Totals
- Total revenue
- $880,485
- Total expenses
- $732,625
- Contributions and grants received
- $738,060
- Grants paid
- $0
- Program service revenue
- $142,425
- Investment income
- $0
- Other revenue
- $0
- Total assets, end of year
- $609,087
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $0
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $609,087
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $656,136
- Management and general expenses
- $76,489
- Fundraising expenses
- $0
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $656,136
Program services were 89.6% 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.
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1a · Federated campaigns
$0
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1b · Membership dues
$0
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1c · Fundraising events
$0
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1d · Related organizations
$0
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1e · Government grants (contributions)
$97,702
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1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants
$640,358
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1g · Noncash contributions included above
$0
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2f · All other program service revenue
total $142,425 · related or exempt $142,425 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
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6c · Rental income or loss
real property $0 · personal property $0
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7c · Gain or loss
securities $0 · other assets $0
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8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c
$0
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11e · Other revenue, total
$0
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
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5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
total $65,000 · program services $65,000
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7 · Other salaries and wages
total $64,555 · program services $64,555
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9 · Other employee benefits
total $2,085 · program services $2,085
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10 · Payroll taxes
total $50,381 · program services $50,381
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11c · Fees: accounting
total $16,750 · management and general $16,750
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11g · Fees: other
total $309,569 · program services $309,569
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16 · Occupancy
total $38,868 · management and general $38,868
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17 · Travel
total $74,851 · program services $74,851
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24e · All other expenses
total $110,566 · program services $89,695 · management and general $20,871
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $457,971 · end of year $607,617
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10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis
$1,470
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10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation
$0
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10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net
end of year $1,470
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27 · Net assets without donor restrictions
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
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28 · Net assets with donor restrictions
beginning of year $457,971 · end of year $609,087
Mission and programs · 2024
Mission
Meztli Projects is an indigenous-based arts & culture collaborative centering indigeneity into the creative practice of Los Angeles by using arts-based strategies to support, advocate for, and organize to highlight Native/Indigenous artists and system-impacted youth.
Activities or mission (Part I)
Meztli Projects supports the creative development of Native and Indigenous artists, including systems-impacted peoples such as youth.
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Meztli Projects provided free programs such as the Cultural Worker Fellowship, Summer Youth Arts Program, as well as the Cultural Worker Apprentice program as part of the organization's youth development project through the Ready to Rise and Care First Community Investment initiatives. Through IndigenArts & Wellness, Meztli Projects supported programs that blend art, wellness, and Indigenous practices. Meztli Projects also provided a variety of free workshops for the general public through partnerships with entities such as the Los Angeles County Departments of Mental Health and Public Health, arts & culture institutions like the Getty and Skirball Museums. Meztli Projects also provided technical assistance to artists and collectives for independent projects.
Expenses $656,136 · Revenue $880,485
As filed on the 2024 return.
Listed in Part VII
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JOEL GARCIA
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $77,500
- From this org
- $77,500
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $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
- 2024
- Filed
- 10 October 2025
- IRS schema version
- 2024v5.0
- Source object
- 202542889349301964
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