Skip to content
Nonprofiteer
← PUBLICA ESPACIO INC

Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by PUBLICA ESPACIO INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$307,625
Total expenses
$323,251
Contributions and grants received
$275,842
Grants paid
$101,635
Program service revenue
$31,585
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$198
Total assets, end of year
$15,459
Total liabilities, end of year
$5,311
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$10,148
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$323,063
Management and general expenses
$188
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$323,063

Program services were 99.9% 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

    $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

    $275,842

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $0

  • 2a · Program service revenue: CAMPANA Y CONCIERTO PRENDE TU VOTO

    total $1,200 · related or exempt $1,200 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 2b · Program service revenue: ADMISSIONS OBRA TEATRAL LA NARIZ

    total $30,385 · related or exempt $30,385 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 2f · All other program service revenue

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · 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

  • 11d · All other revenue

    total $198 · related or exempt $198 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $198

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $101,635 · program services $101,635

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $113,085 · program services $113,085

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $218 · program services $95 · management and general $123

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $59,030 · program services $59,030

  • 17 · Travel

    total $36,847 · program services $36,847

  • 24a · Other expenses: PRODUCTION EXPENSES

    total $12,371 · program services $12,371 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 24b · Other expenses: BUSINESS LICENSES AND FEES

    total $65 · program services $0 · management and general $65 · fundraising $0

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $25,591 · end of year $15,085

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    end of year $304

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $283 · end of year $70

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    end of year $4,896

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $100 · end of year $415

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $25,774 · end of year $10,148

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

Provide human, economic and infrastructural resources to diverse communities, including access to multi-purpose spaces for the develpoment, creation and exhibition of socio-cultural projects.

  • Escritura Publica - Conducted four creative writing workshop series in San Juan and Adjuntas, Puerto Rico. Engaging 9 artists and serving 60 participants. Each series concluded with a public reading attended by up to 40 community members. Created 9 paid positions.

    Expenses $22,418 · Revenue $24,698

  • Encuentro LEE - Organized a literary convening offering writing workshops, keynote talks, industry roundtables, and a book fair. Served over 1,175 participants and engaged more than 40 artists and professionals. Created 40+ paid positions.

    Expenses $192,514 · Revenue $162,250

  • Produced a free public event featuring a book presentation and dramatic reading by 4 Puerto Rican actors. Served more than 50 attendees and created 4 paid positions.

    Expenses $6,496 · Revenue $10,594

  • Latin Theather - Development of emerging actors, as well as to the creation, production, and presentation of artistic and cultural events. Promotes professional growth, expands opportunities for new talent, and fosters access to high-quality cultural experiences for diverse communities.

    Expenses $71,250 · Revenue $75,000

  • The play La Nariz, based on Nikolai Gogol's work, was staged in Puerto Rico in November 2024 at the Teatro Francisco Arriví. Directed by Joaquín Octavio, this Caribbean adaptation blended physical comedy, film, animation, and mask work to deliver a satirical and surreal take on Puerto Rican reality. The production ran from November 1-3, 2024, at the Francisco Arriví Theater in Santurce, and was produced in collaboration with El Absurdo, the Institute of Puerto Rican Culture (ICP), and other cultural organizations. This project impacted over 20 members of the theater community in Puerto Rico.

    Expenses $30,385 · Revenue $30,385

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Carmen Otero Martinez

    President and Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Javier Hernandez Acosta

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

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

  • Teatro Breve Inc

    $71,250

    Development of emerging actors, as well as to the creation, production, and presentation of artistic and cultural events. Promotes professional growth, expands opportunities for new talent, and fosters access to high-quality cultural experiences for diverse communities.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
14 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.0
Source object
202503219349325870

Check it against the return as filed: the GivingTuesday Data Lake hosts a public copy of the original XML.

The source document this was parsed from is served over the API, which is where bulk and document access live.