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EL PUENTE DE WILLIAMSBURG INC

EIN 11-2614265 BROOKLYN, NY

Revenue 2023
$7,343,937
Expenses 2023
$5,934,477

Program services were 85.1% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
Classification
1000
Street
211 S 4TH 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 OF EL PUENTE IS TO INSPIRE AND NURTURE LEADERSHIP FOR PEACE AND JUSTICE, WORKING AS A HUMAN RIGHTS INSTITUTION IN NYC AND PUERTO RICO WITH NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL IMPACT. EL PUENTE CREATES COMMUNITY-LED MOVEMENTS OF SELF DETERMINATION THROUGH A HOLISTIC LEADERSHIP AND MEMBERSHIP PROGRAM MODEL, AS A HIGH IMPACT YOUTH AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATION.

  • 1. LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENTEL PUENTE DEVELOPS THE LEADERSHIP OF YOUNG PEOPLE AND THEIR FAMILIES TO IMAGINE AND ADVOCATE FOR THEIR SOLUTIONS TO THE CHALLENGES FACING THEIR COMMUNITIES. THROUGH SKILLS-BASED PROGRAMMING, CIVIC ENGAGEMENT, AND CAMPAIGNS, EL PUENTE MEMBERS LEAD SOCIAL CHANGE.THE WILLIAMSBURG LEADERSHIP CENTER (WLC) HOUSED IN A RENOVATED FORMER CATHOLIC CHURCH IN LOS SURES, THE WLC IS EL PUENTE'S ORIGINAL FLAGSHIP SITE. SINCE 1982, IT HAS BEEN A HUB FOR YOUTH DEVELOPMENT, CULTURAL EVENTS, AND GROUNDBREAKING INITIATIVES. IT INCLUDES A PROFESSIONAL DANCE STUDIO, ART ROOM, AND PERFORMANCE STAGE.211 SOUTH 4TH STREET, BROOKLYN, NY 11211 | 718-387-0404EL PUENTE BEACON LEADERSHIP CENTER AT MS 50SERVING OVER 1,300 PARTICIPANTS YEAR-ROUND, THE BEACON CENTER OFFERS BILINGUAL AFTERSCHOOL AND EVENING PROGRAMS IN BALLET, STREET JAZZ, ACTING, BREAKING, AND VISUAL ARTS. A PRE-PROFESSIONAL SUMMER ARTS CAMP SUPPORTS YOUTH AGES 6-13.183 SOUTH 3RD STREET, BROOKLYN, NY 11211 | 718-486-3936CORNERSTONE LEADERSHIP CENTERSOPERATING IN FOUR NYCHA DEVELOPMENTS (INDEPENDENCE TOWERS, TAYLOR-WYTHE HOUSES, WILLIAMS PLAZA, AND BERRY STREET), THESE CENTERS OFFER AFTERSCHOOL AND SUMMER PROGRAMS DESIGNED AROUND YOUTH- AND FAMILY-IDENTIFIED NEEDS: FROM ARTS INSTRUCTION AND ACADEMIC SUPPORT TO CIVIC ENGAGEMENT AND FOOD ACCESS.SITES INCLUDE:- BUSHWICK LEADERSHIP CENTER- INDEPENDENCE TOWERS LEADERSHIP CENTER- TAYLOR-WYTHE LEADERSHIP CENTER- WILLIAMS PLAZA LEADERSHIP CENTER

    Expenses $2,315,332 · Revenue $2,706,956

  • 2. ARTSEL PUENTE CHANNELS THE POWER OF THE ARTS TOWARD PERSONAL AND COMMUNITY TRANSFORMATION. YOUNG PEOPLE ENGAGE IN PRE-PROFESSIONAL VISUAL, PERFORMANCE, AND DIGITAL ARTS TRAINING, AND COMMUNITY ARTISTS INCUBATE CULTURAL ORGANIZING AND RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT THROUGH THE CADRE NETWORK.AT THE HEART OF OUR APPROACH IS THE BELIEF THAT THE ARTS ARE NOT ONLY EXPRESSIVE BUT TRANSFORMATIVE: THEY CONNECT US, TEACH US ACROSS DIFFERENCES, AND OFFER PATHWAYS FOR HEALING. THROUGH FRAMEWORKS DEVELOPED BY OUR GLOBAL JUSTICE INSTITUTE-CREATIVE JUSTICE, TRANSFORMATIVE COMMUNITY BUILDING, AND PRINCIPLED LEADERSHIP FOR LIBERATION-WE GUIDE ARTISTS IN USING THEIR CREATIVE PRACTICE TO DIRECTLY SUPPORT THE MOVEMENTS ALIGNED WITH OUR ACTION PLATFORM FOR COLLECTIVE SELF-DETERMINATION.OUR PROGRAMMING INCLUDES:YOUTH ARTS & CULTURAL ORGANIZING COLLECTIVES (YACOC)OUR INTERGENERATIONAL YOUTH COLLECTIVES BLEND PRE-PROFESSIONAL TRAINING IN VISUAL, PERFORMING, AND DIGITAL ARTS WITH CULTURAL AND POLITICAL EDUCATION. YOUNG PEOPLE EXCAVATE THEIR PERSONAL AND ANCESTRAL STORIES, CONFRONT SOCIETAL INJUSTICES, AND CREATE ORIGINAL WORKS THAT CAN LIVE BEYOND THE STAGE-ON THE STREETS, IN SCHOOLS, AND AT PUBLIC ACTIONS. COLLECTIVES INCLUDE:- MURALISTAS- EL PUENTE DANCE ENSEMBLE- LIBERATION CYPHER (BREAKERS)- SOUTHSIDE SINGERS (CANTANTES DE LOS SURES)- TEATRO EL PUENTE- DIGITAL ARTS BRIGADEEACH COLLECTIVE PARTICIPATES IN SEASONAL PERFORMANCES, COMMUNITY PROGRAMMING, AND PUBLIC ACTIONS, STRENGTHENING THEIR VOICE AS BOTH ARTISTS AND CHANGEMAKERS.ARTS & CULTURAL ORGANIZING COLLECTIVE (ACOC)THE ACOC IS A TEAM OF TEACHING ARTISTS AND CULTURAL ORGANIZERS ACROSS EL PUENTE'S SITES WHO CO-DESIGN AND IMPLEMENT YOUTH-CENTERED, JUSTICE-ALIGNED ARTS PROGRAMS. ARTISTS ARE EXPECTED TO PROVIDE RIGOROUS PRE-PROFESSIONAL TRAINING WHILE ALSO FACILITATING CREATIVE PRACTICES THAT SERVE ORGANIZING GOALS. THIS COLLECTIVE MEETS REGULARLY TO ALIGN PROGRAMMING WITH EL PUENTE CAMPAIGNS AND TO SUPPORT EACH OTHER IN ADVANCING CULTURAL STRATEGIES ROOTED IN EQUITY AND LIBERATION.CADRE (COMMUNITY ARTISTS' DEVELOPMENT & RESOURCE EXCHANGE) CADRE IS EL PUENTE'S INTERGENERATIONAL, BIPOC-LED NETWORK OF ARTISTS, ARTISANS, AND CULTURAL WORKERS COMMITTED TO LIBERATION THROUGH COMMUNITY, SHARED RESOURCES, AND THE INCUBATION OF NEW CULTURAL WORK. MEMBERS MEET BI-WEEKLY TO CO-CREATE PROGRAMMING, RECEIVE ACCESS TO SPACE, AND DEEPEN THEIR PRACTICE AS MOVEMENT-ALIGNED ARTISTS.CADRE ALSO LEADS ONGOING COMMUNITY INITIATIVES SUCH AS:- THE PEOPLE'S MIC, A MONTHLY OPEN MIC CENTERING TRANSFORMATIVE STORYTELLING AND DECOLONIAL EXPRESSION- THE CREATORS MARKET, A SEASONAL EVENT UPLIFTING THE WORK OF GLOBAL MAJORITY CREATORS AND ARTISANS IN LOS SURES- THE SACRED CIRCLE SERIES AND CREATIVE LABS, OFFERING HEALING AND GENERATIVE SPACES FOR ARTISTS AS COMMUNITY BUILDERS

    Expenses $1,136,176 · Revenue $948,142

  • 3. TRAINING & EDUCATIONEL PUENTE MODELS THE WHOLE STUDENT, WHOLE SCHOOL, WHOLE COMMUNITY APPROACH IN PARTNERSHIP WITH MS50 COMMUNITY SCHOOL AND EL PUENTE ACADEMY FOR PEACE AND JUSTICE. OUR GLOBAL JUSTICE INSTITUTE CODIFIES 40 YEARS OF PEDAGOGY FOR CAPACITY BUILDING IN SOCIAL JUSTICE FRAMEWORKS.EL PUENTE ACADEMY FOR PEACE AND JUSTICEFOUNDED IN 1993 AS THE FIRST PUBLIC SCHOOL FOR HUMAN RIGHTS IN THE U.S., THIS NYC PUBLIC HIGH SCHOOL IS A MODEL OF ARTS-INTEGRATED, CULTURALLY RESPONSIVE EDUCATION. STUDENTS TAKE CLASSES IN DRAMA, SET DESIGN, AND GUITAR AND PERFORM AT SCHOOL-WIDE EVENTS ROOTED IN SOCIAL JUSTICE.250 HOOPER STREET, BROOKLYN, NY 11211 | 718-387-1125GLOBAL JUSTICE INSTITUTE (GJI)THE GJI IS EL PUENTE'S RESEARCH AND TRAINING HUB, CODIFYING FOUR DECADES OF PRAXIS INTO TRANSFORMATIVE LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT. IT OFFERS INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL TRAINING GROUNDED IN PEACE, JUSTICE, AND CULTURAL ORGANIZING, PUBLISHING TOOLS ACROSS AREAS INCLUDING EDUCATION, ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE, AND THE ARTS.

    Expenses $849,480 · Revenue $761,004

  • 4. ENVIRONMENTEL PUENTE RESEARCHES, IMPLEMENTS, AND ADVOCATES FOR ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE AND SUSTAINABILITY SOLUTIONS TO MITIGATE CLIMATE RISK AND CONFRONT THE HISTORICALLY DISPROPORTIONATE IMPACT OF ENVIRONMENTAL HARM ON BIPOC, IMMIGRANT, AND WORKING-CLASS COMMUNITIES. OUR APPROACH INTEGRATES ENVIRONMENTAL, HOUSING, TRANSIT, HEALTH, AND ECONOMIC JUSTICE TO BUILD RESILIENT, THRIVING NEIGHBORHOODS ROOTED IN EQUITY AND SELF-DETERMINATION.AT THE HEART OF OUR ENVIRONMENTAL WORK IS EL PUENTE'S GREEN LIGHT DISTRICT (GLD), A PIONEERING MODEL FOR COMMUNITY-LED SUSTAINABILITY AND DEVELOPMENT. FIRST ENVISIONED BY OUR FOUNDER, LUIS GARDEN ACOSTA, GLD IS A LONG-TERM PLACEKEEPING STRATEGY DESIGNED TO REVERSE THE DISPLACEMENT AND DISEMPOWERMENT CAUSED BY GENTRIFICATION. RATHER THAN RESPONDING TO EXTRACTIVE, PROFIT-DRIVEN DEVELOPMENT, THE GLD CENTERS THE NEEDS, CULTURE, AND LEADERSHIP OF LONG-STANDING RESIDENTS OF SOUTH WILLIAMSBURG (LOS SURES).THE GREEN LIGHT DISTRICT IS NOT JUST A PROGRAM-IT IS A LIVING BLUEPRINT FOR WHAT SUSTAINABLE, JUST, AND ROOTED DEVELOPMENT CAN LOOK LIKE. THE INITIATIVE BRINGS TOGETHER COMMUNITY MEMBERS, YOUTH, ARTISTS, EDUCATORS, AND ORGANIZERS TO CO-CREATE A NEIGHBORHOOD THAT NURTURES BOTH PEOPLE AND PLANET. IT OPERATES ON THE BELIEF THAT ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE CANNOT BE SILOED-IT MUST MOVE IN TANDEM WITH EDUCATION, CULTURAL EXPRESSION, HEALTH, HOUSING, AND CIVIC POWER.THROUGH GLD AND OUR BROADER ENVIRONMENTAL WORK, WE FOCUS ON:- AIR QUALITY AND PUBLIC HEALTH: SUPPORTING CITIZEN SCIENCE AND YOUTH-LED RESEARCH THAT ADVOCATES FOR CLEANER AIR AND ACCOUNTABILITY IN CITY INFRASTRUCTURE - URBAN GREENING AND FOOD SOVEREIGNTY: EXPANDING ACCESS TO GREEN SPACES, REVITALIZING COMMUNITY GARDENS, AND PROVIDING ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS ACROSS OUR LEADERSHIP CENTERS- CLIMATE JUSTICE EDUCATION: FACILITATING BILINGUAL WORKSHOPS, SCHOOL PARTNERSHIPS, AND YOUTH CAMPAIGNS ON CLIMATE RESILIENCE AND EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS- SUSTAINABLE INFRASTRUCTURE ADVOCACY: PARTNERING WITH RESIDENTS TO PUSH FOR JUST TRANSIT, EQUITABLE GREEN BUILDING, AND CLIMATE-SAFE HOUSING SOLUTIONSOUR ENVIRONMENTAL INITIATIVES ARE DESIGNED NOT ONLY TO IMPROVE MATERIAL CONDITIONS BUT TO STRENGTHEN BELONGING, INTERDEPENDENCE, AND COMMUNITY OWNERSHIP IN THE FACE OF ENVIRONMENTAL AND ECONOMIC TRANSFORMATION.WHETHER THROUGH PLANTING TREES, CREATING MURALS THAT SPEAK TO CLIMATE DISPLACEMENT, ADVOCATING FOR JUST ENERGY POLICY, OR ORGANIZING FOR LOCAL COMPOSTING, EL PUENTE'S ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE WORK REAFFIRMS THAT THE FUTURE MUST BE SHAPED BY THOSE WHO LIVE IT.

    Expenses $749,750 · Revenue $875,514

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

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.

  • MARCO CARRION

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $159,051
    From this org
    $141,386
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $17,665
    Hours/week
    35

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $141,386
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $16,087
    Nontaxable benefits
    $1,578
    Filer's total
    $159,051

  • FRANCES LUCERNA

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $102,055
    From this org
    $56,317
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $45,738
    Hours/week
    25

  • THERESA DOHERTY

    BOARD CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • INGRID MATIAS-CHUNGATA

    SECRETARY/TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • EUGENIO MALDONADO

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • FATHER STEVE LYNCH

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MAXINE ORRIS MD

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • SUSANA CHAVEZ HERSH

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • YOWALKA ROSARIO-DORAN

    MEMBER

    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. 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

  • 2023
    Revenue
    $7,343,937
    Expenses
    $5,934,477
    Contributions
    $7,324,651
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $7,343,937
    Expenses
    $6,327,829
    Contributions
    $7,324,651
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $4,848,364
    Expenses
    $5,098,439
    Contributions
    $4,792,698
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $4,819,727
    Expenses
    $5,112,500
    Contributions
    $4,764,061
    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
    $5,106,442
    Expenses
    $4,241,605
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,747,857

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $3,586,866
    Expenses
    $4,064,069
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,746,153

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $4,955,399
    Expenses
    $3,799,051
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,674,135

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $4,013,897
    Expenses
    $3,977,108
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,015,417

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $4,382,185
    Expenses
    $4,134,595
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,080,179

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $4,382,185
    Expenses
    $4,134,595
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,080,179

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $4,101,052
    Expenses
    $4,194,898
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,135,916

  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $4,060,750
    Expenses
    $3,998,806
    Assets (EOY)
    $810,988

  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $3,257,162
    Expenses
    $3,151,498
    Assets (EOY)
    $857,812

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

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 13 October 2026 and read 26 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2023, the newest we have parsed for this organization.