesLn 26$283K
Net assetsLn 32$6.1M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 532
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
LineStart FY25End FY25
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$2.2M$2.2M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$0
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$3.3M$2.9M
Total assetsLn 16$7.0M$6.4M
LiabilitiesLn 26$199K$283K
Net assetsLn 32$6.8M$6.1M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$0
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$0
Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsLn 3$0
Benefits paid to or for membersLn 4$0
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$133K$133K
Pay of disqualified personsLn 6$0
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$1.9M$1.9M
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$0
Other employee benefitsLn 9$670K$670K
Payroll taxesLn 10$157K$157K
Management feesLn 11a$0
Legal feesLn 11b$11K$11K
Accounting feesLn 11c$4K$4K
Lobbying feesLn 11d$0
Professional fundraising feesLn 11e$0
Investment management feesLn 11f$0
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$0
Advertising and promotionLn 12$23K$23K
Office expensesLn 13$20K$20K
Information technologyLn 14$84K$84K
RoyaltiesLn 15$0
OccupancyLn 16$976K$976K
TravelLn 17$37K$37K
Travel and entertainment for public officialsLn 18$0
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$14K$14K
InterestLn 20$711$711
Payments to affiliatesLn 21$0
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$614K$614K
InsuranceLn 23$71K$71K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$1.2M$1.2M
All other expensesLn 24e$477K$477K
Total functional expensesLn 25$6.3M$6.3M$0$0

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest Viewing $5.8M$6.3M−$545K$6.1M 990 PDF
FY2024 $5.7M$5.8M−$61K$6.8M 990 PDF
FY2023 $5.7M$5.3M$407K$6.8M 990 PDF
FY2022 $5.3M$5.1M$259K$6.4M 990 PDF
FY2021 $5.1M$4.4M$615K$6.1M 990 PDF
FY2020 $4.9M$4.3M$550K$5.9M 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 O · Explanations
See the full FY2025 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $5,762,307 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $5,166,414$5,193,768
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $50,892$71,083
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $90,813$64,229
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $408,135$433,227
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $5,716,254$5,762,307
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paid$0
I-14 Benefits paid to members$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $2,588,408$2,820,780
I-16a Professional fundraising fees$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $3,189,116$3,486,165
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $5,777,524$6,306,945
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year −$61,270−$544,638
Part VI · Governance 6 of 6 board members independent, 4 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body6
VI-1b Independent voting members6
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 $5,762,307 across 9 lines filed
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$5,193,768
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$5,193,768
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $71,083$71,083
VIII-3 Investment incomeRelated to mission $64,229$64,229
VIII-5 Royalties$0
VIII-6 Net rental income or loss$0
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assets$0
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising events$433,227
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $135,312$5,762,307
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $6,306,945 across 31 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizations$0
IX-2 Grants to domestic individuals$0
IX-3 Grants and assistance to foreign recipients$0
IX-4 Benefits paid to or for members$0
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $132,988$132,988
IX-6 Pay of disqualified persons$0
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $1,861,296$1,861,296
IX-8 Pension plan contributions$0
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $669,976$669,976
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $156,520$156,520
IX-11a Management fees$0
IX-11b Legal feesPrograms $11,488$11,488
IX-11c Accounting feesPrograms $4,028$4,028
IX-11d Lobbying fees$0
IX-11f Investment management fees$0
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $23,127$23,127
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $19,545$19,545
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $84,180$84,180
IX-15 Royalties$0
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $975,835$975,835
IX-17 TravelPrograms $36,545$36,545
IX-18 Travel and entertainment for public officials$0
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $14,307$14,307
IX-20 InterestPrograms $711$711
IX-21 Payments to affiliates$0
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $613,864$613,864
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $71,310$71,310
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $1,153,998$1,153,998
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $477,227$477,227
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $6,306,945 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$6,306,945
Part X · Balance sheet $6,404,579 assets, 19 lines filed
Asset lines not itemized here account for $52,364; see the IRS return.
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $573,646$542,733
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $1,634,635$1,696,774
X-3 Pledges and grants receivable$0
X-4 Accounts receivable$0
X-8 Inventories for sale or use$0
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred charges$0
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $3,318,093$2,944,998
X-11 Publicly traded securities$0
X-12 Other securities$0
X-13 Program-related investments$0
X-14 Intangible assetsStart of year $1,374,839$1,163,553
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $4,157$4,157
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $6,966,048$6,404,579
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $199,478$282,647
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $199,478$282,647
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $6,601,570$5,956,932
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $165,000$165,000
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $6,766,570$6,121,932
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $6,966,048$6,404,579
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $6,121,932 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$5,762,307
XI-2 Total expenses$6,306,945
XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$544,638
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$6,766,570
XI-8 Prior period adjustments−$100,000
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$6,121,932

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