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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by CONTEXTOS NFP.

This return was superseded by a later amendment. matched by us It is kept because history is preserved rather than replaced.

What the amendment changed

Compared with the latest return for 2023 , filed 10 October 2025. matched by us Only the return's totals, a 990-PF's accounting method and the names listed in Part VII (Part VIII on a 990-PF) are compared. We relate returns by organization, tax year and form, and order them by each return's own timestamp; the filer's own "amended return" checkbox is a separate fact.

Total revenue
$2,065,623 changed to $3,230,171
Total expenses
$1,884,162 changed to $2,981,439
Contributions and grants received
$1,495,241 changed to $2,786,031
Grants paid
$0 changed to $40,062
Program service revenue
$413,522 changed to $443,457
Investment income
$0 changed to $683
Other revenue
$156,860 changed to $0
Total assets, end of year
$474,944 changed to $924,799
Total liabilities, end of year
$55,164 changed to $220,820
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$419,780 changed to $703,979
Program services expenses
$1,421,309 changed to $2,275,955
Management and general expenses
$238,537 changed to $569,244
Fundraising expenses
$224,316 changed to $136,240
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,421,309 changed to $2,275,955

Listed only on the earlier return

  • Jefferson Stockdale
  • McKenna Maleck

Listed only on the later return

  • Debra Gittler
  • Johnny Page
  • Jose Antonio Rodriguez
  • Sadie Stockdale Jefferson
  • Suzanne Maleck-McKenna

Listed under a different title

  • Francesca Jessup: DIRECTOR then TREASURER, EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEMBER
  • Katie Hill: DIRECTOR then CHAIR, EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEMBER
  • Kristin Rosekrans: COUNTRY DIRECTOR then DIRECTOR
  • Mark Payne: DIRECTOR then DIRECTOR, EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEMBER
  • Ricardo Cevallos: DIRECTOR then VICE PRESIDENT

Totals

Total revenue
$2,065,623
Total expenses
$1,884,162
Contributions and grants received
$1,495,241
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$413,522
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$156,860
Total assets, end of year
$474,944
Total liabilities, end of year
$55,164
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$419,780
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,421,309
Management and general expenses
$238,537
Fundraising expenses
$224,316
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,421,309

Program services were 75.4% 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

    $1,495,241

  • 2a · Program service revenue: PROGRAM SERVICE FEES

    total $163,522 · related or exempt $163,522

  • 2f · All other program service revenue

    total $250,000 · related or exempt $250,000

  • 11a · Other revenue: MISC REVENUE

    total $147,205 · related or exempt $147,205

  • 11b · Other revenue: VENUE RENTAL

    total $9,655 · related or exempt $9,655

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $156,860

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $1,050,939 · program services $809,223 · management and general $115,603 · fundraising $126,113

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $113,567 · program services $87,447 · management and general $12,492 · fundraising $13,628

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $130,236 · program services $100,282 · management and general $14,326 · fundraising $15,628

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $464,892 · program services $357,967 · management and general $51,138 · fundraising $55,787

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $2,813 · fundraising $2,813

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $20,416 · program services $15,720 · management and general $2,246 · fundraising $2,450

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $41,610 · program services $32,040 · management and general $4,577 · fundraising $4,993

  • 17 · Travel

    total $16,798 · program services $12,934 · management and general $1,848 · fundraising $2,016

  • 20 · Interest

    total $7,398 · program services $5,696 · management and general $814 · fundraising $888

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $2,786 · management and general $2,786

  • 24a · Other expenses: GENERAL AND ADMINISTRAT

    total $32,707 · management and general $32,707

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $440,770 · end of year $347,142

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $153,156 · end of year $96,385

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $5,799

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

    $60,370

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

    $28,953

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $86,118 · end of year $31,417

  • 13 · Investments: program-related

    beginning of year $7,729

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $103,721 · end of year $21,687

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $32,848

  • 24 · Unsecured notes and loans payable

    beginning of year $70,000 · end of year $33,477

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $31,756 · end of year $0

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year -$108,221 · end of year -$108,221

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $563,468 · end of year $528,001

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

CONTEXTOS, AN EDUCATIONAL NONPROFIT ESTABLISHED IN 2010 IN EL SALVADOR AND THE USA, INCREASES ACCESS TO QUALITY INSTRUCTION. WE TRANSFORM STUDENTS' EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCE SO THEY GO BEYOND MECHANICAL READING SKILLS TO DEVELOP TRUE LITERACY THAT INCORPORATES CRITICAL-ANALYTICAL THINKING, PROBLEM SOLVING, CURIOSITY AND QUESTIONING. TO DO THIS, CONTEXTOS CREATES LIBRARIES, PROVIDES COMMUNITY OUTREACH AND IMPLEMENTS AN INNOVATIVE MODEL OF TEACHER TRAINING. WE BENEFIT ALL AGES OF STUDENTS, ENSURING THEY ARE BETTER PREPARED TO ENTER, THRIVE IN, AND ULTIMATELY COMPLETE SECONDARY SCHOOL.

Activities or mission (Part I)

CONTEXTOS' MISSION IS TO TRANSFORM THE EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCE.

  • THROUGH VARIOUS INITIATIVES, CONTEXTOS INCREASES ACCESS TO QUALITY EDUCATION INSTRUCTION AND PROVIDES STUDENTS WITH AN EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCE THAT DEVELOPS CRITICAL ANALYTICAL THINKING, PROBLEM SOLVING, CURIOSITY, AND QUESTIONING. THESE INITIATIVES INCLUDE, BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO: (1) SOY AUTOR INITIATIVE - STUDENTS LEARN TO READ AS WRITERS DO, AND PUBLISH THEIR OWN BOOKS AND DIGITAL MEMOIRS. THE PURPOSE IS TO INCREASE WRITING ABILITIES AND INCREASE INTEREST IN READING AND WRITING. (2) SOY LECTOR INITIATIVE - WE INSPIRE AND COACH TEACHERS TO INCORPORATE READING AND WRITING STRATEGIES THAT ENCOURAGE DIALOGUE, CRITICAL THINKING, AND EXPRESSION IN THEIR CLASSROOMS. (3) THE CHICAGO INITIATIVE - INMATES AND OTHER AT RISK YOUTH IN CHICAGO LEARN TO PUBLISH THEIR STORIES IN AN EFFORT TO INTERRUPT THE CYCLE OF VIOLENCE IN THE CITY.

    Expenses $1,421,309

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Anthony Barash

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Ricardo Cevallos

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Larry Ford

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Jill Gross

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Katie Hill

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Francesca Jessup

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • McKenna Maleck

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Darlene McCampbell

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Caroline Murphy

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Mark Payne

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Gabriela Poma

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Kristin Rosekrans

    COUNTRY DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Jefferson Stockdale

    PROGRAM DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    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.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
14 November 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.1
Source object
202433209349312348

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