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Form 990 for tax year 2025

Filed by COMUNIDADES ORGANIZANDO EL PODER Y LA ACCION LATINA COPAL EDUCATION.

Totals

Total revenue
$5,695,665
Total expenses
$3,889,151
Contributions and grants received
$5,662,061
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$31,704
Other revenue
$1,900
Total assets, end of year
$5,757,021
Total liabilities, end of year
$2,488,860
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$3,268,161
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$3,248,134
Management and general expenses
$421,907
Fundraising expenses
$219,110
Program service expenses (Part III)
$3,248,134

Program services were 83.5% 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.

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $1,662,515

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $3,999,546

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $24,187

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $31,704 · excluded $31,704

  • 11a · Other revenue: OTHER INCOME

    total $1,900 · related or exempt $1,900

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $1,900

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $267,655 · program services $237,923 · management and general $15,340 · fundraising $14,392

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $1,729,956 · program services $1,524,966 · management and general $105,761 · fundraising $99,229

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $253,495 · program services $210,339 · management and general $26,551 · fundraising $16,605

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $164,956 · program services $145,311 · management and general $12,323 · fundraising $7,322

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $708,066 · program services $516,054 · management and general $154,089 · fundraising $37,923

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $53,291 · program services $53,291

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $77,229 · program services $69,746 · management and general $7,255 · fundraising $228

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $33,994 · program services $28,762 · fundraising $5,232

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $151,685 · program services $130,044 · management and general $21,641

  • 17 · Travel

    total $112,693 · program services $83,490 · management and general $28,153 · fundraising $1,050

  • 20 · Interest

    total $56,482 · program services $56,482

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $9,841 · program services $2,200 · management and general $7,641

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $13,547 · program services $1,052 · management and general $12,495

  • 24a · Other expenses: TELEPHONE AND INTERNET

    total $67,333 · program services $36,607 · management and general $26,075 · fundraising $4,651

  • 24b · Other expenses: SUBGRANTEE EXPENSES

    total $65,267 · program services $65,267 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 24c · Other expenses: PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMEN

    total $48,502 · program services $41,286 · management and general $740 · fundraising $6,476

  • 24d · Other expenses: DUES AND SUBSCRIPTIONS

    total $18,041 · program services $3,540 · management and general $500 · fundraising $14,001

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $57,118 · program services $41,774 · management and general $3,343 · fundraising $12,001

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $472,848 · end of year $501,418

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    end of year $1,620,502

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $868,953 · end of year $1,058,541

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $800 · end of year $800

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

    $2,103,100

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

    $31,863

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $1,465,878 · end of year $2,071,237

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $249,660 · end of year $504,523

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $102,758 · end of year $549,204

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $1,131,933 · end of year $1,434,133

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $361,800 · end of year $505,523

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $495,022 · end of year $972,959

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $966,626 · end of year $2,295,202

Mission and programs · 2025

Mission

NONE

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO UNITE LATINXS IN MINNESOTA IN ACTIVE GRASSROOTS COMMUNAL DEMOCRACY THAT BUILDS RACIAL, GENDER, SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC JUSTICE ACROSS COMMUNITY LINES

  • HEALTH & WELLNESS - COPAL'S TWIN CITIES, SOUTHCENTRAL, AND SOUTHEASTERN MN HUBS CONNECT REGIONAL LATINE COMMUNITIES WITH THE HEALTH AND WELLNESS RESOURCES THEY NEED. COPAL HOSTS COMMUNITY VACCINATION EVENTS AND RESOURCE FAIRS, A NAVIGATORS HOTLINE OPEN 6 DAYS PER WEEK, HEALTH AND WELLNESS WORKSHOPS, AND A PROGRAM BUILDING THE SKILLS OF LOCAL COMMUNITY HEALTH LEADERS.

    Expenses $3,248,134 · Revenue $1,900

  • ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE - COPAL'S ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE WORK ADDRESSES THE ROOT CAUSES OF FORCED MIGRATION DUE TO CLIMATE CHANGE AND EXTRACTIVE ECONOMIES. WE ENGAGE IN COALITIONAL STRATEGIES TO CREATE AN EQUITABLE TRANSITION TO CLEAN ENERGY AND TO KEEP MAJOR POLLUTERS ACCOUNTABLE TO THE MOST IMPACTED NEIGHBORHOODS. WE BUILD BRIDGES TO GREEN JOBS FOR OUR LATINE COMMUNITIES AND ENGAGE IN ACTIVITY-BASED ORGANIZING THROUGH MONTHLY OUTDOOR EVENTS.

  • PRIMERO DE MAYO WORKERS' CENTER - OUR WORKERS' CENTER CONNECTS YOUTH AND ADULTS TO POST-SECONDARY EDUCATION OPPORTUNITIES, PROVIDES JOB AND CAREER SKILLS TRAINING, PLACES YOUTH AND ADULTS INTO CAREERS THAT MATCH THEIR SKILLS, AND PROVIDES ACCESS TO CAPITAL AND SERVICES FOR ENTREPRENEURS AND SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS.

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Kathy Santamaria Mendez

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Edwin Torres

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Oscar Chacon

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Jessica Floelke

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Peggy Ponce

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Mauricio De Oca

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Carolina Ortiz

    ASSOC EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $121,905
    From this org
    $113,954
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $7,951
    Hours/week
    40

  • Francisco Segovia

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $145,750
    From this org
    $119,464
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $26,286
    Hours/week
    40

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.

Schedule J

Answered yes

  • 2 · Substantiation required before reimbursing expenses
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee

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
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

The filer's explanations (Part III)

PART I, LINE 3
COMPENSATION APPROVED BY THE BOARD

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.

  • COPAL

    501(C)(4) · EDUCATION · MN

  • SOMOS THE FUTURE

    527 · POLITICAL · MN

Taxable family on this return

Schedule R Parts I, III and IV, as filed. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money moved.

Disregarded entities

Part I: entities that legally are the filer and file no return of their own.

  • 2905 EAST LAKE STREET LLC

    COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT · MN

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2025
Filed
4 August 2026
IRS schema version
2025v4.2
Source object
202632169349302103

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