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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by FOUNDATION ESCALERA INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,133,079
Total expenses
$1,495,712
Contributions and grants received
$1,048,621
Grants paid
$932,100
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$62,358
Other revenue
$22,100
Total assets, end of year
$2,412,939
Total liabilities, end of year
$0
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$2,412,939
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,395,214
Management and general expenses
$53,788
Fundraising expenses
$46,710
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,395,214

Program services were 93.3% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $1,048,621

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $8,100

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $45,219 · related or exempt $45,219

  • 6a · Gross rents

    real property $49,413

  • 6b · Less rental expenses

    real property $27,313

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $22,100

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $22,100 · related or exempt $22,100

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    other assets $17,139

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    other assets $17,139

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $17,139 · related or exempt $17,139

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $932,100 · program services $932,100

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $240,559 · program services $189,237 · management and general $14,332 · fundraising $36,990

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $59,996 · program services $56,257 · fundraising $3,739

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $41,097 · program services $35,621 · fundraising $5,476

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $844 · program services $834 · management and general $10

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $1,894 · program services $1,894

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $14,728 · program services $14,728

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $82,351 · program services $65,345 · management and general $16,526 · fundraising $480

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $8,100 · program services $8,100

  • 17 · Travel

    total $33,940 · program services $33,940

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $8,273 · program services $8,273

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $381 · program services $381

  • 24a · Other expenses: SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION

    total $29,816 · program services $29,816

  • 24b · Other expenses: CURRENCY (GAIN) LOSS

    total $22,920 · management and general $22,920

  • 24c · Other expenses: MEALS

    total $18,713 · program services $18,688 · fundraising $25

  • 24d · Other expenses: PROGRAM COST POOL ALLOC

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $298,054 · end of year $208,205

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $556,874

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $220,591

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $314,684 · end of year $336,283

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $2,028,968 · end of year $1,868,451

  • 18 · Grants payable

    beginning of year $2,838,796

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year -$197,090 · end of year $2,412,939

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

WE EXIST TO UNLOCK ACCESS TO ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY FOR MARGINALIZED YOUTH IN CHIAPAS AND OAXACA THROUGH EVIDENCE-BASED EDUCATIONAL POLICIES AND PROGRAMS. WE ENVISION A WORLD WHERE ALL YOUTH IN EXTREME POVERTY HAVE ACCESS TO QUALITY EDUCATION. IT IS A WORLD WHERE PROOF DRIVES POLICY: WHERE TRIAL-TESTED INNOVATIONS BECOME PUBLIC POLICY SOLUTIONS. THROUGH COORDINATION BETWEEN GOVERNMENT, NONPROFITS AND EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS, ALL YOUTH IN EXTREME POVERTY LEAVE SCHOOL WITH THE TOOLS THEY NEED TO SUCCEED IN THE WORLD, IMPROVING LIFE FOR THEMSELVES, THEIR FAMILIES, AND THEIR COMMUNITIES, RESULTING IN GREATER ECONOMIC INDEPENDENCE, DELAY IN EARLY MARRIAGE AND CHILDBEARING, HEALTHIER CHILDREN AND GREATER GENDER EQUALITY IN THIS GENERATION AND THE NEXT.

Activities or mission (Part I)

WE EXIST TO UNLOCK ACCESS TO ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY FOR MARGINALIZED YOUTH IN CHIAPAS AND OAXACA THROUGH EVIDENCE-BASED EDUCATIONAL POLICIES AND PROGRAMS

  • REACH SENDS NINTH-GRADE STUDENTS TO HIGH SCHOOL WHO OTHERWISE WOULD NOT GO. IN RURAL CHIAPAS, LESS THAN HALF OF MIDDLE SCHOOL GRADUATES CONTINUE THEIR EDUCATION. REACH AIMS TO END THIS PROBLEM BY GIVING SMALL, WELL-TIMED SCHOLARSHIPS THAT HELP STUDENTS COVER THEIR HIGH SCHOOL ENTRANCE EXAM FEES AND COSTS OF SUPPLIES AND UNIFORMS IN SMALL INSTALLMENTS EVERY SEMESTER THEY REMAIN IN SCHOOL.

    Expenses $1,018,061 · Grants $894,298

  • EMPRENDE. ESCALERA SEEKS TO IMPROVE LIVES THROUGH EDUCATION IN INNOVATIVE, COST-EFFECTIVE WAYS. EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES IN CHIAPAS ARE SCARCE AND EVEN A GOOD EDUCATION DOES NOT GUARANTEE A JOB. INSTEAD, MANY STUDENTS WILL NEED TO CREATE THEIR OWN ENTERPRISES TO GENERATE INCOME. WE ARE USING A BEST-PRACTICE CURRICULUM FOR TEACHING THESE SKILLS TO HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS.

    Expenses $249,313 · Grants $37,802

  • SCHOOL BUILDING. ESCALERA BELIEVES THAT A SAFE AND DIGNIFIED SPACE IS ESSENTIAL FOR KIDS TO LEARN AND THRIVE. LAST YEAR, WE BUILT A SCHOOL IN THE VILLAGE OF NUEVO POBLADO NARANJA SECA, TENEJAPA, WITH THE SUPPORT OF THE YOUNG LIVING FOUNDATION AND THEIR VOLUNTEERS.

    Expenses $127,840

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Myriam Hernandez

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $24,995
    From this org
    $24,995
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    25

  • Bryson D Garbett

    BOARD PRESID

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

  • Jan Garbett

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Cody Larkin

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Pilar Garcia Quintana

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Patricia Velasco

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Related organizations on this return

Schedule R Part II: tax-exempt organizations related to the filer by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
12 May 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202501349349305680

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