Form 990 for tax year 2023

Totals

Total revenue

$1,180,433

Total expenses

$1,103,054

Contributions and grants received

$1,085,408

Grants paid

$152,697

Program service revenue

$0

Investment income

$95,025

Other revenue

$0

Total assets, end of year

$2,154,349

Total liabilities, end of year

$191,643

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$1,962,706

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$981,391

Management and general expenses

$114,264

Fundraising expenses

$7,399

Program service expenses (Part III)

$981,391

Program services were 89.0% 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.

Mission and programs · 2023

• FEES AT FWCC ARE SPECIFICALLY DESIGNED TO SERVE LOW-INCOME SEASONAL AND MIGRANT FARMWORKERS AND THOSE WORKIN IN LANDSCAPING IN PALM BEACH COUNTY. THIS PROGRAM OFFERS SERVICES BASED UPON A LONG-TERM INTERVENTION MODEL, WHICH IS ROOTED IN A COMPREGHENSIVE CASE-MANAGEMENT APPROACH. ITS MAIN OBJECTIVE IS TO EMPOWER INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES BY PROVIDING THEM WITH THE MEANS TO TRANSITION FROM A SITUATION OF CRISIS TO ONE OF STABILITY AND THEREBY ALLOWING FAMILIES TO BECOME SELF SUFFICIENT AND INDEPENDENT. FURTHERMORE, FPES PROGRAM STAFF AT FWCC COLLABORATE WITH COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS AND SERVICE PROVIDERS IN ORDER TO ENSURE CLIENTS HAVE ACCESS TO ESSENTIAL RESOURCES, INCLUSIVE OF SOCIAL SECURITY, DISABILITY BENEFITS, UNEMPLOYMENT ASSISTANCE, AND FOOD SUPPLORT. MOREOVER, FWCC STAFF ALSO ASSIST PARENTS IN NAVIGATING THE PUBLIC EDUCATION SYSTEM IN ORDER FOR THEIR CHILDREN TO BE PROPERLY ENROLLED IN PUBLIC SCHOOL. CLIENTS AND THEIR CHILDREN ARE ALSO REFERRED TO OUR EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS THAT HELP ADULTS BECOME LITERATE IN ENGLISH OR THEIR CHILDREN TO ACQUIRE THE BASICS IN READING WRITING AND MATHEMATICS.

  Expenses $499,980

• THE EDUCATION PROGRAM OFFERS A VARIETY OF PROGRAMS FOR FARM WORKERS AND THEIR CHILDREN AND OTHER INDIGENT FAMILIES. THE AFTER SCHOOL MENTORING AND TUTORING PROGRAMS AIMS TO MITIGATE LOW EDUCATION ACHIEVEMENT LEVELS, REDUCE THE DROP-OUT RATE AND BRIDGE THE EDUCATIONAL GAP THAT EXISTS BETWEEN CHILDREN OF FARM WORKERS AND THE REST OF THE STUDENT POPULATION. WE ALSO OFFER A PRE-K PROGRAM TO THE CHILDREN READY FOR SCHOOL. MOREOVER OUR ART PROGRAM SEEKS TO EDUCATE CHILDREN THROUGH ART AND BUILD SELF ESTEEM. WHILE THE ADULT PROGRAM OFFERS A VARIETY OF CLASSES (ESOL, LITERACY, BASIC COMPUTER, ETC) TO HELP PARENTS LEARN NEW SKILLS THAT MAY HELP THEM FIND A BETTER JOB OR MAKE BETTER FINANCIAL DECISIONS THAT COULD LEAD TO FAMILY ECONOMIC STABILITY.

  Expenses $95,000

• THE GOAL OF THE COMMUNITY HEALTH ACCESS TEAM (CHAT) IS TO FACILITATE ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE SERVICES AMONG UNINSURED AND UNDER INSURED LOW INCOME FARM WORKER FAMILIES. MANY OF THESE FAMILIES ARE UNABLE TO ACCESS AFFORDABLE HEALTH SERVICES BECAUSE OF BARRIERS SUCH AS LANGUAGE, CULTURE, IMMIGRATION STATUS AND ECONOMIC SITUATION. CHAT ACCOMPLISHES ITS GOALS BY CONDUCTING OUTREACH ACTIVITES, HEALTH WORKSHOPS AND HELPING CLIENTS APPLY FOR MEDICAID, KID CARE, HEALTH CARE DISTRICT AND OTHER HEALTH CARE PROGRAMS IN OUR COMMUNITY. CLIENT ADVOCACY AND TRANSPORTATION TO MEDICAL APPOINTMENTS ARE KEY COMPONENTS OF THIS PROGRAM.

  Expenses $70,000

• THE PEOPLE IN NEED PROGRAMS GOAL IS TO HELP NON-FARMWORKER INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES THAT DO NOT QUALIFY FOR OUR OTHER PROGRAMS BUT HAVE UN-MET NEEDS. OUR FOCUS IS TO HELP PEOPLE THAT ARE IN NEED OF SERVICES BUT FOR ONE REASON OR ANOTHER FALL THROUGH THE CRACKS AND HAVE NOT BEEN SERVED BY AGENCIES IN OUR COUNTY. SOME OF THE SERVICES PROVIDED BY THIS PROGRAM INCLUDES: CASE MANAGEMENT EMERGENCY RENTAL/UTILITY ASSISTANCE, DISTRIBUTION OF FOOD AND CLOTHING, TRANSPORTATION, ETC

  Expenses $316,411

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

Listed in Part VII

• DEAN LUCE

  BOARD MEMBER

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  1

• LUZ VAN MEEK

  VICE PRESIDENT

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  2

• MILA ARMAYOR

  BOARD MEMBER

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  1

• FREDDY ASENCIO

  BOARD MEMBER

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  1

• RYAN MILLET

  TREASURER

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  1

• LYNN GAROD

  BOARD MEMBER

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  1

• GAYLE ZAVALA

  PRESIDENT

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  2

• DENISE NEGRON

  EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

  Total calculated

  $80,000

  From this org

  $80,000

  From related orgs

  $0

  Other

  $0

  Hours/week

  40

• DIANNE LERNER

  BOARD MEMBER

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  1

• NANCY LULU FARRELL

  SECRETARY

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  2

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

5 April 2025

IRS schema version

2023v6.0

Source object

202541019349300614

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