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Form 990 for tax year 2025

Filed by CENTER OF SOUTHWEST CULTURE INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$4,331,702
Total expenses
$4,056,151
Contributions and grants received
$4,064,045
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$267,657
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$3,018,688
Total liabilities, end of year
$451,370
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$2,567,318
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$3,201,579
Management and general expenses
$516,981
Fundraising expenses
$337,591
Program service expenses (Part III)
$3,201,579

Program services were 78.9% 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)

    $639,967

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $3,424,078

  • 2a · Program service revenue: PROGRAM REVENUE

    total $267,657 · related or exempt $267,657

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $281,217 · program services $240,296 · management and general $15,660 · fundraising $25,261

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $1,629,548 · program services $1,392,431 · management and general $90,741 · fundraising $146,376

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $92,186 · program services $78,768 · management and general $5,135 · fundraising $8,283

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $148,310 · program services $126,724 · management and general $8,261 · fundraising $13,325

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $1,259,708 · program services $764,793 · management and general $368,833 · fundraising $126,082

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $34,560 · program services $34,182 · management and general $189 · fundraising $189

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $141,021 · program services $129,880 · management and general $7,650 · fundraising $3,491

  • 17 · Travel

    total $89,121 · program services $89,121

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $62,645 · program services $56,381 · management and general $3,132 · fundraising $3,132

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $13,088 · program services $10,470 · management and general $1,309 · fundraising $1,309

  • 24a · Other expenses: SUPPLIES EXPENSE

    total $219,299 · program services $207,689 · management and general $9,288 · fundraising $2,322

  • 24b · Other expenses: DUES AND SUBSCRIPTIONS

    total $38,274 · program services $36,360 · management and general $957 · fundraising $957

  • 24c · Other expenses: EQUIPMENT

    total $24,173 · program services $20,000 · fundraising $4,173

  • 24d · Other expenses: TELEPHONE & COMMUNICATION

    total $17,860 · program services $13,566 · management and general $2,147 · fundraising $2,147

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $5,141 · program services $918 · management and general $3,679 · fundraising $544

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $1,944,595 · end of year $2,320,370

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $824,273 · end of year $563,261

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $67,028 · end of year $3,200

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $4,710

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

    $59,848

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

    $59,848

  • 14 · Intangible assets

    beginning of year $166,765 · end of year $131,857

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $131,022 · end of year $41,777

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $416,133 · end of year $273,807

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $168,449 · end of year $135,786

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $538,075 · end of year $653,839

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,753,692 · end of year $1,913,479

Mission and programs · 2025

Mission

TO DEVELOP HEALTHY INDIGENOUS AND LATINO COMMUNITIES THROUGH ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL WORK.

Activities or mission (Part I)

THE MISSION OF THE CENTER OF SOUTHWEST CULTURE IS TO DEVELOP HEALTHY INDIGENOUS AND MEXICANO / CHICANO COMMUNITIES THROUGH ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, CULTURAL, AND EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS. OUR WORK TAKES A LINGUISTICALLY AND CULTURALLY SUPPORTIVE APPROACH AND IS CENTERED ON CULTURAL LIFEWAYS, TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE, AND EXISTING RESOURCES TO INCREASE OVERALL COMMUNITY HEALTH.

  • ASSISTED INDIGENOUS AND MEXICANO/CHICANO GROUPS AND INDIVIDUALS IN DEVELOPING LONG-TERM ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES, INCREASE QUALITY OF LIFE, AND STRENGTHEN CULTURAL LIFEWAYS. PROVIDED BILINGUAL ORGANIC GARDENING WORKSHOPS TO INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES TO START AND MAINTAIN BACKYARD GARDENS AND GROW THEIR OWN ORGANIC PRODUCE.

    Expenses $3,201,579 · Revenue $267,657

As filed on the 2025 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Tasha Caldwell

    PROJECT DIRE

    Total calculated
    $159,740
    From this org
    $159,740
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $159,740
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    not reported
    Nontaxable benefits
    not reported
    Filer's total
    $159,740

  • Arturo Sandoval

    EXECUTIVE DI

    Total calculated
    $146,315
    From this org
    $146,315
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Noemi Davila Tovar

    FINANCE DIRE

    Total calculated
    $134,902
    From this org
    $124,830
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $10,072
    Hours/week
    40

  • Melissa Lopez-Sullivan

    PROJECT DIRE

    Total calculated
    $128,775
    From this org
    $128,775
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Nancy Torres

    PROGRAM DIRE

    Total calculated
    $120,598
    From this org
    $120,598
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Loretta Trujillo

    PROJECT DIRE

    Total calculated
    $119,795
    From this org
    $119,795
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Briana Chavez

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jake Foreman

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Alan Marks

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Maria Martinez Sanchez

    VICE PRESIDE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Aleta Suazo

    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. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.

Schedule J

Answered yes

None.

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
  • 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
  • 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
  • 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
  • 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
  • 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2025
Filed
16 July 2026
IRS schema version
2025v4.0
Source object
202642029349300049

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