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LATIN AMERICAN LEGAL DEFENSE AND EDUCATIONAL FUND INC

EIN 20-2484231 TRENTON, NJ

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Revenue 2023
$705,074
Expenses 2023
$804,038

Program services were 81.4% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
I80
Classification
1000
Street
714 S CLINTON AVE # 716

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 · 2023

Mission

TO PROMOTE THE RIGHTS OF ALL IMMIGRANTS (WITH A FOCUS ON THE LATIN AMERICAN COMMUNITY IN THE MERCER COUNTY AREA); FACILITATE ACCESS TO HEALTHCARE, EDUCATION, AND LEGAL REPRESENTATION; ADVOCATE FOR THE INTEGRATION OF IMMIGRANTS; AND FOSTER INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION THAT STRENGTHENS COMMUNITIES SERVED.

  • COMMUNITY CENTER - CASA DE BIENVENIDA, THE TRENTON COMMUNITY CENTER, IS A RESOURCE HUB FOR THE CITY'S LATINO AND OTHER IMMIGRANTS, SERVING OVER 3,000 HOUSEHOLDS ANNUALLY. CASA DE BIENVENIDA IS OPEN SIX DAYS A WEEK, YEARROUND, WITH THE GOAL OF INCREASING THE SOCIAL CAPITAL OF IMMIGRANT HOUSEHOLDS. OUR COMMUNITY OUTREACH DEPARTMENT DISSEMINATES ESSENTIAL AND RELIABLE INFORMATION ON RELEVANT TOPICS AS WELL AS ISSUING MERCER COUNTY ID CARDS TO EXTEND ACCESS TO BASIC SERVICES. OUR ADULT EDUCATION PROGRAMS INCLUDE COURSES IN THE AREAS OF LANGUAGE ACQUISITION,CITIZENSHIP PREP, AND HIGH SCHOOL EQUIVALENCY. ALSO PROVIDED ARE IMMIGRATION LEGAL SERVICES.

    Expenses $654,800

  • YOUTH DEVELOPMENT - FUTURO PROGRAM WHICH IS AN INCLUSIVE AND DIVERSE YOUTH MENTORING PROGRAM FOR FIRST AND SECOND GENERATION IMMIGRANT STUDENTS. AS PART OF THIS PROGRAM, THE ORGANIZATION PROVIDES MENTORING AND TUTORING, SAT/ACT PREP, ASSISTANCE WITH SCHOLARSHIP AND COLLEGE APPLICATIONS, RESUME DEVELOPMENT, FINANCIAL LITERACY, VISITS TO COLLEGE CAMPUSES, AND MORE COMPLEMENTARY TO THE FUTURO PROGRAM IS FUTURO FAMILIA, WHICH PROVIDES A FORUM FOR FAMILIES OF STUDENTS TO DISCUSS CONCERNS ABOUT THE APPLICATION PROCESS, AS WELL AS HOLISTIC FAMILY SUPPORT. LALDEF WORKS WITH AND ENGAGES ENTIRE FAMILIES, UNDERSTANDING THAT BY ENGAGING WITH THE COMMUNITY IN THISWAY, WE IMPROVE THE LIVES OF PARENTS AND THEIR CHILDREN.

As filed on the 2023 return.

Officers and directors · 2023

As listed in Part VII of the 2023 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • Cecilia Jimenez-Weeast

    Executive Dir.

    Total calculated
    $90,000
    From this org
    $90,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40
  • Pete Taft

    Chairman

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10
  • Sasa Olessi Montano

    President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10
  • Steven Gamboa

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10
  • David Long

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10
  • Karen S Ali Esq

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Dr Rachael Evans

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Rev Karen Hernandez-Gransen

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Cynthia Martinez

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Jason Scott Camilo Esq

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Jonathan Lear

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2023
    Revenue
    $705,074
    Expenses
    $804,038
    Contributions
    $630,330
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $867,510
    Expenses
    $855,314
    Contributions
    $790,511
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $917,906
    Expenses
    $845,410
    Contributions
    $865,384
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $967,303
    Expenses
    $906,295
    Contributions
    $913,227
    Grants paid
    $0

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
    $845,307
    Expenses
    $923,654
    Assets (EOY)
    $642,605
  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $761,192
    Expenses
    $839,539
    Assets (EOY)
    $642,606
  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,008,869
    Expenses
    $718,614
    Assets (EOY)
    $707,309
  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $702,745
    Expenses
    $671,130
    Assets (EOY)
    $475,089
  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $402,807
    Expenses
    $511,522
    Assets (EOY)
    $329,581
  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $434,622
    Expenses
    $270,902
    Assets (EOY)
    $409,121
  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $223,953
    Expenses
    $210,061
    Assets (EOY)
    $76,709
  • 2015 · 990-EZ

    Revenue
    $174,936
    Expenses
    $177,846
    Assets (EOY)
    $59,091
  • 2014 · 990-EZ

    Revenue
    $163,574
    Expenses
    $154,971
    Assets (EOY)
    $75,980
  • 2013 · 990-EZ

    Revenue
    $142,987
    Expenses
    $162,331
    Assets (EOY)
    $64,349

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. Showing the 10 most recent; the API carries the rest.

Grants made

No itemized grants to organizations. Schedule I is filed only by organizations that granted more than $5,000 to a recipient, so most filers have none.

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 9 November 2026 and read 9 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2023, the newest we have parsed for this organization.