CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION FOR MICROENTERPRISE OPPORTUNITY

As filed

Subsection

03

NTEE code

S193

Classification

1000

Street

2 EMBARCADERO CTR FL 8

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).

Other organizations at this address

2 other organizations in the IRS Business Master File list the same street address. matched by us

We match the street line and ZIP code as the IRS gives them, ignoring case and outer spaces and nothing else, so "AVE" and "AVENUE" count as different streets and this list can miss some. A shared address can mean related organizations or a shared office, but it can also be a registered agent, a mail drop or a service provider holding mail for unrelated clients. It is not, by itself, evidence that two organizations are connected.

• LAUDE INSTITUTE

  EIN 33-1387147

• THE@KELSEY

  EIN 84-2909645

Mission and programs · 2024

• CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION FOR MICROENTERPRISE OPPORTUNITY ("CAMEO") IS AN ASSOCIATION OF ORGANIZATIONS, AGENCIES, AND INDIVIDUALS DEDICATED TO FURTHERING MICRO ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT IN CALIFORNIA AND NATIONALLY. CAMEO WAS FORMED IN CALIFORNIA IN 1993 AS A PUBLIC BENEFIT CORPORATION. CAMEO'S MISSION IS TO INCREASE OPPORTUNITIES FOR LOW-INCOME PEOPLE AND COMMUNITIES BY BUILDING CAPACITY FOR MICRO ENTERPRISE ORGANIZATIONS. CAMEO BUILDS CAPACITY OF PRACTITIONER ORGANIZATIONS TO BETTER MEET CUSTOMER NEEDS AND IMPROVE THE WORKING ENVIRONMENT FOR MICRO ENTERPRISE BY EDUCATING THE PUBLIC AND ADVOCATING ON BEHALF OF MICRO ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT.CAMEO EXPANDS RESOURCES AND BUILDS CAPACITY FOR ITS MEMBER ORGANIZATIONS WHO ARE PROVIDING ENTREPRENEURS WITH SMALL BUSINESS TRAINING, BUSINESS FINANCING AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE - COACHING, CAPITAL ASSISTANCE AND NETWORKING. CAMEO ADVOCATES FOR PUBLIC POLICIES THAT SUPPORT THE BUSINESS SECTOR AND BUILDS PUBLIC AWARENESS OF ITS ECONOMIC IMPACTS THROUGH THE FOLLOWING PROGRAM CATEGORIES: CAPACITY BUILDING CAMEO BUILDS INDUSTRY CAPACITY SO THAT UNDERSERVED ENTREPRENEURS HAVE ACCESS TO THE TOOLS AND SUPPORT THEY NEED TO THRIVE. THIS INCLUDES SAFE, FLEXIBLE SMALL BUSINESS CAPITAL; CULTURALLY COMPETENT SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, RESOURCES, AND REFERRALS; AND A PROFESSIONAL INDUSTRY AND ECOSYSTEM THAT CAN RESPOND TO COMMUNITY CONTEXT AND LOCAL NEEDS.COMMUNITY BUILDING CAMEO FOCUSES ON BUILDING COMMUNITY SO THAT ENTREPRENEURS CAN MORE EASILY NAVIGATE THEIR LOCAL SMALL BUSINESS ECOSYSTEMS TO FIND THE SUPPORT AND SOLUTIONS THEY NEED. CAMEO AIMS TO ENSURE THAT LOCAL SERVICES ARE TRUSTED, COMMUNITY-FOCUSED, HIGH-QUALITY, AND ALIGNED WITH INDUSTRY STANDARDS. CAMEO'S GOAL IS FOR ENTREPRENEURS TO FEEL SUPPORTED BY A COLLABORATIVE SERVICE NETWORK THAT IS GENUINELY INVESTED IN THEIR LONG-TERM SUCCESS.BUILD POWER CAMEO BUILDS POWER TO ENSURE ENTREPRENEURS ARE REPRESENTED AND SUPPORTED IN MEANINGFUL WAYS. THIS INCLUDES AMPLIFYING THEIR VOICES IN POLICY DEBATES THAT AFFECT THEIR ABILITY TO START AND GROW BUSINESSES, FOSTERING A COLLABORATIVE SERVICE NETWORK THAT ADVOCATES FOR EQUITABLE AND ACCESSIBLE SMALL BUSINESS OWNERSHIP, AND ENSURING THAT POLICYMAKERS RECOGNIZE THE VITAL ROLE ENTREPRENEURS PLAY IN THE ECONOMY AND PRIORITIZE THEIR NEEDS ACCORDINGLY.

  Expenses $4,836,359 · Grants $1,112,605 · Revenue $570,969

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.

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

  $6,177,837

  Expenses

  $5,946,542

  Contributions

  $5,606,868

  Grants paid

  $1,112,605

• 2023

  Revenue

  $2,632,253

  Expenses

  $2,579,583

  Contributions

  $2,280,269

  Grants paid

  $653,500

• 2022

  Revenue

  $3,836,904

  Expenses

  $1,735,688

  Contributions

  $3,301,710

  Grants paid

  $205,500

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

  $2,410,001

  Expenses

  $1,774,181

  Assets (EOY)

  $2,292,930

• 2020 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,154,377

  Expenses

  $948,581

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,708,440

• 2019 · 990

  Revenue

  $864,567

  Expenses

  $870,051

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,206,156

• 2018 · 990

  Revenue

  $580,950

  Expenses

  $706,647

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,071,898

• 2017 · 990

  Revenue

  $820,964

  Expenses

  $775,478

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,207,727

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

• COOK Alliance

  $550,000

  2023 · CA MEHKO Project

• Accessity

  $30,000

  2022 · SBA Prime Language & Cultural Acces

• Working Solutions

  $20,500

  2022 · Shared Services First payment

• ACCESSITY

  $20,000

  2024 · SHARED SERVICES

• WORKING SOLUTIONS

  $20,000

  2024 · SHARED SERVICES

• ACCESS CAPITAL

  $20,000

  2024 · SHARED SERVICES

• PACIFIC COMMUNITY VENTURES

  $20,000

  2024 · SHARED SERVICES

• Pacific Community Ventures

  $20,000

  2022 · Shared Services First payment

• Pathway Capital Funding

  $20,000

  2022 · Shared Services First payment

• Access Capital

  $20,000

  2022 · Shared Services First payment

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

Where these grants went next →

Grants received

• TIDES FOUNDATION

  $500,000

  2024 · EQUITY, HUMAN RIGHTS, AND ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT

• SIERRA HEALTH FOUNDATION CENTER FOR HEALTH PROGRAM MANAGEMENT

  $200,000

  2023 · GENERAL SUPPORT

• SAN FRANCISCO FOUNDATION

  $125,000

  2024 · FOR GENERAL AND PROJECT SUPPORT

• SAN FRANCISCO FOUNDATION

  $100,000

  2022 · ADVISED - FOR GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT OF ENTREPINAYSHIP 2023 Q1 GRANT.

• SAN FRANCISCO FOUNDATION

  $50,000

  2023 · TO SUPPORT THE CALIFORNIA COALITION FOR COMMUNITY INVESTMENT. ENTREPINAYSHIP.

• CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION

  $50,000

  2024 · ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY

• KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITALS

  $50,000

  2024 · Expanding The Impact Of Microlending In California

• CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION

  $49,000

  2022 · ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY

• KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITALS

  $49,000

  2023 · Expanding California Microlending Impact On Bipoc

• MISSION ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AGENCY

  $35,000

  2024 · SMALL BUSINESS COALITION FOR RACIAL JUSTICE

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

Taxable family

From Schedule R Parts I, III and IV: entities that legally are the filer, and taxable partnerships, corporations and trusts it is related to. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money.

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