Texas · Nonprofit
Somos Tejas
Somos Tejas (Texas) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $541,177 to it, the largest being Texas Latino Pride ($308,500). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $121k
- Funders on record
- 7
- Grants received
- $541k
- Net assets
- $50k
What Somos Tejas does
Mission
To support community involvement and civic leadership within the Latino community to contribute to a thriving and engaged Texas.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
In 2023, Somos Tejas deepened its community engagement through outreach and partnerships that advanced civic awareness and neighborhood stability. The organization canvassed approximately 2,000 homes in West Dallas to conduct community surveys and partnered with Builders of Hope to promote their anti-displacement toolkit, providing residents with information about housing resources and local development efforts. Somos Tejas also collaborated with Civic Nation to address the digital divide by assisting more than 100 families in enrolling in an affordable connectivity program. These initiatives strengthened local relationships, improved access to vital services, and earned recognition from the U.S. Department of Education for contributions to digital inclusion and community advancement.
$29,480 spent34% of program spendingIn 2023, Somos Tejas advanced its Cultura Program to connect art, culture, and civic participation across North Texas. The organization partnered with Better Block to enhance and beautify a community center in Pleasant Grove, improving the space's functionality and contributing to the area's cultural vibrancy. Somos Tejas also collaborated with Cara Mia Theatre to support a production focused on voter engagement, using the arts to spark dialogue around civic life. Through these partnerships and creative initiatives, the organization strengthened relationships with local artists and community groups, helping preserve cultural identity while inspiring participation in local decision-making.
$24,675 spent29% of program spendingIn 2023, Somos Tejas advanced its voter engagement work by conducting door-to-door outreach to approximately 10,000 homes across Oak Cliff and Mesquite to share information about registration, early voting, and polling locations. The organization also carried out community improvement projects that connected neighborhood revitalization with civic education, helping residents understand how local issues relate to participation in elections. To encourage turnout, Somos Tejas organized a "Party at the Polls," a family-friendly event designed to build enthusiasm for voting and provide accessible, nonpartisan information about the electoral process. These efforts supported ongoing civic awareness and participation among Latino residents and allies across North Texas.
$31,527 spent37% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $85,682.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2022, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2022, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended.
Balance sheet
Total assets at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2022 to 2023, from $53k to $0 (−100%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 3 reported years ran a deficit.
Leadership and staff
Board chair
Ivan Garcia
Chairman
As listed on its FY2023 Form 990-EZ.
Who funds it, year by year
2021 → 2023: the base narrowed from 2 funders to 1 funder, grant income rose $50k → $89k.
From the IRS filings of Somos Tejas’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
Somos Tejas leans on a few funders — its largest provides 57% of grant income and the top three 80%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
100% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund Somos Tejas.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2021 67% · 2022 67% · 2023 100% — growing more concentrated.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Where its funders are
57% of Somos Tejas's grant income comes from Texas funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Organizations like Somos Tejas
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Texas
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Somos Tejas: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds Somos Tejas?
- Somos Tejas (Texas) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $541,177 to it, the largest being Texas Latino Pride ($308,500). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Somos Tejas have?
- IRS filings report 7 organizations giving $541,177 in grants to Somos Tejas, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Somos Tejas?
- Texas Latino Pride is the largest funder on record, with $308,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Somos Tejas find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Texas. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2022–2024), and the filings of 7 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing