Cesar Chavez Foundation

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Provide charitable and educational services and activities to low income citizens, including farm workers and other agricultural laborers in the united states.

Form 990 Part I, line 1, FY2024. The organization’s own words, as filed with the IRS. Find it at the IRS (EIN 95-2466747) · Dispute this line
501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
80¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$1.7M 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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FY2024 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
Download 990
IRS status
501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
Listed by the IRS and not on the revocation list.
IRS BMF · Auto-Revocation List
Tax-deductible gifts
Yes
Donations are tax-deductible
The IRS lists gifts to it as deductible.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS BMF
Latest return
FY2024
latest Form 990
The latest return is for FY2024, 2 tax years back.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
5 of 5
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $16.8M a year · 37% of revenue · last 5 filings
A surplus in 5 of the last 5 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 5 filings
Spent on programs
80%
of spending
80% of spending went to programs.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$1.7M
to officers and key staff · 6% of spending
Pay to officers and key staff is 6% of spending.
Part VII, Section A
Named funders
1
named funder · $20K
1 funder names it on their filings.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$46.0M
18% of total assets
Liabilities are 18% of assets.
Pt X · Ln 26
Revenue
$40.5M
-0.6% vs prior year
Spent
$27.8M
To programs
80%
Net assets
$214.3M
By yearFY2020–FY2024
Revenue
$40.5M
FY2024▼ -0.6%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$50.6M
FY2021$52.0M
FY2022$40.2M
FY2023$40.8M
FY2024$40.5M
Expenses
$27.8M
FY2024▼ -1%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$37.3M
FY2021$22.5M
FY2022$24.4M
FY2023$28.2M
FY2024$27.8M
Net assets
$214.3M
FY2024▲ +8%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$149.3M
FY2021$178.8M
FY2022$187.1M
FY2023$199.3M
FY2024$214.3M

From the FY2024 Form 990 · figures checked against the IRS filing · see the original

Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2024. IRS ruling in Apr 1967.

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

Where the money goes

80 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 80% · $22.4M Management & general 20% · $5.4M

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

15 people listed on the 990; $1.7M paid to officers and key staff (Part VII, Section A).

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation · most recent filed roster (FY2023); the FY2024 filing did not itemize Part VII
$345,416Pt VII · Sec A
Dir. of Proj
$247,254Pt VII · Sec A
$246,627Pt VII · Sec A
Dir. of Cons
$241,657Pt VII · Sec A
President
$231,936Pt VII · Sec A
$220,663Pt VII · Sec A
Secretary
$173,358Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 8 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Alfredo R Izmajtovich$345,416$562,539$355,759$369,307
Welton Smith—$285,497$247,606$247,073
George Lopez$247,254$214,658$207,724—
Manuel Bernal$246,627$179,190$179,190$119,200
Richard K Rollins$241,657$234,354$207,200$200,634
Paul F Chavez$231,936$189,028$180,567$197,005
Kari Braun$220,663$202,419——
Celia Alvarado—$208,532$201,516$201,508

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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Programs and updates

Offers charitable and educational services to low-income citizens, including farmworkers.

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1 program · $19.8M · in their own filed words · FY2023
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Provide low-income housing to people throughout the western united states at numerous locations, continued development of low-income housing projects, and provided educational radio broadcasting in the same areas. The foundation aalso provides educational and after school tutoring programs.

Form 990 Part III, line 4, FY2023. The organization’s own words, as filed with the IRS. Find it at the IRS (EIN 95-2466747) · Dispute this line
$19.8Mprogram expense

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 · FY2024
Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$20K
Grants paid · 1 grant · $48K · 2020–2020
National Chavez CenterCA · FY2020$47,900

Federal money

Single Audit · Federal Audit Clearinghouse · money spent from federal programs
Year ending Dec 2017 · $1.0M federal money spent
Community Development Block Grants/Entitlement GrantsDepartment of Housing and Urban Development · ALN 14.218 · Direct$1.0M

The auditor reported no findings.

Year ending Dec 2016 · $1.0M federal money spent
Community Development Block Grants/Entitlement GrantsDepartment of Housing and Urban Development · ALN 14.218 · Direct$1.0M

The auditor reported no findings.

By the numbers

The FY2024 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$40.5M
Ln 12
Other incomeLn 4–11$37.1M
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$3.4M
Money outPt IX
$27.8M
Ln 25
Programscol B$22.4M
Managementcol C$5.4M
Owns and owesPt X
$214.3M
net assets · Ln 32
Total assetsLn 16$260.3M
LiabilitiesLn 26$46.0M
PeoplePt VI, VII
15
listed · VII A
PaidVII A7
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$3.4M
Other incomeLn 4–11$37.1M
Total revenueLn 12$40.5M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
Total assetsLn 16$260.3M
LiabilitiesLn 26$46.0M
Net assetsLn 32$214.3M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 5359
Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2024 Latest ViewingFiled with the IRS Nov 16, 2025 $40.5M$27.8M$12.7M$214.3M 990 PDF
FY2023Filed with the IRS Nov 14, 2024 $40.8M$28.2M$12.6M$199.3M 990 PDF
FY2022Filed with the IRS Nov 15, 2023 $40.2M$24.4M$15.8M$187.1M 990 PDF
FY2021Filed with the IRS Nov 9, 2022 $52.0M$22.5M$29.6M$178.8M 990 PDF
FY2020Filed with the IRS Nov 3, 2021 $50.6M$37.3M$13.2M$149.3M 990 PDF

Schedules filed Part IV

A · Public support O · Explanations

Form 990 e-file FY2024 from the IRS (about our sources) · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

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