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MAESTRO CARES FOUNDATION

EIN 45-3706112 CHICAGO, IL

Revenue 2024
$10,087,332
Expenses 2024
$5,601,170

Program services were 71.9% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
Q30
Classification
1000
Street
1459 W HUBBARD ST

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

MAESTRO CARES FOUNDATION IMPROVES THE QUALITY OF LIFE OF DISADVANTAGED CHILDREN AND COMMUNITIES IN LATIN AMERICA AND THE UNITED STATES. WE DO SO BY PROVIDING HOUSING, EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMING AND THE ESSENTIAL RESOURCES TO SUPPORT THEIR GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT. THROUGH OUR EFFORTS, WE ARE STRENGTHENING COMMUNITIES AND HELPING CHILDREN BECOME TOMORROW'S LEADERS.

  • EXPENSES FOR PROJECTS INCLUDED THE FOLLOWING DURING 2024:SMALL STEPS NURTURING CENTER-HOUSTON, TEXAS; RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES-LURIE KITCHEN CHICAGO, ILLINOIS; CASITA DE BELEN ORPHANAGE CENTER IN CALI, COLOMBIA, CASA EN COMUNIDAD MAESTRO CARES ALDEAS INFANTILES SOS ECUADOR (PLACEMENT FACILITY) IN QUITO, ECUADOR; CASA HOGAR ALERGIA EXPANSION IN COLOMBIA; AGRUPACION DE DAMAS HEBREAS HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DEL VALLE IN CALI, COLOMBIA; ALDEOS INFANTILES SOS COMMUNITY CENTER - HONDURAS; FUNDACION RENACI-CENTRO E BIENSTAR DE NINOS CON CANCER - PARAGUAY; YMCA AQUATIC THERAPY AND WELLNESS CENTER IN PUERTO RICO.

    Expenses $2,675,472 · Grants $2,069,042

  • CHILD SPONSORSHIP PROGRAM, SCHOLARSHIPS AND CONTRIBUTIONS TO SOCIAL SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS

    Expenses $411,436

  • OTHER EXPENSES RELATED TO THE GRANTS AND SUPPORT PROGRAMS.

    Expenses $941,969 · Revenue $174,074

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • HENRY CARDENAS

    CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    20

  • MARCO ANTONIO MUNIZ

    VICE CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

  • ELENA SOTOMAYOR

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

  • PETER AMARO

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

  • FELIPE PIMENTO

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • BIGRAM ZAYAS

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • AMALIA GOMEZ-MICONE

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • ZAYDA CARDENAS

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $157,731
    From this org
    $157,731
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $157,731
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $157,731

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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $10,087,332
    Expenses
    $5,601,170
    Contributions
    $10,126,960
    Grants paid
    $2,069,042
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $5,983,163
    Expenses
    $5,252,951
    Contributions
    $6,080,165
    Grants paid
    $2,064,913
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $7,139,999
    Expenses
    $4,405,967
    Contributions
    $7,266,669
    Grants paid
    $1,447,898

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $3,094,225
    Expenses
    $2,524,814
    Assets (EOY)
    $6,243,515

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,481,025
    Expenses
    $1,577,896
    Assets (EOY)
    $5,588,206

  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,732,305
    Expenses
    $1,026,685
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,188,567

  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,492,680
    Expenses
    $1,380,427
    Assets (EOY)
    $364,215

  • 2012 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $208,790
    Assets (EOY)
    $353,974

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all.

Grants made

Where these grants went next →

Grants received

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.

Publication 78

Listed as of 13 October 2026, under deductibility PC.

These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.

What this page reflects

The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 13 October 2026 and read 26 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.