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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by MEXICAN AMERICAN LEGAL DEFENSE AND EDUCATIONAL FUND.

Totals

Total revenue
$7,275,973
Total expenses
$9,294,933
Contributions and grants received
$4,231,022
Grants paid
$93,462
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$7,556,842
Management and general expenses
$1,373,981
Fundraising expenses
$364,110
Program service expenses (Part III)
$7,556,842

Program services were 81.3% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Listed in Part VII

  • THOMAS A SAENZ

    PRESIDENT AND GENERAL COUNSEL

    Total calculated
    $507,336
    From this org
    $459,404
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $47,932
    Hours/week
    47.5 + 2.5 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $404,404
    Bonus
    $55,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $26,368
    Nontaxable benefits
    $21,564
    Filer's total
    $507,336

  • NORMA CANTU

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • REGINA MONTOYA

    1ST VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • GABRIELA PACHECO

    2ND VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • IRMA RODRIGUEZ-MOISA

    3RD VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • JEFFREY GARCIA SECRETARYTREASURER

    FISCAL & INVESTMENT COMMITTEE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • JORGE A HERRERA GOVERNANCE

    & NOMINATIONS COMMITTEE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • MICHAEL WAMPOLD

    AUDIT COMMITTEE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • EMILIO GONZALEZ

    DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • ANNA MARIA CHAVEZ

    PROGRAM & PLANNING COMMITTEE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • YOLANDA CAMARENA

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ELISA DE LA VARA

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • STELLA M FLORES

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • LUIS RICARDO FRAGA

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • PHIL FUENTES

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • LAURA E GOMEZ

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • BILL LANN LEE

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • RAUL LOMELI-AZOUBEL

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ELIZABETH V LOPEZ

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • TOM RESTON

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • AUGUSTINA REYES

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • R OMAR RIOJAS

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JOSE SANCHEZ

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • CARLOS R SOLTERO

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • RONALD W WONG

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • SHELLEY MALLCHOK

    VICE PRESIDENT OF FINANCE/CFO

    Total calculated
    $256,414
    From this org
    $199,600
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $56,814
    Hours/week
    37.5 + 12.5 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $197,600
    Bonus
    $2,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $19,960
    Nontaxable benefits
    $36,854
    Filer's total
    $256,414

  • NINA PERALES

    VICE PRESIDENT OF LITIGATION

    Total calculated
    $269,621
    From this org
    $197,600
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $72,021
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $195,600
    Bonus
    $2,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $19,760
    Nontaxable benefits
    $52,261
    Filer's total
    $269,621

  • GINA MONTOYA

    VICE PRESIDENT OF DEVELOPMENT

    Total calculated
    $247,534
    From this org
    $199,600
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $47,934
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $197,600
    Bonus
    $2,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $17,964
    Nontaxable benefits
    $29,970
    Filer's total
    $247,534

  • SANDRA HERNANDEZ

    VP OF COMMUNICATIONS & MEDIA

    Total calculated
    $206,491
    From this org
    $172,803
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $33,688
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $170,803
    Bonus
    $2,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $17,280
    Nontaxable benefits
    $16,408
    Filer's total
    $206,491

  • ERNEST HERRERA

    REGIONAL COUNSEL: WESTERN REGION

    Total calculated
    $147,468
    From this org
    $126,542
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $20,926
    Hours/week
    50

  • ANDREA SENTENO

    REGIONAL COUNSEL: DC

    Total calculated
    $156,765
    From this org
    $126,542
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $30,223
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $124,542
    Bonus
    $2,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $12,654
    Nontaxable benefits
    $17,569
    Filer's total
    $156,765

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 — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.

Schedule J

Answered yes

  • 3 · Compensation committee
  • 3 · Form 990 of other organizations
  • 3 · Compensation survey or study
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
  • 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
  • 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
  • 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
  • 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
  • 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

The filer's explanations (Part III)

PART I, LINE 7
DISCRETIONARY BONUS PAYMENTS WERE PAID BASED ON PERSONS MEETING GOALS SET BY AND APPROVED BY TRUSTEES.

Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Related organizations on this return

Schedule R Part II: tax-exempt organizations related to the filer by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
16 March 2026
IRS schema version
2024v5.5
Source object
202610759349301131

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