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Form 990 for tax year 2025

Filed by PROJECT AMIGO.

Totals

Total revenue
$890,955
Total expenses
$861,016
Contributions and grants received
$750,096
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$52,783
Investment income
$16,212
Other revenue
$71,864
Total assets, end of year
$1,199,073
Total liabilities, end of year
$17,400
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$1,181,673
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$685,196
Management and general expenses
$77,785
Fundraising expenses
$98,035
Program service expenses (Part III)
$685,196

Program services were 79.6% 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

    $750,096

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $2,200

  • 2a · Program service revenue: Service Weeks

    total $52,783 · related or exempt $52,783

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $31,128 · unrelated business $31,128

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $50,852

  • 7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses

    securities $65,768

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities -$14,916

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total -$14,916 · unrelated business -$14,916

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $90,816

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $18,952

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $71,864 · excluded $71,864

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $152,332 · program services $26,744 · management and general $35,479 · fundraising $90,109

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $11,654 · program services $1,944 · management and general $2,579 · fundraising $7,131

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $4,500 · management and general $4,500

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $13,323 · program services $236 · management and general $12,292 · fundraising $795

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $6,073 · program services $4,385 · management and general $1,688

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $4,830 · management and general $4,830

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $1,290 · management and general $1,290

  • 17 · Travel

    total $12,332 · program services $12,332

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $8,977 · program services $8,977

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $2,253 · management and general $2,253

  • 24a · Other expenses: Program Services

    total $630,578 · program services $630,578

  • 24b · Other expenses: Merchant Fees

    total $8,874 · management and general $8,874

  • 24c · Other expenses: Investment Fees

    total $3,102 · management and general $3,102

  • 24d · Other expenses: Bank Charges

    total $449 · management and general $449

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $449 · management and general $449

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $310,420 · end of year $184,783

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $5,755 · end of year $755

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

    $417,395

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

    $118,976

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $307,396 · end of year $298,419

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $640,047 · end of year $715,116

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $17,400

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,245,657 · end of year $1,162,696

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $17,961 · end of year $18,977

Mission and programs · 2025

Mission

Project Amigo is a nonprofit organization dedicated to transforming lives through education by expanding access to educational and personal growth opportunities for students in Colima, Mexico from elementary school through university. Through scholarships, educational support, enrichment programs, and volunteer service initiatives, Project Amigo helps students overcome barriers, achieve academic success, and create lasting positive impact for their families and communities.

  • Project Amigo provides comprehensive educational scholarships and support services to approximately 250 students in Colima, Mexico from junior high school through university who face financial barriers to continuing their education. Scholarship support includes school registration and laboratory fees, transportation, books, school supplies, uniforms, shoes, and one nutritious meal per day. University students may also receive assistance with room and board expenses. The program further supports student success through tutoring and mentoring provided at weekly Homework Club sessions. Additional educational enrichment opportunities may include field trips, workshops, and activities that encourage academic achievement, personal growth, and long-term success. These combined efforts have contributed to more than 150 students earning higher education degrees.

    Expenses $308,338

  • Project Amigo provides educational enrichment and support programs for 350 children in kindergarten through sixth grade across 5 educational centers in underserved communities in Colima, Mexico. Core program activities include incentive-based learning, homework assistance, educational field trips, meals, and other enrichment experiences designed to promote academic engagement and personal development.During the holiday season, the organization conducts a Christmas program in which participating children are transported to a centralized celebration featuring traditional cultural activities and meals. Each child receives new clothing, shoes, a book, a holiday meal, and toys.These activities are designed to reinforce a sense of stability, confidence, belonging, and motivation to succeed academically.

    Expenses $239,819

  • Project Amigo provides opportunities for volunteers to participate in humanitarian service, cultural exchange, and educational support programs in Colima, Mexico. Volunteers participate in one of 11 week-long service sessions, each organized around a thematic focus and designed to support local students through a range of educational and enrichment activities.Volunteers engage students through reading and literacy support, basic English instruction, mentoring, and arts-based workshops, along with other structured activities that promote learning and personal development. Book distribution to underserved rural schools is included as a supplemental component of these efforts.Volunteers also provide swimming instruction to build water safety skills, confidence, and resilience, and support health and wellness education through preventive dental care instruction and the distribution of hygiene supplies. Program expenses include volunteer housing, meals, transportation, facility maintenance, utilities, and supplies necessary to support volunteer service activities throughout the year.

    Expenses $137,039 · Revenue $52,783

As filed on the 2025 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Tammy Heinz

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Bev Oster

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Dennis Knoles

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Jeff Salchenberg

    President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Laura Macagno Shang

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Eric Holloway

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Jan Lynn Owen

    Vice-President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Michelle Strickler

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Ava Brusca

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Kim Stewart

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

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.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2025
Filed
8 May 2026
IRS schema version
2025v4.1
Source object
202611289349302981

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