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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by COLABORATIVA LA MILPA.

Totals

Total revenue
$2,708,562
Total expenses
$1,923,326
Contributions and grants received
$2,681,594
Grants paid
$453,110
Program service revenue
$20,761
Investment income
$1,033
Other revenue
$5,174
Total assets, end of year
$2,927,645
Total liabilities, end of year
$94,036
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$2,833,609
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,614,346
Management and general expenses
$259,846
Fundraising expenses
$49,134
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,614,346

Program services were 83.9% 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

    $13,928

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $99,148

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $2,568,518

  • 2a · Program service revenue: Program Income

    total $20,761 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $1,033 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $1,033

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $5,174

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $5,174 · related or exempt $5,174

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $414,507 · program services $414,507

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $38,603 · program services $38,603

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $52,250 · program services $35,530 · management and general $13,063 · fundraising $3,657

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $324,999 · program services $220,465 · management and general $80,538 · fundraising $23,996

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $31,895 · program services $21,643 · management and general $7,914 · fundraising $2,338

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $17,000 · program services $17,000 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $49,784 · program services $0 · management and general $49,784 · fundraising $0

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $701,120 · program services $634,930 · management and general $50,985 · fundraising $15,205

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $29,801 · program services $27,176 · management and general $2,322 · fundraising $303

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $20,665 · program services $9,377 · management and general $10,185 · fundraising $1,103

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $75,226 · program services $54,627 · management and general $18,751 · fundraising $1,848

  • 17 · Travel

    total $14,316 · program services $12,104 · management and general $2,212 · fundraising $0

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $2,794 · program services $0 · management and general $2,794 · fundraising $0

  • 24a · Other expenses: Program Exp-Food and meals

    total $36,123 · program services $31,332 · management and general $4,791 · fundraising $0

  • 24b · Other expenses: Interpretation & Translation

    total $28,266 · program services $21,200 · management and general $7,066 · fundraising $0

  • 24c · Other expenses: Program Supplies

    total $25,499 · program services $18,104 · management and general $7,395 · fundraising $0

  • 24d · Other expenses: Staff Training and Development

    total $10,264 · program services $10,264 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $50,214 · program services $47,484 · management and general $2,046 · fundraising $684

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $1,084,578 · end of year $1,615,530

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $389,942 · end of year $490,982

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $526,631 · end of year $762,025

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $25,383 · end of year $16,108

  • 7 · Other notes and loans receivable

    beginning of year $89,900 · end of year $38,500

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    end of year $4,500

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $68,061 · end of year $94,036

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,467,634 · end of year $1,639,125

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $580,739 · end of year $1,194,484

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

The mission of Colaborativa La Milpa is to activate, build capacity, and support community-based organizations to ensure their impact and sustainability.

Activities or mission (Part I)

To activate, build capacity, and support community-based organizations to ensure their impact and sustainability.

  • Colaborativa La Milpa Provided ongoing organizational coaching, fiscal sponsorship, bookkeeping/fiscal oversight, grants management, legal compliance, human resources, Board of Directors coordination, and managing related administrative infrastructure to CLM member organizations. Built collective capacity through member-requested computer classes, popular education, workshops, and training for trauma-informed work and building resilience. Completed a 3-year strategic plan with CLM members. Hired a Director of Organizational Development and Popular Education to work closely with CLM members. Races Emma - Erwin -75 participants in afterschool and summer camp cultural arts program. - 50 families involved - 240 cultural arts sessions - 8 community events and performances - Employed 15 community artists and leaders and 3 assistant youth instructors - Collaborated with 7 community partners - Launched new dance intensive program, Ballet Folklorico Races, for ages 14-20

    Expenses $1,614,346 · Grants $448,357 · Revenue $20,761

  • PODER Emma Community Ownership - 273 Emma and Erwin residents joined the PODER Emma membership program - 59 units of permanently affordable cooperative housing in Cooperative Housing Network - 4 worker-owned cooperatives that provide 22 full-time living wage jobs received technical support as part of Worker-Owned Cooperative Network - Supported $2,979,195 in total value of community cooperatively owned assets . Compaeros Inmigrantes de las Montaas en Accin (CIMA) - Co-hosted a virtual City Council forum - 500 people from 20 counties in WNC surveyed about community issues - 80 referrals made and 20 accompaniment clients served by Consulta Tu Compa - 2,361 households representing 9,051 individuals attended 12 food distribution events -528 people signed up for text alerts -30 Verifiers trained

  • El Telar: Shared Resources for Home Childcare -24 members of the bilingual Early Childhood Education (ECE) Cooperative Network -Refined our intake process -12 monthly sessions of capacity building and peer support for 35 childcare providers -Began a Spanish literacy program -Developed a substitute care provider network - 5 visiting enrichment teachers - 8 providers have demonstrated enhanced skills hrough being hired by more formal and licensed childcare institutions or providing more structured set up in their home-based center. All providing mentionship to others in the network. M hkihu: Indigenous Language Preservation -8 language circles -32 language sessions with preschool children -22 teaching videos created and published on Youtube -250 attendees at second annual Indigenous festival -Established traditional hhu dance group

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Geny Hernandez-Lopez

    Executive Director

    Total calculated
    $52,250
    From this org
    $52,250
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40
  • Angelica Reza-Wind

    Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Greg Walker Wilson

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Carolina Siliceo Perez

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Hector Salgado

    Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Sarah Cecilia Nunez PhD

    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

  • Chispas

    $321,000

    Westside Park Construction

  • Power in Numbers LLC

    $53,076

    Support Grassroot Org

  • Sourwood Mobile Home Park LLC

    $14,250

    Support Grassroot Org

  • Sur Biblioteca Movil

    $14,250

    Support Grassroot Org

  • Preescolar La Bugambilia LLC

    $6,560

    Food security

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
8 May 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202521289349302422

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