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MISSION CULTURAL CENTER FOR LATINO ARTS

EIN 94-2576484 SAN FRANCISCO, CA

Largest nonprofits in California

Revenue 2023
$1,841,204
Expenses 2023
$2,301,894

Program services were 49.4% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
A20I
Classification
1000
Street
2868 MISSION 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 · 2023

Mission

THE MISSION CULTURAL CENTER FOR LATINO ARTS ("MCCLA") WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1977 BY ARTISTS AND COMMUNITY ACTIVISTS WITH A SHARED VISION TO PROMOTE, PRESERVE AND DEVELOP THE LATINO CULTURAL ARTS THAT REFLECT THE LIVING TRADITION AND EXPERIENCES OF CHICANO, MEXICAN, CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICAN, AND CARIBBEAN PEOPLE. THE MCCLA MAKES THE ARTS ACCESSIBLE AS AN ESSENTIAL ELEMENT TO COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND WELL BEING. MCCLA RETAILS LOW COST ARTS EDUCATION CLASSES, CULTURAL AND ARTISTIC ACTIVITIES, SCREENPRINTING SERVICES, AND SPACE FOR CREATIVE EXPRESSION, CULTURAL CELEBRATION AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT. MCCLA ACHIEVES SO THROUG SERVICE FEES AND ADMISSIONS, INDIVIDUAL DONORS, FOUNDATIONS, PARTNERSHIPS WITH THE CITY OF SF (SF ARTS COMMISSION),AND PROJECT SPONSORS.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO PROMOTE, PRESERVE AND DEVELOP THE CULTURAL ARTS THAT REFLECT THE EXPERIENCES OF THE LATINX COMMUNITY, MCCLA IS A MULTI CULTURAL, MULTIDISCIPLINARY ARTS ORGANIZATION WITH A WIDE RANGE OF PROGRAMING.

  • PROGRAMMING IN 2021, AND IN THE MIDST OF THE COVID-19, CONTINUED TO DEVELOP THE FROM THE JAGUARS CAVE PROGRAMMING SERIES, WITH ONLINE CONTENT. ALTHOUGH UNDER HEALTH AND SAFETY RESTRICTIONS, MCCLA CONTINUED TO OFFER A DIVERSE, INCLUSIVE PROGRAMMING, FOR ALL AGED, OFFERING ARTISTIC AND CULTURAL EVENTS IN COLLABORATION WITH LOCAL AND EMERGING ARTISTS. THESE EVENTS INCLUDED MUSIC CONCERTS, THEATRICAL PERFORMANCES, FILM SCREENINGS, POETRY AND LITERATURE READINGS,AND PANELS. MCCLA HELD 8 CONCERTS, 2 VIDEO DOCUMENTARIES, AND 14 ARTISTIC COLLABORATIONS, SERVING AN ESTIMATD VIRTUAL AND PRESENTIAL AUDIENCE OF APPROXIMATELY 22,000, AND WORKING WITH APPROXIMATELY 145+ ARTISTS AND PERFORMERS. MCCLA OUTREACHED TO THE COMMUNITY THROUGH ITS VIRTUAL PARTICIPATION AT THE CALLE 24S PASEO ARTISTICO ART WALK SERIES AND LEADERSHIPP PARTICIPATION IN VARIOUS COMMUNITY GROPS AND COMMITTEES.

    Expenses $1,092,787 · Revenue $165,847

  • ARTS EDUCATION / WORKSHOPS / TOURSMCCLA PROVIDED 83 CLASSES AND WORKSHOPS IN DANCE, MUSIC, THEATER, YOGA, SUGAR SKULLS, AND GIFT WRAPPING. 25 TEACHING ARTISTS PARTICIPATED, SERVING APPROXIMATELY 272 YOUTH. TOGETHER WITH THE SF YOUTH THEATER, MCCLA COSPONSORED A GROUP OF 1012 YOUNG STUDENTS, OFFERING THEM SPACE AND TECHNICAL SERVICES FOR 16 REHEARSAL SESSIONS AND A FINAL VIRTUAL PRESENTATION.

    Expenses $44,307 · Revenue $84,164

  • SUPPORT TO ARTISTS & COMMUNITY STAYINGCONNECTEDAUDIO VISUAL EQUIPMENT WAS ALSO ACQUIRED TO MEET THE NEW DEMAND, AND STAFF WASASSIGNED TO SUPPORT THE TRANSITION AND PROVIDE NECESSARY TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO THE ARTISTS AND TEACHERS IN OUR SCHEDULE. THROUGH PEER TRAINING STAFF NAVIGATED THROUGH THE REMOTE AND TECHNICAL ASPECTS TO HOST CLASSES, MEETINGS, PRESENTATIONS, PARTICIPATION IN LEADERSHIP GROUPS AND WEBINARS, AND TO INVITE, REGISTER AND PROVIDE HOSTING SERVICES TO PARTICIPANTS. THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS ALSO HELD ITS 2ND ZOOM PUBLIC COMMENT MEETING IN APRIL 2021. MCCLA TRAINED ARTISTS AND TEACHERS IN ONLINE PROGRAMMING, OFFERING HOSTING AND TECH SUPPORT DURING THE TRANSITION; PROVIDED RENTAL AND DISCOUNTED SPACE TO LOCAL ARTISTS, AND GROUPS NEEDING TO MEET SOCIAL DISTANCING REQUIREMENTS WHEN APPROPRIATE; ACTIVELY ENGAGED ARTISTS AND TEACHERS DURING THE LOCKDOWN PERIOD, COMPENSATING THEM 100% ARTIST FEES.

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.

  • Dr Martina Ayala

    Executive Dir.

    Total calculated
    $131,319
    From this org
    $131,319
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40
  • Francisco Gomez

    Chair/Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Irene Gomez

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Rosa Jaquez

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Robert Retana

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Lorenzo Robleto

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Robert Sanchez

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

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
    $1,841,204
    Expenses
    $2,301,894
    Contributions
    $1,576,219
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $1,875,823
    Expenses
    $1,465,763
    Contributions
    $1,643,356
    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
    $772,379
    Expenses
    $1,000,883
    Assets (EOY)
    $284,070
  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $845,287
    Expenses
    $600,616
    Assets (EOY)
    $534,583
  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $892,076
    Expenses
    $847,069
    Assets (EOY)
    $315,070
  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,028,962
    Expenses
    $1,020,589
    Assets (EOY)
    $254,247
  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,013,293
    Expenses
    $932,001
    Assets (EOY)
    $262,533
  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,068,686
    Expenses
    $1,048,019
    Assets (EOY)
    $188,351
  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $946,844
    Expenses
    $940,495
    Assets (EOY)
    $146,760
  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $951,100
    Expenses
    $891,613
    Assets (EOY)
    $167,467
  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $885,697
    Expenses
    $910,443
    Assets (EOY)
    $78,725

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

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

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