El Enjambre Colectivo Inc
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
Promote the right to housing and to the city, collective land tenure, climate justice and participatory practices, with emphasis in marginalized communities and self-built settlements in Puerto Rico and abroad, and contribute to develop the infrastructure in support of equitable, participatory, comprehensive, and just solutions.
- Income
- $478,264
- Spending
- $421,050
- Spent on programs
- 97%
- Reserves
- 2.1 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- donations and private grants, 100%
- Employees
- 0
- Volunteers
- 0
- Highest pay
- $28,250, founder
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Financial health
Fair: 60 out of 100. Higher than 22% of charities in its peer group (international, $250k to $1m).
Reserves
10 of 35Spendable reserves would cover 2.1 months of spending.
Debt
5 of 20It owes 59% of what it owns.
Living within its means
15 of 15Income exceeded spending by 12% of income.
Income trend
15 of 15Income rose 2717% on the year before.
Spending floor
15 of 1597% of spending went to programs and raising each dollar of donations cost 0 cents.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Governance
Good: 80 out of 100. Higher than 63% of charities in its peer group (international, $250k to $1m).
Independent board
25 of 255 of 5 voting board members are independent.
Conflict of interest policy
15 of 15Has a written conflict of interest policy.
Whistleblower policy
0 of 8Reports no written whistleblower policy.
Record keeping policy
0 of 7Reports no written policy on keeping and destroying records.
Board minutes
5 of 5Keeps minutes of board meetings.
Board sees the tax return
10 of 10Gave the board a copy of this return before filing it.
Pay set independently
0 of 5Reports no independent review process for its chief executive's pay.
Independent check of accounts
15 of 15Its accounts were audited by an independent accountant.
No reported misuse
10 of 10Reports no diversion of assets, excess benefits or loans to insiders.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Impact evidence
Describes programs. Its tax return describes what it does but we have found no measurable results in it.
Programs described in its return (5)
- $9,572 spent. Collective land tenure and stewardship practices In collaboration with the Fideicomiso de la Tierra del Caño Martín Peña, CatComm, and the International Community Land Trust Innovation Center, identified collective land tenure initiatives in Latin America and the Caribbean, and developed a workplan that includes peer-to-peer exchanges
- $295,358 spent. Regrant funds to organizations from across Latin America, and facilitate and promote interconnections and the exchange of solidarity, lessons, challenges, and solutions among grantees that are currently engaged in collective tenure initiatives at different stages of development.
- $69,193 spent. Explores whether organizations with a grassroots-organizing component are interested in transcending conjunctural, issue-oriented alliances to develop a common, strategic agenda. With displacement as a common thread, cohort participants co-design and engage in educational, critical thinking, and organizing activities that connect their grassroots constituencies in search for solutions.
- $44 spent. General and Management
- $32,248 spent. Facilitate peer exchanges among a cohort of community land trusts, housing cooperatives and communities interested in forms of collective land tenure to develop a common strategy to sustain and potentiate current projects and support new ones. Provide technical assistance, coordination, and accompaniment, and document lessons and tools derived from practice.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Legitimacy checks
Is it registered with the IRS? Passed.
Listed in the IRS master file of tax-exempt organizations as a 501(c)(3) charitable organization.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Has the IRS revoked its tax-exempt status? Passed.
Not on the IRS automatic revocation list.
Source: Automatic revocation of exemption list, Internal Revenue Service, file dated November 6, 2026.
Are donations tax-deductible? Passed.
On the IRS list of organizations eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions.
Source: Publication 78 data: organizations eligible for tax-deductible contributions, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Is it keeping up with its IRS filings? Passed.
Most recent return on file covers the year ending December 2024.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
How long has it been tax-exempt? Passed.
Recognized by the IRS since October 2023.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Is it in good standing with state regulators? Passed.
Not on California's list of charities barred from soliciting. Other states are not yet checked.
Source: May Not Operate or Solicit for Charitable Purposes list, California Attorney General, Registry of Charities and Fundraisers, file dated November 4, 2026.
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