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EL PASO COMMUNITY FOUNDATION

EIN 74-1839536 EL PASO, TX

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Revenue 2024
$20,003,678
Expenses 2024
$20,223,645

Program services were 90.3% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
T310
Classification
1000
Street
PO BOX 272

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

13 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.

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

To establish charitable funds. To provide a vehicle for donors' varied interests. To promote local philanthropy. To provide leadership and resources in addressing local challenges and opportunities.

Activities or mission (Part I)

The El Paso Community Foundation fosters philanthropy to address the unique opportunities and challenges of the El Paso, southern New Mexico, and Ciudad Juarez region as a grant maker.

  • The Foundation serves the general charitable, educational, and scientific needs of El Paso and surrounding areas.

    Expenses $13,871,913 · Grants $5,628,829

  • Scholarship Programs

    Expenses $2,123,652 · Grants $2,123,652

  • The Teacher Pipeline Fund supports the work of an El Paso Teacher Preparation community of Practice created to ensure an equitable education system that meets the needs of all students in the region. The goal is for 100% of new teachers hired by districts in the El Paso region must be trained in sustainable, high-quality programs, and those teachers must be effective and retained. The initiative includes four strategic areas: recruitment into the profession, high quality teacher preparation programs, a year-long paid residency, and early career teacher mentorship.

    Expenses $1,282,111 · Grants $670,000

  • El Paso Innovation Hub is a nonprofit initiative by El Paso Community Foundation in partnership with Microsoft. Our mission is to cultivate a culture of innovation and collaboration across the borderland community, empowering individuals and organizations to drive positive change.

    Expenses $989,419 · Grants $538,050 · Revenue $2,055,000

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.

  • Richard E Pearson

    President / CEO

    Total calculated
    $448,535
    From this org
    $347,175
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $101,360
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $291,103
    Bonus
    $55,713
    Other
    $359
    Deferred
    $69,000
    Nontaxable benefits
    $32,360
    Filer's total
    $448,535

  • Hector Villegas

    VP COMM. DEVELOP.,

    Total calculated
    $300,953
    From this org
    $209,516
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $91,437
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $209,000
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    $516
    Deferred
    $52,250
    Nontaxable benefits
    $39,187
    Filer's total
    $300,953

  • Stephanie L Otero

    Vice President

    Total calculated
    $241,406
    From this org
    $165,454
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $75,952
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $160,000
    Bonus
    $5,000
    Other
    $454
    Deferred
    $40,000
    Nontaxable benefits
    $35,952
    Filer's total
    $241,406

  • Kathrin Berg

    Vice President

    Total calculated
    $230,368
    From this org
    $165,495
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $64,873
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $162,000
    Bonus
    $3,000
    Other
    $495
    Deferred
    $40,500
    Nontaxable benefits
    $24,373
    Filer's total
    $230,368

  • Carmen M Vargas

    Vice President

    Total calculated
    $224,633
    From this org
    $165,792
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $58,841
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $160,000
    Bonus
    $5,000
    Other
    $792
    Deferred
    $40,000
    Nontaxable benefits
    $18,841
    Filer's total
    $224,633

  • Janice W Windle

    Senior Advisor

    Total calculated
    $172,788
    From this org
    $115,351
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $57,437
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $114,597
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    $754
    Deferred
    $28,649
    Nontaxable benefits
    $28,788
    Filer's total
    $172,788

  • Gary L Williams

    S. Program Officer

    Total calculated
    $163,605
    From this org
    $120,408
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $43,197
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $120,000
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    $408
    Deferred
    $30,000
    Nontaxable benefits
    $13,197
    Filer's total
    $163,605

  • Andrea Tirres

    Sen. Prog. Officer

    Total calculated
    $149,771
    From this org
    $110,480
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $39,291
    Hours/week
    40

  • Alfredo Corchado

    Sen. Prog. Officer

    Total calculated
    $148,936
    From this org
    $115,111
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $33,825
    Hours/week
    40

  • Manuel Pacillas

    Chairman

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Isha Rogers Santamaria

    Vice Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • G Paul Porras

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Lillian W Crouch

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Joe Alcantar Jr

    Past Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • John Balliew

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Leigh Varner Bloss

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Sylvia Borunda Firth

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Chris A Cummings

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • James Magee

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Judith Gaskin

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Ruth Gillett

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Tasha Hopper

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jeannine Kennedy

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Lyn McKee

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Rebecca Ramos

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

The first 25 listed. 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
    $20,003,678
    Expenses
    $20,223,645
    Contributions
    $11,819,184
    Grants paid
    $8,960,531
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $10,400,508
    Expenses
    $15,376,630
    Contributions
    $6,126,951
    Grants paid
    $6,748,506
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $22,273,474
    Expenses
    $22,466,528
    Contributions
    $18,361,275
    Grants paid
    $15,019,768

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

  • 2024 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported

  • 2023 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported

  • 2022 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported

  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $21,715,289
    Expenses
    $18,563,335
    Assets (EOY)
    $84,044,216

  • 2021 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $19,448,264
    Expenses
    $15,467,418
    Assets (EOY)
    $79,676,620

  • 2020 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $22,056,772
    Expenses
    $17,222,304
    Assets (EOY)
    $71,646,863

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

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

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Grants received

  • CARDWELL FOUNDATION

    $3,088,857

    2022 BENEFIT OTHER NPO'S

  • AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC

    $2,203,529

    2024 GENERAL SUPPORT

  • THE BURKITT FOUNDATION

    $1,326,253

    2024 TO FOSTER AND PROMOTE THE INTERESTS OF THE CATHOLIC EDUCATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS, PRIMARILY IN THE STATE OF TEXAS AND IN THE SOUTHWESTERN UNITED STATES WITH PROJECTED ANNUAL GRANTS OF APPROXIMATELY SIXTY-SIX AND TWO-THIRDS PERCENT (66 2/3%) MADE TO CATHOLIC EDUCATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND APPROXIMATELY THIRTY THREE AND ONE-THIRD PERCENT (33 1/3%) MADE TO SUPPORT ORGANIZATIONS FOR CHARITABLE PURPOSES.

  • CARDWELL FOUNDATION

    $1,295,737

    2025 BENEFIT OTHER NPO'S

  • THE BURKITT FOUNDATION

    $1,205,983

    2023 TO FOSTER AND PROMOTE THE INTERESTS OF THE CATHOLIC EDUCATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS, PRIMARILY IN THE STATE OF TEXAS AND IN THE SOUTHWESTERN UNITED STATES WITH PROJECTED ANNUAL GRANTS OF APPROXIMATELY SIXTY-SIX AND TWO-THIRDS PERCENT (66 2/3%) MADE TO CATHOLIC EDUCATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND APPROXIMATELY THIRTY THREE AND ONE-THIRD PERCENT (33 1/3%) MADE TO SUPPORT ORGANIZATIONS FOR CHARITABLE PURPOSES.

  • AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC

    $1,035,298

    2023 GENERAL SUPPORT

  • AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC

    $1,029,448

    2022 GENERAL SUPPORT

  • THE BURKITT FOUNDATION

    $1,017,100

    2022 TO FOSTER AND PROMOTE THE INTERESTS OF THE CATHOLIC EDUCATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS, PRIMARILY IN THE STATE OF TEXAS AND IN THE SOUTHWESTERN UNITED STATES WITH PROJECTED ANNUAL GRANTS OF APPROXIMATELY SIXTY-SIX AND TWO-THIRDS PERCENT (66 2/3%) MADE TO CATHOLIC EDUCATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND APPROXIMATELY THIRTY THREE AND ONE-THIRD PERCENT (33 1/3%) MADE TO SUPPORT ORGANIZATIONS FOR CHARITABLE PURPOSES.

  • CARDWELL FOUNDATION

    $764,033

    2024 BENEFIT OTHER NPO'S

  • CARDWELL FOUNDATION

    $699,500

    2023 BENEFIT OTHER NPO'S

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 on its 2024 return

Declared as related by

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.

Disregarded entities on its 2024 return

  • Love PARK LLC

    See Part VII · TX

  • Digital Freedom LLC

    See Part VII · TX

  • ELB Down Syndrome Services LLC

    See Part VII · TX

Related corporations and trusts on its 2024 return

  • Osaple Inc

    C · Managing hospitality space for events · TX · 100% owned · controlled entity

  • EP Frozen Assets Inc

    C · Retail Sales of ice cream products · TX · 100% owned · controlled entity

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 11 November 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 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.