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DESPIERTA

EIN 85-4057069 CHARLOTTE, NC

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Revenue 2025
$852,915
Expenses 2025
$444,994

Program services were 75.1% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
F60
Classification
1000
Street
4108 PARK RD STE 412

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 · 2025

Mission

Despierta supports emotional well-being healthy relationships and digital wellness helping individuals navigate school family life and todays digital world with confidence. From middle school through motherhood Despierta provides culturally responsive care and a strong sense of community where participants feel supported and equipped to thrive. Through culturally rooted programs and partnerships we are breaking cycles building confidence and transforming lives.

Activities or mission (Part I)

Despierta delivers bilingual trauma-informed mental health programs for youth and women.

  • Bonita Rising | Youth Program | Bonita Rising is a 22 week trauma informed bilingual youth program for Latina students in grades 6-12 in Charlotte Mecklenburg Schools. During the year Despierta operated 11 cohorts at 9 school sites helping participants strengthen cultural identity build mental health awareness and develop leadership and coping skills. Program surveys showed that 100% of students reported a boost in confidence 96% reported learning a new skill that positively impacted their academics 91% reported stronger mental health awareness 83% reported an increase in self worth and 87% reported feeling more comfortable in school after Bonita Rising.

    Expenses $207,073 · Revenue $300,000

  • Bonita Mam | Support for Young | Mothers Bonita Mam is a culturally grounded trauma informed program for young Latina mothers many of whom are still in high school. Hosted at Crittenton of North Carolina the program provides a safe judgment free space where participants receive biweekly emotional support parenting education and tools to strengthen their mental health stay engaged in school and build stable futures for themselves and their children. Services include peer support groups parenting and emotional wellness sessions and referrals to childcare and community resources helping reduce isolation and promote healthy family stability.

    Expenses $3,340 · Revenue $7,200

  • Mujer Despierta | Womens Support Groups | Mujer Despierta is a 12 week Spanish language support group for Latina women who are navigating emotional challenges cultural adjustment and healing from trauma. Offered both as a community based group and an in school group for parents of Bonita Rising participants the program provides a safe supportive environment to build emotional wellness skills increase social support and reconnect with personal strengths. Sessions are delivered in a hybrid in person and virtual format and focus on trauma informed peer support cultural adjustment and empowerment so women can lead fuller more confident lives.

    Expenses $123,576 · Revenue $25,000

As filed on the 2025 return.

Officers and directors · 2025

As listed in Part VII of the 2025 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • Lissette Velez

    Chair Board of Directors

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    9.5

  • Collin E Bailey

    Treasurer Board of Directors

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5

  • Emily Chaskelson

    Secretary Board of Directors

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5

  • Mary Kate Finnigan

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.25

  • Laura Parker Waits

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Sheyli Cornejo

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25

  • Fiorella Schmidt

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25

  • Saul Amequita

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.75

  • Andrea Orozcorn

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Juliana Lozano

    Executive Director and Founder

    Total calculated
    $79,964
    From this org
    $79,964
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    50

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

  • 2025
    Revenue
    $852,915
    Expenses
    $444,994
    Contributions
    $807,784
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2024
    Revenue
    $150,041
    Expenses
    $192,641
    Contributions
    $144,241
    Grants paid
    not reported
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $100,582
    Expenses
    $39,970
    Contributions
    $100,582
    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.

Form 990-N e-Postcard, tax year 2021

Tax period
1 January 2021 to 31 December 2021
Principal officer
Juliana Lozano
Mailing address
401 Rutland DrCharlotte NC 28217
Website
https://www.despiertaclt.com

As filed, from the IRS e-Postcard file of 9 November 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

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 2025, the newest we have parsed for this organization.