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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by FORTALEZA INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$329,883
Total expenses
$150,419
Contributions and grants received
$327,981
Grants paid
$12,000
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$1,902
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$389,759
Total liabilities, end of year
$11,539
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$378,220
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$127,781
Management and general expenses
$21,193
Fundraising expenses
$1,445
Program service expenses (Part III)
$127,781

Program services were 85.0% 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.

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $91,946

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $13,695

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $222,340

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $42,130

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $1,902 · excluded $1,902

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $16,137

  • 8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c

    $91,946

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $16,137

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $12,000 · program services $12,000

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $97,305 · program services $97,305

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $2,648 · program services $2,648

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $8,644 · program services $8,644

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $5,411 · management and general $5,411

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $73 · program services $73

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $938 · management and general $938

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $630 · management and general $630

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $3,556 · management and general $3,556

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $455 · program services $455

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $1,287 · management and general $1,287

  • 24a · Other expenses: SCHOOL PARTNERSHIP PROGRA

    total $3,990 · program services $3,990

  • 24b · Other expenses: BAD DEBT EXPENSE

    total $3,375 · management and general $3,375

  • 24c · Other expenses: TELEPHONE/INTERNET

    total $3,017 · management and general $3,017

  • 24d · Other expenses: PAYROLL EXPENSE

    total $1,796 · management and general $1,796

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $5,294 · program services $2,666 · management and general $1,183 · fundraising $1,445

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $154,919 · end of year $170,238

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $32,000 · end of year $65,031

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $12,092 · end of year $2,200

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

    $2,636

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

    $455

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $2,605 · end of year $2,181

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    end of year $149,109

  • 15 · Other assets

    end of year $1,000

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $310 · end of year $11,539

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $168,806 · end of year $268,691

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $32,500 · end of year $109,529

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

FORTALEZA IS AN ADVOCACY GROUP WORKING TO ENSURE EDUCATIONAL EQUALITY FOR LATINO STUDENTS GRADES K-12 IN THE LOWELL PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM. THE GROUP WAS FORMED IN LOWELL, MASSACHUSETTS IN 2017 BY PARENTS, COMMUNITY MEMBERS, AND FAITH LEADERS. FORTALEZA'S PURPOSE IS TO ADVOCATE FOR THE REMOVAL OF STRUCTURAL INEQUITIES AND BARRIERS IMPACTING THE EDUCATION OF LATINO STUDENTS AND TO ADVOCATE FOR THE ELIMINATION OF LATINO EDUCATION OPPORTUNITY GAPS.

  • ADVOCACY FOR THE REMOVAL OF STRUCTURAL INEQUITIES AND BARRIERS IMPACTING THE EDUCATION OF LATINO STUDENTS AND FOR THE ELIMINATION OF LATINO EDUCATION OPPORTUNITY GAPS TO ENSURE EDUCATIONAL EQUALITY FOR LATINO STUDENTS GRADES K-12 IN THE LOWELL PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM.

    Expenses $127,781 · Grants $12,000

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Vladimir Saldaa

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Rosa Segarra-Morales

    CLERK

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Denise Brito

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Denisse Collazo

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Ana Duprey-Santiago

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Milka Ferreras

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Cecilio Hernandez

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Cathy Mercado

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Rafael Svelti

    DIRECTOR

    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
14 March 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.0
Source object
202520769349301417

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