Form 990-EZ for tax year 2025

Totals

Total revenue

$180,715

Total expenses

$183,789

Contributions and grants received

$180,707

Grants paid

$0

Program service revenue

$0

Membership dues (line 3)

$0

Investment income (line 4)

$0

Gain or loss on sale of assets (line 5c)

$0

Gaming and fundraising events, net (line 6d)

$0

Gross profit on inventory sales (line 7c)

$0

Other revenue (line 8)

$8

Total assets, end of year

$320,574

Total liabilities, end of year

$3,736

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$316,838

Program service expenses (Part III)

$109,268

Program services were 59.5% of total expenses calculated — Part III's total program service expenses over total expenses, both as filed.

Mission and programs · 2025

• THE VENEZUELA INITIATIVE (a/k/a the VENEZUELAN AMERICAN CAUCUS "VAC) WORKS WITH CDDA FELLOWS AND OTHER NGOs IN: (I) RESEARCH, EVENTS AND ACTIVITIES DEDICATED TO CREATE INTERNATIONAL AWARENESS OF THE INSTITUTIONAL AND HUMANITARIAN CRISIS IN VENEZUELA; (II) RESEARCH ON DOMESTIC PUBLIC POLICY ISSUES AND TOPICS RELATED TO THE BILATERAL RELATION BETWEEN VENEZUELA AND THE U.S.A.; (III) COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH, SEMINARS AND EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES WITH EMERGING DEMOCRATIC LEADERS; AND, (IV) PROMOTE COOPERATION TO LEADERS AND INSTITUTIONS ENGAGED IN SUSTAINABLE DEMOCRATIC CHANGES THROUGH FREE AND FAIR ELECTIONS IN VENEZUELA, BASED IN THE ORGANIZATION'S COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH EFFORTS. DURING 2024 THE PROGRAM FOCUSED IN: (1) WORKING WITH NGOs AND FELLOWS TO DEVELOP STRATEGIES AND PLATFORMS TO DEFEND FREE AND FAIR ELECTIONS, FREE PRESS, INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALISM AND COMBATING DESINFORMATION IN SOCIAL MEDIA; (2) DEVELOPING AND ORGANIZING A SERIES OF INTERNATIONAL EVENTS, ACTIVITIES AND MEETINGS TO RAISE AWARENESS OF VENEZUELA'S DEMOCRATIC DEFICIT AND THE ESCALATING VIOLATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS, INCLUDING THE INVOLVEMENT OF MULTILATERAL INSTITUTIONS; (3) FUNDING RESEARCH ON VENEZUELA'S POLITICAL ECONOMY, INSECURITY, BASIC INDUSTRIES, AND PUBLIC POLICY OPTIONS TO RESOLVE PRESSING ISSUES RELATED TO VENEZUELA, THE BILATERAL RELATION WITH THE UNITED STATES AND THE OAS SYSTEM; 4) DEVELOP STRATEGIES TO SUPPORT GRASSROOTS MOVEMENTS WORKING ON PRESSING SOCIAL ISSUES IN LOW INCOME COMMUNITIES AND VULNERABLE SOCIAL GROUPS; AND 5) ORGANIZING THE VENEZUELAN DIASPORA TO ADVOCATE FOR HUMAN RIGHTS, HUMANITARIAN RELIEF AND ENSURING DEMOCRATIC POLITICAL CHANGE IN VENEZUELA. DURING 2024 WE FOCUSED ON ADVOCACY FOR HUMANITARIAN RELIEF TO VENEZUELAN MIGRANTS, AND CHAIRED THE VENEZUELA WORKING GROUP OF THE ATLANTIC COUNCIL, FROM WHERE WE CONTINUED OUR COLLABORATION AND ROUNDTABLES TO DISCUSS POLICY OPTIONS AND PROMOTE MULTILATERAL EFFORTS TO ENFORCE AND PROTECT HUMAN RIGHTS IN VENEZUELA.

  Expenses $10,000

• AMERICAS 100 (BRANDED AS IQ LATINO) IS: 1) A LEADERSHIP FORUM AND COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH INITIATIVE ENGAGED IN THE EMPOWERING, EDUCATING AND INTEGRATING A NETWORK OF HISPANIC LEADERS AND INFLUENCERS TO PROMOTE INNOVATION AND BEST PRACTICES IN SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND PUBLIC POLICY; 2) A PLATFORM TO DEVELOP ENGAGEMENTS AND PARTNERSHIPS AMONG LATINO LEADERS IN THE UNITED STATES, SPAIN AND LATIN AMERICA TO ADDRESS THE MOST PRESSING ISSUES IN THE HEMISPHERE KNOWN AS "LATINOS IN FOREING POLICY". DURING THE 2024 THE INITIATIVE WORKED WITH FELLOWS TO PRODUCE CONTENT AND CONTINUED DEVELOPING THE IQ LATINO COMMUNITY; PROMOTED EVENTS TO RECRUIT AND PREPARE FELLOWS; AND PRODUCED DIGITAL CAMPAIGNS TO ADVANCE THE LATINO AGENDA, SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND POLICY INNOVATION. DURING 2024 WE CONTINUED WITH OUR JOSE NUCETE SARDI SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM WITH THE SORENSEN INSTITUTE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA. IN 2024 WE SPONSORED AND PARTICIPATED IN LATINOS IN FOREIGN POLICY EVENTS WITH THE CONGRESSIONAL HISPANIC CAUCUS INSTITUTE, THE U.S. - SPAIN COUNCIL, AND OTHER EVENTS WITH INTERNATIONAL AND U.S. LATINO LEADERS.

  Expenses $99,268

As filed on the 2025 return.

Listed in Part IV

Compensation is as filed in Part IV of the Form 990-EZ: compensation, contributions to benefit plans, expense account, 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.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type

form_990_ez

Tax year

2025

Filed

6 April 2026

IRS schema version

2025v4.0

Source object

202630969349201518

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