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LATINO EDUCATION ADVANCEMENT FOUNDATION

EIN 82-3057074 SAN JOSE, CA

Revenue 2024
$3,882,183
Expenses 2024
$4,547,233

Program services were 76.0% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
B11
Classification
2000
Street
1550 THE ALAMEDA STE 206

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

TO IMPROVE ECONOMIC INCOMES FOR ALL CURRENTLY SOCIO-ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED LATINX STUDENTS AND OTHER STUDENTS OF COLOR. BY PROVIDING SERVICES AND ADVOCACY, THROUGH HIGHER EDUCATION ATTAINMENT AND CAREER MOBILITY, AND TO ACCOMPLISH SUCH PREDOMINANTLY IN EAST SAN JOSE.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO SUPPORT SCHOOLS OPERATED BY THE FOUNDATION FOR HISPANIC EDUCATION AND TO ADVANCE AND DEVELOP INITIATIVES THAT BENEFIT ALL LOW-INCOME STUDENTS ATTENDING EAST SAN JOSE SCHOOLS.

  • LEAF CENTER FOR COLLEGE SUCCESS (LCCS):THE LEAF CENTER FOR COLLEGE SUCCESS (LCCS) OFFERS A STRUCTURED APPROACH TO INCREASING COLLEGE ENROLLMENT AND RETENTION FOR FIRST-GENERATION STUDENTS OF COLOR. LCCS PROVIDES ESSENTIAL RESOURCES AND SUPPORT SERVICES FOR LATINX STUDENTS AND THEIR FAMILIES IN EAST SAN JOSE ENROLLING IN A COMMUNITY COLLEGE, UNIVERSITY, OR TRADE AND CERTIFICATION PROGRAMS. IN BRIEF, LCCS MENTORS, GUIDE, AND EMPOWER FIRST-GENERATION STUDENTS AND THEIR FAMILIES TO (1) BUILD A COLLEGE-GOING CULTURE, (2) CONFIDENTLY NAVIGATE THE COLLEGE ENROLLMENT PROCESS, (3) PERSIST THROUGH COLLEGE, AND (4) GRADUATE WITH A CLEAR CAREER PATHWAY. LEAF'S LCCS PROGRAMMING HAS SERVED OVER 900 STUDENTS AND FAMILIES SINCE 2021, INCLUDING OVER 800 LEAF SCHOLARS, NEARLY 100 MENTORS, AND OVER 500 FAMILIES (96% OF LEAF'S SCHOLARS ARE FIRST-GENERATION COLLEGE STUDENTS). TO DATE, LEAF HAS DISTRIBUTED OVER $1,600,000 TO HELP STUDENTS MEET THOSE NEEDS. SCHOLARSHIPS HAVE GONE DIRECTLY TO STUDENTS, MENTORS, AND FAMILIES, AND HAVE BEEN INCREDIBLY IMPACTFUL IN KEEPING THEM ENGAGED AND ENROLLED IN COLLEGE. THIS HAS ENABLED THE FOLLOWING OUTCOMES:-81% OF STUDENTS IN LEAF'S PERSIST IN COLLEGE (ENROLL FORM YEAR TO YEAR).-OF THESE, 50% ARE ENROLLED IN COMMUNITY COLLEGES OR TRADE SCHOOL/CERTIFICATE PROGRAMS, 50% ARE IN 4-YEAR COLLEGE PROGRAMS. LEAF ADVOCACY:LEAF ADVOCACY AIMS TO SUPPORT THE SPREAD OF UNDERREPRESENTED LATINX VOICES TO CHANGE THE SYSTEM'S DISPARATE IMPACT THAT OUR COMMUNITY IN EAST SAN JOS FACES. THIS WORK IS FOCUSED ON DEVELOPING A COLLEGE AND CAREER READINESS CULTURE IN SAN JOS VIA FOUR CORE COMPONENTS: (1) ENGAGEMENT OF EASTSIDE STUDENTS AND FAMILIES IN A PARTICIPATORY PROCESS TO PROMOTE PARENT AND STUDENT VOICES; (2) IMPROVEMENT OF CORE SUBJECT PROFICIENCY OF EASTSIDE STUDENTS LEADING TO AN INCREASE IN LATINX GRADUATES WHO PASS A-G COURSEWORK; (3) PROVIDE A COLLEGE AND CAREER-ALIGNED READINESS PROGRAM TO INCREASE ENROLLMENT AND PERSISTENCE IN TWO-YEAR COLLEGES AND FOUR-YEAR UNIVERSITIES; AND (4) ADVOCATE FOR EQUITABLE FUNDS FOR EAST SAN JOSE SCHOOLS TO BE ON PAR OR ABOVE THE HIGHEST PER-PUPIL ALLOCATION IN SANTA CLARA COUNTY.

    Expenses $1,823,827 · Grants $591,222

  • RENTAL OPERATIONS (LEAF) -AS PART OF LEAF'S COMMITMENT TO FURTHER THE MISSION OF SUPPORTING TFHE-OPERATED SCHOOLS AND ADVANCING INITIATIVES THAT SERVE THE BEST INTERESTS OF ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED STUDENTS IN EAST SAN JOSE, LEAF'S RENTAL OPERATIONS ARE DEDICATED TO PROVIDING A STABLE AND ACCOMMODATING ENVIRONMENT FOR THE CHARTER SCHOOLS SITUATED ON OUR PREMISES. THESE INSTITUTIONS INCLUDE THE ROBERTO CRUZ LEADERSHIP ACADEMY (RCLA) AND LATINO COLLEGE PREPARATORY ACADEMY (LCPA). IN ADDITION TO THESE CHARTER SCHOOLS, OUR PROPERTY HOSTS THE VOICES COLLEGE-BOUND LANGUAGE ACADEMICS, SITUATED WITHIN A MODULAR VILLAGE, AND ACCOMMODATES A SATELLITE FACILITY FOR SANTA CLARA UNIVERSITY. THESE EDUCATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS CONTRIBUTE TO THE VITALITY OF OUR COMMUNITY AND, IN RETURN, COMPENSATE LEAF FOR THEIR USE OF OUR FACILITIES.

    Expenses $1,631,045 · Revenue $2,362,981

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.

  • EDWARD ALVAREZ

    CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • BRITTANY ALVAREZ

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $163,390
    From this org
    $154,643
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $8,747
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $154,643
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $4,920
    Nontaxable benefits
    $3,827
    Filer's total
    $163,390

  • JOSE IGLESIAS

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • MONICA TIJERINA

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • LENNY ALUGAS

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • DR VIOLETA BARROSO

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • STEPHANIE BRAVO-JAFARI

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • ANDRE CHAPMAN

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • LILLY PINEDO GANGAI

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • HEATHER HERRERA

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • DR RAMON JIMENEZ

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • JOHN OTTOBONI

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • JOHN MATTHEW SOBRATO

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • JENNIFER THOMPSON

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • LIBIER GONZALEZ

    FAMILY AND ADVOCACY PROGRA

    Total calculated
    $110,347
    From this org
    $103,295
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $7,052
    Hours/week
    40

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
    $3,882,183
    Expenses
    $4,547,233
    Contributions
    $1,163,447
    Grants paid
    $591,222
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $4,913,595
    Expenses
    $5,204,986
    Contributions
    $2,570,998
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $4,035,315
    Expenses
    $4,499,257
    Contributions
    $1,681,717
    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
    $3,258,843
    Expenses
    $3,593,814
    Assets (EOY)
    $37,181,083

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $4,555,331
    Expenses
    $2,931,231
    Assets (EOY)
    $38,517,995

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $3,936,887
    Expenses
    $4,414,452
    Assets (EOY)
    $36,681,923

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.

Form 990-N e-Postcard, tax year 2018

Tax period
1 July 2018 to 30 June 2019
Principal officer
ED ALVAREZ
Mailing address
14271 STORY RDSAN JOSE CA 95127

As filed, from the IRS e-Postcard file of 26 October 2026. The IRS publishes only each organization's most recent postcard, so earlier years are not shown. A 990-N carries no financial detail. The postcard also gives the principal officer's address, which is not shown here.

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.

Related organizations

From Schedule R Part II, where a filer lists the tax-exempt organizations it is related to by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

Declared as related by

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 29 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.