Form 990 for tax year 2025

Filed by LATINOS UNITED FOR A NEW AMERICA.

Totals

Total revenue: $754,788
Total expenses: $764,768
Contributions and grants received: $756,171
Grants paid: $500
Program service revenue: $6,448
Investment income: $0
Other revenue: -$7,831
Total assets, end of year: $1,048,406
Total liabilities, end of year: $44,504
Net assets or fund balances, end of year: $1,003,902
Program services expenses (Part IX): $686,336
Management and general expenses: $56,049
Fundraising expenses: $22,383
Program service expenses (Part III): $686,336

Program services were 89.7% 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)

$164,502
1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

$591,669
2a · Program service revenue: Program Service Revenue

total $6,448 · related or exempt $6,448
2f · All other program service revenue

total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
6c · Rental income or loss

real property $0 · personal property $0
7c · Gain or loss

securities $0 · other assets $0
8a · Fundraising events: gross income

$1,310
8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

$9,141
8c · Net income from fundraising events

total -$7,831 · excluded -$7,831
11d · All other revenue

total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
11e · Other revenue, total

$0

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

total $500 · program services $500
5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

total $167,117 · program services $162,233 · management and general $2,058 · fundraising $2,826
7 · Other salaries and wages

total $316,954 · program services $312,120 · fundraising $4,834
8 · Pension plan contributions

total $14,379 · program services $14,166 · fundraising $213
9 · Other employee benefits

total $40,669 · program services $35,254 · management and general $4,219 · fundraising $1,196
10 · Payroll taxes

total $34,208 · program services $33,708 · fundraising $500
11c · Fees: accounting

total $12,700 · program services $10,886 · fundraising $1,814
11g · Fees: other

total $40,754 · program services $35,004 · management and general $5,515 · fundraising $235
12 · Advertising and promotion

total $2,766 · program services $2,074 · management and general $346 · fundraising $346
13 · Office expenses

total $14,611 · program services $8,939 · management and general $3,729 · fundraising $1,943
14 · Information technology

total $25,240 · program services $18,789 · management and general $3,319 · fundraising $3,132
16 · Occupancy

total $28,882 · program services $19,255 · management and general $6,418 · fundraising $3,209
17 · Travel

total $3,829 · program services $218 · management and general $3,611
19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

total $9,146 · program services $9,146
23 · Insurance

total $6,681 · program services $5,727 · fundraising $954
24a · Other expenses: Program Expenses

total $26,549 · program services $17,353 · management and general $8,696 · fundraising $500
24b · Other expenses: Training & Education

total $18,138 · management and general $18,138
24c · Other expenses: Reimbursable Expenses

total $1,125 · program services $964 · fundraising $161
24d · Other expenses: Chapter Expenses

total $520 · fundraising $520
24e · All other expenses

total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

beginning of year $749,125 · end of year $769,784
3 · Pledges and grants receivable

beginning of year $313,012 · end of year $278,622
5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people

beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
6 · Loans and receivables from disqualified persons

beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

$0
10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

$0
10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
12 · Investments: other securities

beginning of year $0
13 · Investments: program-related

beginning of year $0
15 · Other assets

beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

beginning of year $12,866 · end of year $22,155
22 · Loans and payables to officers and key people

beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
24 · Unsecured notes and loans payable

beginning of year $35,389 · end of year $22,349
25 · Other liabilities

beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

beginning of year $1,013,882 · end of year $1,003,902

Mission and programs · 2025

Mission

THE MISSION OF LATINOS UNITED FOR A NEW AMERICA (LUNA) IS TO UNIFY THE LATINO COMMUNITY WITH THE GOAL OF SIGNIFICANTLY IMPROVING THE QUALITY OF LIFE OF OUR FAMILIES AND THE FUTURE OF OUR CHILDREN THROUGH ADVOCACY AND CIVIC PARTICIPATION.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO UNIFY THE LATINO COMMUNITY WITH THE GOAL OF SIGNIFICANTLY IMPROVING THE QUALITY OF LIFE OF OUR FAMILIES AND THE FUTURE OF OUR CHILDREN THROUGH ADVOCACY AND CIVIC PARTICIPATION.

Chapters: Luna is currently working in four neighborhoods on the east side and one on the west side of San Jose. Notably, in this past year, LUNA has begun working on a violence prevention campaign with the Santa Clara County Department of Health in the Cadillac/Winchester neighborhood. LUNA's organizers have established the goal of neighborhood development and creating spaces/campaigns for cross-neighborhood collaboration on issues they share. This includes the housing support system, air quality campaign, and immigration, which will allow community leaders in all our neighborhoods to connect, share ideas and strategies, and build capacity to support each other with the problems that are occurring in their communities. Our central mission remains to empower those in the most vulnerable neighborhoods to be able to act effectively on their behalf. Leadership and organizing expertise can be applied to addressing any challenge a neighborhood faces.

Expenses $144,690 · Grants $500
CCSPP: the California Community Schools Partnership Program (CCSPP) is a grant program in collaboration with Sunrise Middle School and it is focus on two separate projects. The first one is creating a mental health awareness campaign that could help fight the stigma that mental health has. The second is know your rights and Family Plans for Undocumented Immigrants. This project was to help create family plans for undocumented immigrants to have in place in case they were arrested.

Expenses $139,076 · Revenue $6,448
Air Quality: the Air Quality campaign, aims to enhance environmental awareness and foster active participation in local environmental initiatives across several East Side neighborhoods. This cohort of 5 members and 2 organizers participated in Canopy's Canopy Certified Community Forestry School, a ten-week program involving 10 online classes, University of California online coursework, 4 in-person fieldwork days, and 15 hours of hands-on community service applying skills learned during the coursework. All 5 community leaders and both organizers completed the program, receiving UC Climate Stewards and Canopy Certified Community Forester certificates. Additionally, this campaign has actively participated in Tree Planting's hosted by Our City Forest throughout the year. Notably, since November of 2025, this group has participated in 6 community tree plantings, planting 10 trees in parks and park strips across San Jose and 2 in East Palo Alto.

Expenses $116,634
See Schedule O.

Expenses $285,936

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

Listed in Part VII

Alfonso Mendez

Treasurer

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Brenda Zendejas

VICE-PRESIDENT/SECRETARY

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Delma Hernandez

PRESIDENT

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Huascar Castro

Board Member

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Jeremy Barousse

Board Member

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Michelle Cordova

Board Member

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Rita Birrueta

Board Member

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Jose Romero

Co-Director

Total calculated

$81,352

From this org

$69,027

From related orgs

$0

Other

$12,325

Hours/week

40
Socorro Montano

Co-Director

Total calculated

$85,765

From this org

$72,737

From related orgs

$0

Other

$13,028

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: 2025
Filed: 20 July 2026
IRS schema version: 2025v4.2
Source object: 202602019349301260

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