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Form 990-EZ for tax year 2024

Filed by SOUTHEAST FRESNO COMMUNITY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ASSN.

Totals

Total revenue
$134,059
Total expenses
$127,637
Contributions and grants received
$14,000
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$102,391
Membership dues (line 3)
$0
Investment income (line 4)
$0
Gain or loss on sale of assets (line 5c)
$0
Gaming and fundraising events, net (line 6d)
$10,103
Gross profit on inventory sales (line 7c)
$0
Other revenue (line 8)
$7,565
Total assets, end of year
$11,067
Total liabilities, end of year
$0
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$11,067
Program service expenses (Part III)
$96,184

Program services were 75.4% of total expenses calculated — Part III's total program service expenses over total expenses, both as filed.

Mission and programs · 2024

Primary exempt purpose

The mission of the Southeast Fresno Community Economic Development Association (SEFCEDA) is a community economic development platform to advance and promote prosperity and to improve quality of life for all residents and businesses through engagement, education, and an action plan that executes and enriches cultural identity and attract new residents, employers and investors to Southeast Fresno. Workforce Development and Job Placement. This year SEFCEDA continues to make referrals of Southeast Fresno low-income residents to training institutions and training providers like union organizations. The goal is to improve the skills of local residents to improve their earning power and to place them in better paying jobs in our community. Another project in our community includes the beautification of the Cesar Chavez Boulevard through grants provided by the Fresno Area Hispanic Foundation in low income communities. SEFCEDA continues to participate in the improvement of parks in Fresno.

  • WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT. SEFCEDA provides assistance to low-income residents in obtaining job training for jobs in the construction industries and places residents in jobs in local businesses. The main purpose of this program is to improve the earning capacity of residents and to improve their income to address the problems of poverty we have in the area we serve.

    Expenses $63,000 · Grants $63,000

  • BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE. SEFCEDA has been providing technical assistance to small business owners located in Southeast Fresno. That includes helping them apply for small business grants, connecting them with other agencies that provide business loans and other services. An important project started this year that will continue in 2023 is a Facade Improvement Program that provides government funds to small businesses to improve the front of their businesses that helps beautify the area, attract more customers and generate more business activity. SEFCEDA also provides low income residents information about how to open a new business in our community.

    Expenses $7,500 · Grants $7,500

  • CREATION OF A NEW PARK AND RECREATION OPPORTUNITIES. SEFCEDA continues to recruit volunteers for the upkeep of a 49-care vacant park site. SEFCEDA has been cleaning up this site and it is ready to continue to plant new trees on this site and other park sites. Through the participation of residents and SEFCEDA, the City of Fresno has committed to fund the construction of the first phase of a Regional Park and Soccer Complex on this site. This park will improve air quality in this region and improve the health of low-income residents who will use this park. Funding for the construction of a new park on this site has been approved by the City of Fresno. SEFCEDA also has assisted the City fo Fresno in community outreach programs to increase public participation in identifyiing new park improvements and the review of cultural master plan.

    Expenses $18,119 · Grants $18,119

  • This category includes other miscellaneous expenditures made by the May 1st Coalition a community group that receives accounting services from SEFCEDA for help and advice provided to Spanish speaking workers in Southeast Fresno.

    Expenses $7,565 · Grants $7,565

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part IV

  • John Z Leal

    Board Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

  • Jose Luis Barraza

    Chief Financial Officer Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

  • Jose Leon Barraza

    Chief Executive Officer

    Total calculated
    $1,000
    Compensation
    $1,000
    Benefit plans
    $0
    Expense account
    $0
    Hours/week
    20

  • Pedro Navarro-Cruz

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Luis Rosales

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • AngeL Noriega

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

Compensation is as filed in Part IV of the Form 990-EZ: compensation, contributions to benefit plans, expense account, 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.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990_ez
Tax year
2024
Filed
13 October 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.0
Source object
202512889349200901

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