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← PETRA CARES

Form 990 for tax year 2025

Filed by PETRA CARES.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,139,139
Total expenses
$712,959
Contributions and grants received
$570,781
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$2,921
Other revenue
$565,437
Total assets, end of year
$955,412
Total liabilities, end of year
$9,757
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$945,655
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$564,664
Management and general expenses
$62,005
Fundraising expenses
$86,290
Program service expenses (Part III)
$564,664

Program services were 79.2% 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

    $570,781

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $5,481 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $5,481

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    other assets $0

  • 7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses

    other assets $2,560

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    other assets -$2,560

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total -$2,560 · related or exempt -$2,560 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $830,812

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $265,375

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $565,437 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $565,437

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $269,542 · program services $269,542 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $3,409 · program services $3,409 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $15,509 · program services $15,509 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $21,986 · program services $21,986 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $575 · program services $0 · management and general $575 · fundraising $0

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $25,271 · program services $0 · management and general $25,271 · fundraising $0

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $66,151 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $66,151

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $13,533 · program services $0 · management and general $13,533 · fundraising $0

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $14,088 · program services $0 · management and general $14,088 · fundraising $0

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $6,036 · program services $6,036 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 17 · Travel

    total $9,253 · program services $9,253 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $150 · program services $0 · management and general $150 · fundraising $0

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $17,742 · program services $17,742 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $878 · program services $878 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 24a · Other expenses: Bank charges

    total $221 · program services $0 · management and general $221 · fundraising $0

  • 24b · Other expenses: Student expenses

    total $172,141 · program services $172,141 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 24c · Other expenses: Dues & subscriptions

    total $1,356 · program services $0 · management and general $1,356 · fundraising $0

  • 24d · Other expenses: Vehicle expense

    total $29,027 · program services $29,027 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $46,091 · program services $19,141 · management and general $6,811 · fundraising $20,139

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $325,663 · end of year $668,989

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $158,095 · end of year $163,576

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    end of year $82,570

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

    $56,949

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

    $26,622

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $41,279 · end of year $30,327

  • 15 · Other assets

    end of year $9,950

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $3,808 · end of year $9,757

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $521,229 · end of year $945,655

Mission and programs · 2025

Mission

Unlocking purpose for the vulnerable by removing barriers to educate and empower young people who are aging out of the foster care system, homeless, and at-risk.

  • Petra Cares empowers vulnerable young adults, ages 17-24, by providing workforce training, life skills, mentoring, & career placement that lead to stable employment & long-term self-sufficiency. Through hands-on automotive technician training & wraparound support, we help young people overcome barriers & build meaningful careers. We impacted 150 trainees, with a 78% graduation rate & a 72% job placement rate. We also partnered with ASE to offer industry standard certification. Students received ASE certification.

    Expenses $564,664

As filed on the 2025 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Arnold Gacita

    President & CEO

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Sam Diaz

    Vice President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Ken Ballard

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • JoVonna Hill

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Eric Merchant

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Brady Schmidt

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Dave Bates

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Willie Daughters

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Brian Meza

    Executive Director

    Total calculated
    $100,000
    From this org
    $100,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    50

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.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2025
Filed
4 July 2026
IRS schema version
2025v4.1
Source object
202632159349301173

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