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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by CENTER FOR DEMOCRACY AND DEVELOPMENT IN THE AMERICAS INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$289,679
Total expenses
$292,733
Contributions and grants received
$316,353
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
-$26,733
Other revenue
$59
Total assets, end of year
$444,412
Total liabilities, end of year
$127,792
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$316,620
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$251,814
Management and general expenses
$40,919
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$251,814

Program services were 86.0% 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.

  • 1a · Federated campaigns

    $0

  • 1b · Membership dues

    $0

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $0

  • 1d · Related organizations

    $0

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $0

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $316,353

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $120,000

  • 3 · Investment income

    total -$26,733 · related or exempt -$26,733 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 4 · Income from investment of tax-exempt bond proceeds

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 5 · Royalties

    total $59 · related or exempt $59 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $0 · personal property $0

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $0 · other assets $0

  • 8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c

    $0

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $0

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $0 · program services $0

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $0 · program services $0

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $0 · program services $0

  • 4 · Benefits paid to or for members

    total $0 · program services $0

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $54,167 · program services $54,167 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 6 · Compensation of disqualified persons

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

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

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

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

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

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

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

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $4,285 · program services $4,285 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $23,635 · program services $0 · management and general $23,635 · fundraising $0

  • 11b · Fees: legal

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

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

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

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

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

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $0 · fundraising $0

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

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

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $35,502 · program services $35,502 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $120,000 · program services $120,000 · management and general $0

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $6,324 · program services $1,842 · management and general $4,482

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $2,175 · program services $2,175 · management and general $0

  • 15 · Royalties

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

  • 16 · Occupancy

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

  • 17 · Travel

    total $13,026 · program services $13,026 · management and general $0

  • 18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials

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

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $4,713 · program services $4,713 · management and general $0

  • 20 · Interest

    total $444 · program services $0 · management and general $444

  • 21 · Payments to affiliates

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

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

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

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $16,104 · program services $16,104 · management and general $0

  • 24a · Other expenses: Bank Fees

    total $1,099 · program services $0 · management and general $1,099 · fundraising $0

  • 24b · Other expenses: Subscriptions

    total $820 · program services $0 · management and general $820 · fundraising $0

  • 24c · Other expenses: Operational, office and development

    total $10,439 · program services $0 · management and general $10,439 · fundraising $0

  • 24e · All other expenses

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

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $2,245 · end of year $1,063

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $621

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $54,695 · end of year $107,000

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 6 · Loans and receivables from disqualified persons

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 7 · Other notes and loans receivable

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 13 · Investments: program-related

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 14 · Intangible assets

    beginning of year $319,674 · end of year $319,674

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $13,327 · end of year $16,054

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $70,267 · end of year $59,048

  • 18 · Grants payable

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $20,000

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 20 · Tax-exempt bond liabilities

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 21 · Escrow or custodial account liability

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 22 · Loans and payables to officers and key people

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $48,744

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 24 · Unsecured notes and loans payable

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 29 · Capital stock, trust principal or current funds

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 30 · Paid-in or capital surplus, or land, building or equipment fund

    beginning of year $319,674 · end of year $319,674

  • 31 · Retained earnings, endowment or other funds

    beginning of year $0 · end of year -$3,054

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

A Global non-profit "think-do" tank engaged in collaborative research, cooperation, capacity building, and training programs for new leaders, social entrepreneurs and NGOs dedicated to promote sustainable democratic changes across the Americas.

Activities or mission (Part I)

A Global non-profit "think-do" tank engaged in collaborative research, capacity building, and programs to empower latino leaders, social entrepreneurs and NGOs dedicated to promote sustainable democratic changes across the Americas.

  • THE VENEZUELA INITIATIVE WORKS WITH CDDA FELLOWS AND OTHER NGOs IN: (I) RESEARCH, EVENTS AND ACTIVITIES DEDICATED TO CREATE INTERNATIONAL AWARENESS OF THE INSTITUTIONAL AND HUMANITARIAN CRISIS IN VENEZUELA; (II) RESEARCH ON DOMESTIC PUBLIC POLICY ISSUES AND TOPICS RELATED TO THE BILATERAL RELATION BETWEEN VENEZUELA AND THE U.S.A.; (III) COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH, SEMINARS AND EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES WITH EMERGING DEMOCRATIC LEADERS; AND, (IV) PROMOTE COOPERATION TO LEADERS AND INSTITUTIONS ENGAGED IN SUSTAINABLE DEMOCRATIC CHANGES THROUGH FREE AND FAIR ELECTIONS IN VENEZUELA, BASED IN THE ORGANIZATION'S COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH EFFORTS. DURING 2020 THE PROGRAM FOCUSED IN: (1) WORKING WITH NGOs AND FELLOWS TO DEVELOP STRATEGIES AND PLATFORMS TO DEFEND FREE PRESS,INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALISM AND COMBATING DESINFORMATION IN SOCIAL MEDIA; (2) DEVELOPING AND ORGANIZING A SERIES OF INTERNATIONAL EVENTS, ACTIVITIES AND MEETINGS TO RAISE AWARENESS OF VENEZUELA'S DEMOCRATIC DEFICIT AND THE ESCALATING VIOLATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS, INCLUDING THE INVOLVEMENT OF MULTILATERAL INSTITUTIONS; (3) FUNDING RESEARCH ON VENEZUELA'S POLITICAL ECONOMY, INSECURITY, BASIC INDUSTRIES, AND PUBLIC POLICY OPTIONS TO RESOLVE PRESSING ISSUES RELATED TO VENEZUELA, THE BILATERAL RELATION WITH THE UNITED STATES AND THE OAS SYSTEM; 4) DEVELOP STRATEGIES TO SUPPORT GRASSROOTS MOVEMENTS WORKING ON PRESSING SOCIAL ISSUES IN LOW INCOME COMMUNITIES AND VULNERABLE SOCIAL GROUPS; AND 5) ORGANIZING THE VENEZUELAN DIASPORA TO ADVOCATE FOR HUMAN RIGHTS, HUMANITARIAN RELIEF AND ENSURING DEMOCRATIC POLITICAL CHANGE IN VENEZUELA. DURING 2022 WE FOCUSED ON ADVOCACY FOR HUMANITARIAN RELIEF TO VENEZUELAN MIGRANTS, AND CHAIRED THE VENEZUELA WORKING GROUP OF THE ATLANTIC COUNCIL, FROM WHERE WE CONTINUED OUR COLLABORATION AND ROUNDTABLES TO DISCUSS POLICY OPTIONS AND PROMOTE MULTILATERAL EFFORTS TO ENFORCE AND PROTECT HUMAN RIGHTS IN VENEZUELA.

    Expenses $89,350

  • AMERICAS 100 (BRANDED AS IQ LATINO) IS: 1) A LEADERSHIP FORUM AND COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH INITIATIVE ENGAGED IN THE EMPOWERING, EDUCATING AND INTEGRATING A NETWORK OF HISPANIC LEADERS AND INFLUENCERS TO PROMOTE INNOVATION AND BEST PRACTICES IN SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND PUBLIC POLICY; 2) A PLATFORM TO DEVELOP ENGAGEMENTS AND PARTNERSHIPS AMONG LATINO LEADERS IN THE UNITED STATES, SPAIN AND LATIN AMERICA TO ADDRESS THE MOST PRESSING ISSUES IN THE HEMISPHERE KNOWN AS "LATINOS IN FOREING POLICY". DURING THE 2023 THE INITIATIVE WORKED WITH FELLOWS TO PRODUCE CONTENT AND CONTINUED DEVELOPING THE IQ LATINO COMMUNITY; PROMOTED EVENTS TO RECRUIT AND PREPARE FELLOWS; AND PRODUCED DIGITAL CAMPAIGNS TO ADVANCE THE LATINO AGENDA, SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND POLICY INNOVATION. DURING 2023 WE CONTINUED WITH OUR JOSE NUCETE SARDI SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM WITH THE SORENSEN INSTITUTE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA. IN 2023 WE SPONSORED AND PARTICIPATED IN LATINOS IN FOREIGN POLICY EVENTS WITH THE CONGRESSIONAL HISPANIC CAUCUS INSTITUTE, AND OTHER EVENTS.

    Expenses $162,464 · Revenue $150,000

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Leopoldo Martinez

    PRESIDENT (CEO)

    Total calculated
    $97,529
    From this org
    $54,167
    From related orgs
    $43,362
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40
  • Francisco J Gonzalez

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Maria Corina Martinez

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

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
2023
Filed
12 March 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.0
Source object
202401019349300340

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