El Centro De Amistad INC

Tax-deductible

Canoga Park, CA501(c)(3)Since 1980EIN 95-3498639Revenue $11.5M in FY2025

On file with the IRSecda.org7038 Owensmouth Avenue, 91303-3198 · Canoga Park, CATax-exempt since Apr 1985Publicly supported charity — 170(b)(1)(A)(vi)

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El Centro utilizes a multi-disciplinary treatment approach to provide outpatient, school-linked and field-based individual, group and family therapy, case management, rehabilitation services, medication support, evidence-based practices, and family assessment and preservation services.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
80¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 18 volunteers and 98 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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FY2025 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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IRS status
501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
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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
6 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $1.2M a year · 14% of revenue · last 6 filings
Looks good: a surplus in 6 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
80%
of spending
Looks good: 80% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$541K
to officers and key staff · 6% of spending
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 6% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
Cash reserves
7 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 6.9 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
1
named funder · $15K
Fine: 1 funder names it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$1.9M
17% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 17% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
8
of 8 voting members
Looks good: 8 of 8 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$11.5M
-2% vs prior year
Spent
$9.7M
To programs
80%
Net assets
$9.0M
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$11.5M
FY2025▼ -2%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$6.0M
FY2021$7.2M
FY2022$6.8M
FY2023$8.3M
FY2024$11.7M
FY2025$11.5M
Expenses
$9.7M
FY2025▲ +16%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$6.0M
FY2021$6.3M
FY2022$6.5M
FY2023$7.4M
FY2024$8.4M
FY2025$9.7M
Net assets
$9.0M
FY2025▲ +23%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$1.7M
FY2021$2.5M
FY2022$2.8M
FY2023$3.7M
FY2024$7.3M
FY2025$9.0M

From the FY2025 Form 990 (year ending June 2025) · 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 Apr 1985.

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% · $7.8M Management & general 18% · $1.7M Fundraising 2% · $171K

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

12 people listed on the 990; $541K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation · most recent filed roster (FY2024); the FY2025 filing did not itemize Part VII
Executive Dir.
$169,344Pt VII · Sec A
Associate Dir.
$142,441Pt VII · Sec A
Dir. of Operations
$122,209Pt VII · Sec A
Program Director
$106,776Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Sergeantatarms
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 6 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Luis Cervantes$169,344$157,571$163,233$103,088——
Tamika Farr————$157,571$168,227
Tania Del Gatto$142,441—————
Tania Fallert—$141,431$138,750———
Sara Pineda$122,209$108,387$104,846———
Irma Angie Sanchez$106,776$106,514$101,634———

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 therapy, case management, and support for families and individuals.

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3 programs · $6.7M · in their own filed words · FY2024
01

Mental Health Consultation & Education provides ongoing mental health services to adults (18-64) who are chronically mentally ill. Services may include individual, family and group therapy, case management, rehabilitation and medication support.

$4.7Mprogram expense
02

Family Resource Center (fsc)

The FSC will provide a continuum of services focused on addressing the urgent needs of families, empowering families to obtain greater financial security, fostering opportunities for improved academic achievement, and building community wealth.

$1.2Mprogram expense
03

Child Welfare Services

Infant & Early Childhood Mental Health provides evidence-based mental health services to infants and children between the ages 0-12 years of age. The goal is to improve and enhance mental health, and social and emotional development of infants and children who are at significant risk and particularly those who have experienced trauma.

$872Kprogram 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
Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$15K

By the numbers

The FY2025 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$11.5M
Ln 12
Fees for servicesLn 2g$11.0M
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$261K
Investment incomeLn 3$155K
Money outPt IX
$9.7M
Ln 25
Programscol B$7.8M
Managementcol C$1.7M
Fundraisingcol D$171K
Owns and owesPt X
$9.0M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$5.6M
Total assetsLn 16$10.8M
LiabilitiesLn 26$1.9M
PeoplePt VI, VII
12
listed · VII A
PaidVII A4
Voting boardVI 1a8
IndependentVI 1b8
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$261K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$11.0M
Investment incomeLn 3$155K
Other incomeLn 4–11$31K
Gains on assetsLn 7$0
Total revenueLn 12$11.5M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$239K
SavingsLn 2$5.4M
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$5.6M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$0
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$1.4M
Other assetsLn 15$1.0M
Total assetsLn 16$10.8M
LiabilitiesLn 26$1.9M
Net assetsLn 32$9.0M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 598
VolunteersI 618
Fiscal year endsHeaderJune
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 FY25End FY25
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$3.2M$5.6M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$0
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$1.4M$1.4M
Total assetsLn 16$9.1M$10.8M
LiabilitiesLn 26$1.8M$1.9M
Net assetsLn 32$7.3M$9.0M
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$191K$191K
Pay of disqualified personsLn 6$0
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$6.2M$5.1M$1.1M
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$94K$86K$9K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$574K$496K$77K
Payroll taxesLn 10$488K$420K$68K
Management feesLn 11a$0
Legal feesLn 11b$12K$12K
Accounting feesLn 11c$64K$36K$28K
Lobbying feesLn 11d$0
Professional fundraising feesLn 11e$0
Investment management feesLn 11f$0
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$0
Advertising and promotionLn 12$5K$5K
Office expensesLn 13$0
Information technologyLn 14$0
RoyaltiesLn 15$0
OccupancyLn 16$117K$117K
TravelLn 17$0
Travel and entertainment for public officialsLn 18$0
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$0
InterestLn 20$29K$29K
Payments to affiliatesLn 21$0
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$0
InsuranceLn 23$153K$132K$20K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$1.0M$874K$169K
All other expensesLn 24e$743K$544K$28K$171K
Total functional expensesLn 25$9.7M$7.8M$1.7M$171K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest Viewing $11.5M$9.7M$1.7M$9.0M 990 PDF
FY2024 $11.7M$8.4M$3.3M$7.3M 990 PDF
FY2023 $8.3M$7.4M$859K$3.7M 990 PDF
FY2022 $6.8M$6.5M$246K$2.8M 990 PDF
FY2021 $7.2M$6.3M$905K$2.5M 990 PDF
FY2020 $6.0M$6.0M$51K$1.7M 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs I · Grants R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons A · Public support F · Foreign M · Noncash
See the full FY2025 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $11,472,169 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $1,502,443$261,438
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $9,505,127$11,024,418
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $56,300$154,825
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $622,462$31,488
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $11,686,332$11,472,169
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paid$0
I-14 Benefits paid to members$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $6,583,753$7,558,699
I-16a Professional fundraising fees$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $1,788,772$2,164,661
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $8,372,525$9,723,360
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $3,313,807$1,748,809
Part VI · Governance 8 of 8 board members independent, no flags
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body8
VI-1b Independent voting members8
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 $11,472,169 across 10 lines filed
Lines not itemized here account for $34,330 of total revenue; see the IRS return.
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$261,438
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$261,438
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $10,990,088$10,990,088
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $154,825$154,825
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$0
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Related to mission $31,488$31,488
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $11,055,906 · Excluded from tax $154,825$11,472,169
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $9,723,360 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 staffManagement $190,678$190,678
IX-6 Pay of disqualified persons$0
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $5,061,829 · Management $1,149,860$6,211,689
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $85,808 · Management $8,684$94,492
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $496,403 · Management $77,453$573,856
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $420,162 · Management $67,822$487,984
IX-11a Management fees$0
IX-11b Legal feesPrograms $12,214$12,214
IX-11c Accounting feesPrograms $35,846 · Management $28,000$63,846
IX-11d Lobbying fees$0
IX-11e Professional fundraising fees$0
IX-11f Investment management fees$0
IX-11g Other fees for services$0
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $4,589$4,589
IX-13 Office expenses$0
IX-14 Information technology$0
IX-15 Royalties$0
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $117,018$117,018
IX-17 Travel$0
IX-18 Travel and entertainment for public officials$0
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetings$0
IX-20 InterestPrograms $28,804$28,804
IX-21 Payments to affiliates$0
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortization$0
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $132,494 · Management $20,361$152,855
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $874,222 · Management $168,585$1,042,807
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $543,524 · Management $27,845 · Fundraising $171,159$742,528
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $7,812,913 · Management $1,739,288 · Fundraising $171,159$9,723,360
Part X · Balance sheet $10,846,311 assets, 20 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $496,398$238,932
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $2,753,339$5,359,967
X-3 Pledges and grants receivable$0
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $3,042,195$2,507,303
X-8 Inventories for sale or use$0
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $225,825$356,797
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $1,444,360$1,382,306
X-11 Publicly traded securities$0
X-12 Other securities$0
X-13 Program-related investments$0
X-14 Intangible assets$0
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $1,122,434$1,001,006
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $9,084,551$10,846,311
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $117,251$265,793
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $1,095,047$1,066,872
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $1,775,751$1,868,597
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $6,298,121$7,977,714
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $1,010,679$1,000,000
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $7,308,800$8,977,714
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $9,084,551$10,846,311
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $8,977,714 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$11,472,169
XI-2 Total expenses$9,723,360
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$1,748,809
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$7,308,800
XI-8 Prior period adjustments−$60,500
XI-9 Other changes in net assets−$19,395
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$8,977,714

Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2025 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

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