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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by ESTE PODER.

Totals

Total revenue
$380,909
Total expenses
$432,021
Contributions and grants received
$380,909
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$355,284
Total liabilities, end of year
$429
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$354,855
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$302,234
Management and general expenses
$129,787
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$302,234

Program services were 70.0% 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

    $380,909

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $0

  • 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 $140,866 · program services $82,046 · management and general $58,820

  • 6 · Compensation of disqualified persons

    total $0

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $142,099 · program services $142,099

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $0

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $28,308 · program services $23,058 · management and general $5,250

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $23,149 · program services $18,528 · management and general $4,621

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $0

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $0

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $12,347 · management and general $12,347

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $0

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $0

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $0

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $5,838 · management and general $5,838

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $4,214 · program services $3,974 · management and general $240

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $3,503 · program services $1,054 · management and general $2,449

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $16,819 · management and general $16,819

  • 15 · Royalties

    total $0

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $1,582 · program services $670 · management and general $912

  • 17 · Travel

    total $16,654 · program services $2,318 · management and general $14,336

  • 18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials

    total $0

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $0

  • 20 · Interest

    total $0

  • 21 · Payments to affiliates

    total $0

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $0

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $4,260 · management and general $4,260

  • 24a · Other expenses: Food/Bev/Meals

    total $11,906 · program services $10,820 · management and general $1,086

  • 24b · Other expenses: Program Materials

    total $10,657 · program services $10,657

  • 24c · Other expenses: Employee Reimbursements

    total $6,139 · program services $6,139

  • 24d · Other expenses: Professional Development

    total $2,183 · program services $25 · management and general $2,158

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $1,497 · program services $846 · management and general $651

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $405,967 · end of year $353,873

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    end of year $0

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    end of year $0

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    end of year $0

  • 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

    end of year $1,411

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    end of year $0

  • 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 $0

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    end of year $429

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $405,967 · end of year $354,855

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

Este Poder is building power in rural East Texas communities of color through civic engagement, organizing, and leadership cultivation. We are collectively working towards a future where our diverse community has the opportunity to thrive.

  • Young Texans Civic Engagement: Este Poder focuses on individuals aged 17-35 by partnering with East Texas high schools to equip young people, including college students, with civic engagement tools to instill lifelong active participation. Additionally, Este Poder student fellows continuously organize in the region's largest colleges to promote this engagement.

    Expenses $204,688

  • Engaging East Texas: We are committed to identifying and addressing challenges faced by our community by meeting with them where they are. Our outreach spans diverse platforms?from local festivals and churches to restaurants and online spaces.

    Expenses $88,656

  • Advocacy: We focus on local government through legislative informational and educational needs. We want to encourage our community's presence in city council meetings and school board meetings.

    Expenses $8,890

  • Other General Program

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Lina Ortega

    Executive Dir.

    Total calculated
    $70,929
    From this org
    $70,929
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40
  • Emily Pinal

    Executive Dir.

    Total calculated
    $69,937
    From this org
    $69,937
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40
  • Belen Iniguez

    Chairman

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Valeria Serna

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Cecilia Sanchez

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • LaShun Roy

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

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
2024
Filed
10 October 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202512839349301116

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