La Cocina seeks to dismantle systems of oppression and co-create paths to liberation by providing full access to traditional and non traditional forms of mental health and health equity support services.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
69¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$174K 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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FY2023 · 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
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
3 of 5
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $144K a year · 9% of revenue · last 5 filings
Worth a look: a surplus in 3 of the last 5 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 5 filings
Spent on programs
69%
of spending
Fine: 69% of spending went to programs; 65% to 75%.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$174K
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
8 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 8.4 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
1
named funder · $537K
Fine: 1 funder names it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$0
0% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 0% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
3
of 3 voting members
Looks good: 3 of 3 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$2.0M
+7% vs prior year
Spent
$1.6M
To programs
69%
Net assets
$1.3M
By yearFY2020–FY2024
Revenue
$2.0M
FY2023▲ +7%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$689K
FY2021$1.9M
FY2022$1.9M
FY2023$2.0M
FY2024$1.5M
Expenses
$1.6M
FY2023▼ -16%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$616K
FY2021$1.2M
FY2022$1.9M
FY2023$1.6M
FY2024$1.8M
Net assets
$1.3M
FY2023▲ +45%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$374K
FY2021$923K
FY2022$881K
FY2023$1.3M
FY2024$653K

From the FY2023 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: FY2024. IRS ruling in Aug 2019.

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Where the money goes

69 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 69% · $1.1M Management & general 28% · $446K Fundraising 4% · $57K

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; $174K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
Chief Executive Officer
$135,250Pt VII · Sec A
Chief Operating Officer (thru 03-2023)
$24,865Pt VII · Sec A
Chief Clinical Officer (thru 01-2023)
$13,673Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member (thru 04/23)
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Secretary
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Janina Farinas’s $150K as Chief Executive Officer,& Founder is at the 66th percentile of top reported officer pay among 1683 $1–10M mental health 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 · 3 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2024FY2023
Janina Farinas$149,711$135,250
Patricia Cupit—$24,865
Gizane Indart—$13,673

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 access to mental health and health equity support services to dismantle oppression and foster liberation.

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3 programs · $490K · in their own filed words · FY2023
01

La red is a hybrid online and in-person national program that trains infancy and early childhood mental health (iecmh) spanish-speaking supervisors in la cocinas librc (liberation-based reflective consultation) team-based consultation specialization.

$253Kprogram expense
02

Mil dias de amor is a clinical program that conducts multilingual neurodevelopmental therapeutic assessments and psychological evaluations with spanish-speaking children who display early signs of developmental disability.

$137Kprogram expense
03

Cultura cura belly (CCB) is a maternal mental health (MMH) clinical program that pairs doula support services with home-based psychotherapy for spanish-speaking birthing parents struggling with mental health diagnosis.

$99Kprogram 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
Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$537K

By the numbers

The FY2023 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$2.0M
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$1.2M
Fees for servicesLn 2g$835K
Investment incomeLn 3$458
Money outPt IX
$1.6M
Ln 25
Programscol B$1.1M
Managementcol C$446K
Fundraisingcol D$57K
Owns and owesPt X
$1.3M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$1.1M
Total assetsLn 16$1.3M
LiabilitiesLn 26$0
PeoplePt VI, VII
7
listed · VII A
PaidVII A3
Voting boardVI 1a3
IndependentVI 1b3
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$1.2M
Fees for servicesLn 2g$835K
Investment incomeLn 3$458
Total revenueLn 12$2.0M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$1.1M
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$1.1M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$24K
Other assetsLn 15$109K
Total assetsLn 16$1.3M
LiabilitiesLn 26$0
Net assetsLn 32$1.3M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 516
VolunteersI 60
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 FY23End FY23
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$855K$1.1M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$20K$24K
Total assetsLn 16$878K$1.3M
LiabilitiesLn 26−$3K$0
Net assetsLn 32$881K$1.3M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$174K$122K$35K$17K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$600K$446K$154K$0
Other employee benefitsLn 9$59K$51K$8K$0
Payroll taxesLn 10$79K$45K$34K$191
Legal feesLn 11b$10K$8K$2K$0
Accounting feesLn 11c$54K$23K$31K$0
Professional fundraising feesLn 11e$4K$4K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$138K$78K$32K$28K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$50K$41K$8K$2K
Office expensesLn 13$22K$8K$14K$41
Information technologyLn 14$17K$4K$13K$83
OccupancyLn 16$132K$66K$66K$0
TravelLn 17$56K$39K$12K$4K
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$8K$1K$7K$321
InsuranceLn 23$7K$3K$4K$0
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$180K$160K$20K$705
All other expensesLn 24e$8K$842$7K$0
Total functional expensesLn 25$1.6M$1.1M$446K$57K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2024 Latest $1.5M$1.8M−$385K$653K 990 PDF
FY2023 Viewing $2.0M$1.6M$400K$1.3M 990 PDF
FY2022 $1.9M$1.9M−$41K$881K 990 PDF
FY2021 $1.9M$1.2M$671K$923K 990 PDF
FY2020 $689K$616K$73K$374K 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
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Part I · Summary $1,999,744 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $1,179,150$1,164,682
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $687,080$834,604
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $420$458
I-11 Other revenue$0
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $1,866,650$1,999,744
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paid$0
I-14 Benefits paid to members$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $1,235,851$912,566
I-16a Professional fundraising fees$4,441
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $671,986$683,042
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $1,907,837$1,600,049
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year −$41,187$399,695
Part VI · Governance 3 of 3 board members independent, no flags
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body3
VI-1b Independent voting members3
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 $1,999,744 across 5 lines filed
Lines not itemized here account for $8,877 of total revenue; see the IRS return.
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$1,164,682
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$1,164,682
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$825,727
VIII-3 Investment incomeUnrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $458$458
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $834,604 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $458$1,999,744
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $1,600,049 across 17 lines filed
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $121,651 · Management $34,758 · Fundraising $17,379$173,788
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $446,118 · Management $154,039 · Fundraising $0$600,157
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $50,950 · Management $8,260 · Fundraising $0$59,210
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $44,881 · Management $34,339 · Fundraising $191$79,411
IX-11b Legal feesPrograms $8,466 · Management $2,000 · Fundraising $0$10,466
IX-11c Accounting feesPrograms $22,919 · Management $30,846 · Fundraising $0$53,765
IX-11e Professional fundraising feesFundraising $4,441$4,441
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $78,395 · Management $31,729 · Fundraising $28,163$138,287
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $40,979 · Management $7,540 · Fundraising $1,961$50,480
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $7,704 · Management $14,471 · Fundraising $41$22,216
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $3,888 · Management $13,087 · Fundraising $83$17,058
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $65,794 · Management $65,793 · Fundraising $0$131,587
IX-17 TravelPrograms $39,439 · Management $11,933 · Fundraising $4,156$55,528
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $1,216 · Management $6,725 · Fundraising $321$8,262
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $3,082 · Management $3,863 · Fundraising $0$6,945
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $160,074 · Management $19,689 · Fundraising $705$180,468
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $842 · Management $7,138 · Fundraising $0$7,980
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $1,096,398 · Management $446,210 · Fundraising $57,441$1,600,049
Part X · Balance sheet $1,281,000 assets, 9 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $855,182$1,116,212
X-4 Accounts receivable$18,948
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred charges$12,818
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $20,434$23,804
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $2,780$109,218
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $878,396$1,281,000
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year −$3,063$0
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $881,459$1,281,000
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $878,396$1,281,000
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $1,281,000 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$1,999,744
XI-2 Total expenses$1,600,049
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$399,695
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$881,459
XI-8 Prior period adjustments−$154
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$1,281,000

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