LATIN AMERICAN LEGAL DEFENSE AND EDUCATIONAL FUND INC
EIN 20-2484231 TRENTON, NJ
- 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.
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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
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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.
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Cecilia Jimenez-WeeastCECILIA JIMENEZ-WEEAST
Executive Dir.
- Total calculated
- $90,000
- From this org
- $90,000
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 40
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Pete TaftPETE TAFT
Chairman
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 10
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Sasa Olessi MontanoSASA OLESSI MONTANO
President
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 10
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Steven GamboaSTEVEN GAMBOA
Treasurer
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 10
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David LongDAVID LONG
Secretary
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 10
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Karen S Ali EsqKAREN S ALI ESQ
Trustee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
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Dr Rachael EvansDR RACHAEL EVANS
Trustee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
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Rev Karen Hernandez-GransenREV KAREN HERNANDEZ-GRANSEN
Trustee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
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Cynthia MartinezCYNTHIA MARTINEZ
Trustee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
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Jason Scott Camilo EsqJASON SCOTT CAMILO ESQ
Trustee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
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Jonathan LearJONATHAN 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
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2023
- Revenue
- $705,074
- Expenses
- $804,038
- Contributions
- $630,330
- Grants paid
- $0
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2023
- Revenue
- $867,510
- Expenses
- $855,314
- Contributions
- $790,511
- Grants paid
- $0
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2022
- Revenue
- $917,906
- Expenses
- $845,410
- Contributions
- $865,384
- Grants paid
- $0
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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
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2021 · 990
- Revenue
- $845,307
- Expenses
- $923,654
- Assets (EOY)
- $642,605
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2021 · 990
- Revenue
- $761,192
- Expenses
- $839,539
- Assets (EOY)
- $642,606
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2020 · 990
- Revenue
- $1,008,869
- Expenses
- $718,614
- Assets (EOY)
- $707,309
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2019 · 990
- Revenue
- $702,745
- Expenses
- $671,130
- Assets (EOY)
- $475,089
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2018 · 990
- Revenue
- $402,807
- Expenses
- $511,522
- Assets (EOY)
- $329,581
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2017 · 990
- Revenue
- $434,622
- Expenses
- $270,902
- Assets (EOY)
- $409,121
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2016 · 990
- Revenue
- $223,953
- Expenses
- $210,061
- Assets (EOY)
- $76,709
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2015 · 990-EZ
- Revenue
- $174,936
- Expenses
- $177,846
- Assets (EOY)
- $59,091
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2014 · 990-EZ
- Revenue
- $163,574
- Expenses
- $154,971
- Assets (EOY)
- $75,980
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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
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2024 General the New Jersey Arts & Culture Renewal Fund
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2022 DOH SUBGRANT
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2022 general support
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2023 DOH SUBGRANT
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2023 CBO SUPPORT TO INCREASE VACCINATION COVERAGE
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NEW JERSEY STATE BAR FOUNDATION
$63,000
2023 Cosponsorship
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2024 DOH SUBGRANT
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2023 GENERAL
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$25,000
2025 GRANT FUNDS TO BE USED IN SUPPORT OF THE ORGANIZATION'S MISSION
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NEW JERSEY STATE BAR FOUNDATION
$25,000
2022 Cosponsorship
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.