We believe young Latinos will transform Texas through the power of their vote. We are harnessing the brilliance of our community and culture to build a generation of leaders that matches the urgency of our time.

501(c)(4) social-welfare organization; gifts are not tax-deductible as charitable contributions.
64¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 26 volunteers and 59 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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FY2024 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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IRS status
501(c)(4)
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
No
Donations are not tax-deductible
Worth a look: the IRS does not list gifts to it as deductible.
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
2 of 5
filings with a surplus
Average deficit $56K a year · 6% of revenue · last 5 filings
Concern: a surplus in 2 of the last 5 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 5 filings
Spent on programs
64%
of spending
Worth a look: 64% of spending went to programs; under 65%.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$128K
to officers and key staff · 27% of spending
Worth a look: pay to officers and key staff is 27% of spending; over 20%.
Pt VII · Sec A
10 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 9.9 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
7
named funders · $748K
Looks good: 7 funders name it on their filings; 3 or more.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$211K
32% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 32% 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
$592K
+0.2% vs prior year
Spent
$478K
To programs
64%
Net assets
$458K
By yearFY2020–FY2024
Revenue
$592K
FY2024+0.2%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$1.4M
FY2021$1.0M
FY2022$839K
FY2023$591K
FY2024$592K
Expenses
$478K
FY2024▼ -37%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$1.2M
FY2021$1.2M
FY2022$1.1M
FY2023$755K
FY2024$478K
Net assets
$458K
FY2024▲ +33%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$951K
FY2021$775K
FY2022$509K
FY2023$344K
FY2024$458K

From the FY2024 Form 990 · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2024. IRS ruling in Sep 2017.

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

Where the money goes

64 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 64% · $306K Management & general 18% · $86K Fundraising 18% · $86K

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

7 people listed on the 990; $128K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
Deputy Director
$128,396Pt VII · Sec A
Board Vice Chair
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Chair
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Secretary
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Jacqueline Bastard’s $128K as Deputy Director is at the 95th percentile of top reported officer pay among 2168 $100K–1M 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 · 5 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Diana Maldonado—$187,155$53,548——
Jacqueline Bastard$128,396————
Antonio Arellano————$97,186
Gloria Gonzalez-Dholakia———$79,855—
Gloria Gonzalez-Dhoakia——$75,058——

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

Empowering young Latinos to vote and lead, transforming Texas through community and culture.

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1 program · $258K · in their own filed words · FY2024
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Organizing

The organizing program builds the capacity of grassroots leaders, who are majority young and female, to drive policy change in their communities and mobilize others to action. To that end, Jolt Action supports its members to exercise power through three programmatic areas: Leadership Development, Student and Community Organizing, and…

$258Kprogram 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
Jolt InitiativeFY2024$400K
Tides AdvocacyFY2024$100K
Texas for AllFY2024$10K
Total grants receivedfrom 7 funders$748K
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By the numbers

The FY2024 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$592K
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$591K
Other incomeLn 4–11$334
Investment incomeLn 3$242
Money outPt IX
$478K
Ln 25
Programscol B$306K
Managementcol C$86K
Fundraisingcol D$86K
Owns and owesPt X
$458K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$395K
Total assetsLn 16$669K
LiabilitiesLn 26$211K
PeoplePt VI, VII
7
listed · VII A
PaidVII A1
Voting boardVI 1a6
IndependentVI 1b6
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$591K
Investment incomeLn 3$242
Other incomeLn 4–11$334
Gains on assetsLn 7$0
Total revenueLn 12$592K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$247K
SavingsLn 2$147K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$395K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$0
Other assetsLn 15$124K
Total assetsLn 16$669K
LiabilitiesLn 26$211K
Net assetsLn 32$458K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 559
VolunteersI 626
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
LineStart FY24End FY24
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$304K$395K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$0$0
Total assetsLn 16$677K$669K
LiabilitiesLn 26$333K$211K
Net assetsLn 32$344K$458K
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$139K$89K$25K$25K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$62K$40K$11K$11K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$763$488$137$138
Other employee benefitsLn 9$13K$8K$2K$2K
Payroll taxesLn 10$32K$20K$6K$6K
Legal feesLn 11b$6K$4K$1K$1K
Accounting feesLn 11c$26K$17K$5K$5K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$17K$11K$3K$3K
Office expensesLn 13$71K$45K$13K$13K
OccupancyLn 16$24K$15K$4K$4K
TravelLn 17$8K$5K$2K$2K
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$0
InsuranceLn 23$3K$2K$620$620
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$76K$48K$14K$14K
All other expensesLn 24e$0$0$0$0
Total functional expensesLn 25$478K$306K$86K$86K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2024 Latest Viewing $592K$478K$114K$458K 990 PDF
FY2023 $591K$755K−$165K$344K 990 PDF
FY2022 $839K$1.1M−$266K$509K 990 PDF
FY2021 $1.0M$1.2M−$176K$775K 990 PDF
FY2020 $1.4M$1.2M$211K$951K 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 FY2024 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $591,932 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $589,505$591,356
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $0$0
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $595$242
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $569$334
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $590,669$591,932
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $0$0
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $482,196$246,434
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $273,234$231,701
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $755,430$478,135
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year −$164,761$113,797
Part VI · Governance 6 of 6 board members independent, no flags
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body6
VI-1b Independent voting members6
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 $591,932 across 7 lines filed
Lines not itemized here account for $334 of total revenue; see the IRS return.
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$591,356
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$591,356
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $242$242
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$0
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $576$591,932
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $478,135 across 15 lines filed
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $89,146 · Management $25,073 · Fundraising $25,072$139,291
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $39,560 · Management $11,127 · Fundraising $11,128$61,815
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $488 · Management $137 · Fundraising $138$763
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $8,249 · Management $2,321 · Fundraising $2,321$12,891
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $20,270 · Management $5,702 · Fundraising $5,702$31,674
IX-11b Legal feesPrograms $4,033 · Management $1,134 · Fundraising $1,134$6,301
IX-11c Accounting feesPrograms $16,747 · Management $4,710 · Fundraising $4,710$26,167
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $10,839 · Management $3,049 · Fundraising $3,048$16,936
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $45,369 · Management $12,758 · Fundraising $12,758$70,885
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $15,285 · Management $4,298 · Fundraising $4,298$23,881
IX-17 TravelPrograms $5,346 · Management $1,503 · Fundraising $1,503$8,352
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortization$0
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $2,203 · Management $620 · Fundraising $620$3,443
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $48,472 · Management $13,632 · Fundraising $13,632$75,736
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $306,007 · Management $86,064 · Fundraising $86,064$478,135
Part X · Balance sheet $669,487 assets, 13 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $303,738$247,289
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $0$147,238
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $151,947$136,165
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $18,652$15,275
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $0$0
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $202,624$123,520
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $676,961$669,487
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $98,105$59,360
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $234,524$151,998
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $332,629$211,358
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $344,332$458,129
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $344,332$458,129
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $676,961$669,487
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $458,129 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$591,932
XI-2 Total expenses$478,135
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$113,797
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$344,332
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$458,129

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