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← MERCADO LA PALOMA INC

Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by MERCADO LA PALOMA INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$798,099
Total expenses
$1,411,103
Contributions and grants received
$5,876
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$792,221
Investment income
$2
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$6,115,095
Total liabilities, end of year
$9,898,750
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
-$3,783,655
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,385,639
Management and general expenses
$15,775
Fundraising expenses
$9,689
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,385,639

Program services were 98.2% 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.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $5,876

  • 2a · Program service revenue: RENTAL REVENUE

    total $792,221 · related or exempt $792,221

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $2 · excluded $2

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

    total $0

  • 5 · Royalties

    total $0

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $0

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $0

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $0

  • 9c · Net income from gaming

    total $0

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $0

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $0

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $0

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $0

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $0

  • 4 · Benefits paid to or for members

    total $0

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $0

  • 6 · Compensation of disqualified persons

    total $0

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $0

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $0

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $0

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $0

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $0

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $0

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $15,775 · management and general $15,775

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $0

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $0

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $0

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $0

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $0

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $0

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $0

  • 15 · Royalties

    total $0

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $0

  • 17 · Travel

    total $0

  • 18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials

    total $0

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $0

  • 20 · Interest

    total $97,971 · program services $97,971

  • 21 · Payments to affiliates

    total $0

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $0

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $0

  • 24a · Other expenses: WAGE REIMBURSEMENTS

    total $414,825 · program services $414,825

  • 24b · Other expenses: UTILITIES

    total $293,043 · program services $293,043

  • 24c · Other expenses: REPAIRS AND MAINTENANCE

    total $259,778 · program services $259,778

  • 24d · Other expenses: DEPRECIATION

    total $161,763 · program services $161,763

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $167,948 · program services $158,259 · fundraising $9,689

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $97,322 · end of year $130,774

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $1,080 · end of year $1,080

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    end of year $0

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $79,806 · end of year $41,110

  • 5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people

    end of year $0

  • 6 · Loans and receivables from disqualified persons

    end of year $0

  • 7 · Other notes and loans receivable

    end of year $0

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    end of year $0

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $2,328 · end of year $10,297

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $7,463,081

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $1,534,530

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $6,077,370 · end of year $5,928,551

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    end of year $0

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    end of year $0

  • 13 · Investments: program-related

    end of year $0

  • 14 · Intangible assets

    end of year $0

  • 15 · Other assets

    end of year $3,283

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $29,320 · end of year $54,040

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $9,399,237 · end of year $9,844,710

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year -$3,170,651 · end of year -$3,783,655

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

BY PROVIDING AFFORDABLE RETAIL OPPORTUNITIES, TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE, START-UP CAPITAL AND SUPPORT, MERCADO LA PALOMA SEEKS TO CREATE BUSINESS OWNERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES AND LIVING WAGE JOBS IN OUR COMMUNITY AND TO OFFER NEEDED GOODS, SERVICES, AND ESSENTIAL SERVICES TO RESIDENTS AND EMPLOYEES WHO RETAIN SPENDING IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. BY HOSTING ART EXHIBITS, MUSIC AND DANCE PERFORMANCES, SPOKEN WORD, FILM SHOWINGS AND OTHER EVENTS MERCADO LA PALOMA SEEKS TO SUPPORT AND SHOWCASE LOCAL ARTISTS, PROVIDE HIGH QUALITY ART AND CULTURAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUR COMMUNITY AND IMPART THE UNIQUE HERITAGE OF THE AREAS RESIDENTS THROUGH THE NON-PROFIT OFFICES AND OUR AFFORDABLE MEETING ROOM THAT HOSTS A WIDE RANGE OF COMMUNITY MEETINGS, EVENTS AND CLASSES. BY CREATING A WARM AND WELCOMING GATHERING SPACE FULL OF GUESTS FROM ALL WALKS OF LIFE AND OPEN TO THEIR IDEAS AND SUGGESTIONS, MERCADO LA PALOMA PROVIDES OPPORTUNITIES FOR EMPOWERMENT, ENJOYMENT AND CONNECTION STRENGTHENING EXISTING SOCIAL TIES AND CRE

Activities or mission (Part I)

BY PROVIDING AFFORDABLE RETAIL OPPORTUNITIES, TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE, START-UP CAPITAL AND SUPPORT, MERCADO LA PALOMA SEEKS TO CREATE BUSINESS OWNERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES AND LIVING WAGE JOBS IN OUR COMMUNITY AND TO OFFER NEEDED GOODS, SERVICES, AND ESSENTIAL SOCIAL SERVICES.

  • Operating and maintaining a neighborhood marketplace and office building to serve tenants of seven (7) restaurants, six (6) shops and nine (9) offices as well as a community conference room and day table. Providing tenants with low-cost opportunities to yield services for the low-income community.

    Expenses $1,385,639 · Revenue $792,221

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • NANCY HALPERN IBRAHIM

    President

    Total calculated
    $145,163
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $119,865
    Other
    $25,298
    Hours/week
    0.15 + 40 related
  • TAKAO SUZUKI

    Chairman

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.15 + 0.58 related
  • TAFARAI BAYNE

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.15
  • MARK BILLY

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.15
  • JORGE NUNO

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.15

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.

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
13 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202513179349310031

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