Prosperity Lab serves micro-enterprises, small businesses, organic business, students, low income residents, and guidance on enterpreneurship in santa clara & san mateo county

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
63¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$190K 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 4
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $140K a year · 23% of revenue · last 4 filings
Fine: a surplus in 3 of the last 4 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 4 filings
Spent on programs
63%
of spending
Worth a look: 63% of spending went to programs; under 65%.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$190K
to officers and key staff · 34% of spending
Concern: pay to officers and key staff is 34% of spending; over 30%.
Pt VII · Sec A
Named funders
3
named funders · $173K
Looks good: 3 funders name it on their filings; 3 or more.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$0
total owed
No data yet: the filing does not give total assets.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
3
of 5 voting members
Looks good: 3 of 5 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$760K
+19% vs prior year
Spent
$551K
To programs
63%
Net assets
$0
By yearFY2020–FY2024
Revenue
$760K
FY2023▲ +19%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$150K
FY2021$293K
FY2022$641K
FY2023$760K
FY2024$754K
Expenses
$551K
FY2023▲ +30%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020Not on file
FY2021$320K
FY2022$424K
FY2023$551K
FY2024$592K
Net assets
$0
FY2023
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$88K
FY2021$24K
FY2022$0
FY2023$0
FY2024$161K

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 Jun 2020.

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

Where the money goes

63 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 63% · $349K Management & general 36% · $197K Fundraising 1% · $5K

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

21 people listed on the 990; $190K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
Executive Director
$100,540Pt VII · Sec A
$46,825Pt VII · Sec A
$27,997Pt VII · Sec A
$14,297Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Miriam M Hernandez’s $89K as President is at the 65th percentile of top reported officer pay among 1709 $100K–1M 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

NameFY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Miriam M Hernandez$89,438$100,540$65,475$15,400$5,600
Alicia Hernandez$50,319$46,825$24,850$5,298—
Brianna Ricardez$25,961$27,997$34,238$15,661—
Loren Cruz Sandoval$15,809————
Brandon R Jordan—$14,297———
Jaimes Meiko———$11,438—
Mirima M Hernandez———$5,600—
Luis Leal————$3,000

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 15aNo

Programs and updates

Empowers micro-enterprises and small businesses with entrepreneurship guidance in Santa Clara and San Mateo Counties.

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3 programs · $349K · in their own filed words · FY2023
01

Provided human resources business skills training, mentoring and shared resources to remedy HR compliance issues to over 500 unique business. Served food service industry businesses in HR Training, provided operation certification trainings and mentoring to avoid labor violations and unique food service businesses in Santa Clara County

$267Kprogram expense
02

Our Digigal Equity Lab provided digital tools training to help develop a web presence to over 122 women-owned businesses in California's central valley and developed and launched 41 new websites. We provided resources and information on digitizing your business to ver 352 businesses.

$50Kprogram expense
03

Provided small mini grants to cohort programs participants raging between $500 to $1000 to be utilized towards their business programs

$32Kprogram expense

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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
Total grants receivedfrom 3 funders$173K
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By the numbers

The FY2023 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$760K
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$730K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$29K
Money outPt IX
$551K
Ln 25
Programscol B$349K
Managementcol C$197K
Fundraisingcol D$5K
Owns and owesPt X
$0
net assets · Ln 32
Total assetsLn 16$0
LiabilitiesLn 26$0
PeoplePt VI, VII
21
listed · VII A
PaidVII A4
Voting boardVI 1a5
IndependentVI 1b3
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$730K
Government grantsLn 1e$56K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$29K
Total revenueLn 12$760K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
Total assetsLn 16$0
LiabilitiesLn 26$0
Net assetsLn 32$0
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
LineStart FY23End FY23
Total assetsLn 16$0$0
LiabilitiesLn 26$0$0
Net assetsLn 32$0$0
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$32K$32K
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$101K$10K$86K$5K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$89K$0$89K$0
Payroll taxesLn 10$8K$0$8K$0
Management feesLn 11a$233K$233K$0$0
Legal feesLn 11b$8K$300$7K$0
Accounting feesLn 11c$29K$25K$4K$0
Advertising and promotionLn 12$4K$4K$0$0
Office expensesLn 13$4K$153$4K$0
OccupancyLn 16$37K$37K$0$0
TravelLn 17$970$970$0$0
Travel and entertainment for public officialsLn 18$2K$2K$0$0
InsuranceLn 23$3K$3K$0$0
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$800$800$0$0
All other expensesLn 24e$94$94$0$0
Total functional expensesLn 25$551K$349K$197K$5K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2024 Latest $754K$592K$161K$161K 990 PDF
FY2023 Viewing $760K$551K$208K$0 990 PDF
FY2022 $641K$424K$217K$0 990 PDF
FY2021 $293K$320K−$27K$24K 990 PDF
FY2020 $150K$88K 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 FY2023 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $759,710 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $237,952$730,245
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $402,882$29,465
I-10 Investment income$0
I-11 Other revenue$0
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $640,834$759,710
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $2,100$32,075
I-14 Benefits paid to members$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $345,802$197,296
I-16a Professional fundraising fees$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $75,733$322,027
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $423,635$551,398
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $217,199$208,312
Part VI · Governance 3 of 5 board members independent, 1 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body5
VI-1b Independent voting members3
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payNo
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
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $759,710 across 6 lines filed
Lines not itemized here account for $29,465 of total revenue; see the IRS return.
VIII-1b Membership dues−$489
VIII-1d Related organizations−$1,000
VIII-1e Government grants$55,500
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$676,234
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$730,245
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $15,000 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $14,465$759,710
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $551,398 across 15 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizationsPrograms $32,075$32,075
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $10,000 · Management $85,540 · Fundraising $5,000$100,540
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $0 · Management $89,119 · Fundraising $0$89,119
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $0 · Management $7,637 · Fundraising $0$7,637
IX-11a Management feesPrograms $233,239 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$233,239
IX-11b Legal feesPrograms $300 · Management $7,349 · Fundraising $0$7,649
IX-11c Accounting feesPrograms $25,103 · Management $3,636 · Fundraising $0$28,739
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $4,439 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$4,439
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $153 · Management $3,783 · Fundraising $0$3,936
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $37,430 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$37,430
IX-17 TravelPrograms $970 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$970
IX-18 Travel and entertainment for public officialsPrograms $1,542 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$1,542
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $3,189 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$3,189
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $800 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$800
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $94 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$94
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $349,334 · Management $197,064 · Fundraising $5,000$551,398
Part X · Balance sheet $0 assets, 4 lines filed
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $0$0
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $0$0
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $0$0
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $0$0
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $0 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$759,710
XI-2 Total expenses$551,398
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$208,312
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$0

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