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MEXICAN AMERICAN OPPORTUNITY FOUNDATION

EIN 95-2594166 MONTEBELLO, CA

Revenue 2024
$206,762,589
Expenses 2024
$204,614,388

Program services were 94.3% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
J220
Classification
1000
Street
401 N GARFIELD AVE

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).

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.

  • Virginia Santos

    COO

    Total calculated
    $349,259
    From this org
    $335,722
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $13,537
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $335,722
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $3,855
    Nontaxable benefits
    $9,682
    Filer's total
    $349,259

  • Dr Ciriaco Pinedo

    President & CEO

    Total calculated
    $342,104
    From this org
    $328,583
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $13,521
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $328,583
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $3,839
    Nontaxable benefits
    $9,682
    Filer's total
    $342,104

  • Claudia Rufino

    Chief HR Off.

    Total calculated
    $266,869
    From this org
    $262,678
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $4,191
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $262,678
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $3,464
    Nontaxable benefits
    $727
    Filer's total
    $266,869

  • Kristan Venegas

    Chief LDE Off.

    Total calculated
    $252,560
    From this org
    $239,808
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $12,752
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $239,808
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $12,025
    Nontaxable benefits
    $727
    Filer's total
    $252,560

  • Catherine Lugtu

    Director - Finance

    Total calculated
    $206,617
    From this org
    $182,459
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $24,158
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $182,459
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $14,476
    Nontaxable benefits
    $9,682
    Filer's total
    $206,617

  • Caren Chen

    Director - Finance

    Total calculated
    $204,134
    From this org
    $180,682
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $23,452
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $180,682
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $14,215
    Nontaxable benefits
    $9,237
    Filer's total
    $204,134

  • Sonia Guerrero

    VP-Child Care

    Total calculated
    $178,493
    From this org
    $167,631
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $10,862
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $167,631
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $1,625
    Nontaxable benefits
    $9,237
    Filer's total
    $178,493

  • Sarkisyan Jazmin

    VP Programs-Svcs

    Total calculated
    $169,280
    From this org
    $147,251
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $22,029
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $147,251
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $12,347
    Nontaxable benefits
    $9,682
    Filer's total
    $169,280

  • Ramon Owens

    Facilities Dir.

    Total calculated
    $160,175
    From this org
    $139,133
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $21,042
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $139,133
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $11,360
    Nontaxable benefits
    $9,682
    Filer's total
    $160,175

  • Jerry Velasco

    Chairperson

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jorge Garrido Jr

    1st Vice Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Dr Lilia E Sarmiento

    2nd Vice Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Anita Quinonez Gabrielian

    ImmedPastPresid

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Lizbeth Nevarez

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Terri Hernandez Rosales

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Rudy Beserra

    Member at Large

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Dr Maria Romero-Morales

    Member at Large

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jeff Penichet

    Member at Large

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Dr Richard Martinez

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Alex Chaves

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Ernesto Morales

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Fernando de Necochea

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Frank Ayala

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Christopher M Hernandez

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Roy Jasso

    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 — 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
    $206,762,589
    Expenses
    $204,614,388
    Contributions
    $204,255,983
    Grants paid
    $17,669,360
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $178,978,894
    Expenses
    $179,529,394
    Contributions
    $176,865,399
    Grants paid
    $14,779,097
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $141,241,092
    Expenses
    $142,273,146
    Contributions
    $140,322,128
    Grants paid
    $4,720,104

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.

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 on its 2022 return

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 10 September 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.