Totals
- Total revenue
- $232,835
- Total expenses
- $229,610
- Contributions and grants received
- $229,570
- Grants paid
- $20,000
- Program service revenue
- $0
- Investment income
- $3,265
- Other revenue
- $0
- Total assets, end of year
- $408,108
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $4,459
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $403,649
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $115,668
- Management and general expenses
- $81,046
- Fundraising expenses
- $32,896
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $115,668
Program services were 50.4% 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.
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1c · Fundraising events
$37,262
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1e · Government grants (contributions)
$5,408
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1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants
$186,900
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1g · Noncash contributions included above
$72,840
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3 · Investment income
total $3,265 · excluded $3,265
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8a · Fundraising events: gross income
$14,673
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8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c
$37,262
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8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses
$14,673
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8c · Net income from fundraising events
total $0
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
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2 · Grants to domestic individuals
total $20,000 · program services $20,000
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5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
total $89,387 · program services $17,877 · management and general $44,694 · fundraising $26,816
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7 · Other salaries and wages
total $52,593 · program services $50,701 · fundraising $1,892
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9 · Other employee benefits
total $13,478 · program services $12,560 · fundraising $918
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10 · Payroll taxes
total $10,642 · program services $5,552 · management and general $3,080 · fundraising $2,010
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11b · Fees: legal
total $508 · management and general $508
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11g · Fees: other
total $6,093 · management and general $6,093
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12 · Advertising and promotion
total $1,141 · program services $1,141
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13 · Office expenses
total $2,739 · management and general $2,739
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14 · Information technology
total $2,089 · management and general $2,089
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16 · Occupancy
total $13,221 · management and general $13,221
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22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization
total $721 · program services $721
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23 · Insurance
total $1,287 · management and general $1,287
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24a · Other expenses: TELEPHONE
total $3,949 · management and general $3,949
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24b · Other expenses: STAFF DEVELOPMENT
total $3,694 · program services $3,694
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24c · Other expenses: PAYROLL PROCESSING
total $1,870 · management and general $1,870
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24d · Other expenses: FUNDRAISING EXPENSES
total $1,260 · fundraising $1,260
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24e · All other expenses
total $4,938 · program services $3,422 · management and general $1,516
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $170,238 · end of year $273,819
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2 · Savings and temporary cash investments
beginning of year $65,031
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4 · Accounts receivable
beginning of year $2,200 · end of year $2,296
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10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis
$2,636
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10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation
$1,176
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10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net
beginning of year $2,181 · end of year $1,460
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11 · Investments: publicly traded securities
beginning of year $149,109 · end of year $130,533
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15 · Other assets
beginning of year $1,000 · end of year $0
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17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses
beginning of year $11,539 · end of year $4,459
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27 · Net assets without donor restrictions
beginning of year $268,691 · end of year $293,001
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28 · Net assets with donor restrictions
beginning of year $109,529 · end of year $110,648
Mission and programs · 2025
Mission
Fortaleza is an advocacy group working to ensure educational equality for Latino students grades K-12 in the Lowell Public School System. The group was formed in Lowell, Massachusetts in 2017 by parents, community members, and faith leaders. Fortaleza's purpose is to advocate for the removal of structural inequities and barriers impacting the education of Latino students and to advocate for the elimination of Latino education opportunity gaps.
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Advocacy for the removal of structural inequities and barriers impacting the education of Latino students and for the elimination of Latino education opportunity gaps to ensure educational equality for Latino students grades K-12 in the Lowell Public School System.
Expenses $115,668 · Grants $20,000
As filed on the 2025 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.
Listed in Part VII
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Vladimir Saldana
President
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 3
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Rosa Segarra-Morales
Clerk
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 3
-
Ana Duprey Santiago
Treasurer
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 3
-
Denise Brito
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Meghan Dinis
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Rafael Svelti
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Omayra L Marcano
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Milka Ferreras
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Eddie Tapia
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Cecilio Hernandez
Executive Director
- Total calculated
- $89,387
- From this org
- $72,308
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $17,079
- Hours/week
- 40
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
- 6 April 2026
- IRS schema version
- 2025v4.1
- Source object
- 202640969349301569
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