Avenida Guadalupe Association
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
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- Income
- $1.4 million
- Spending
- $1.4 million
- Spent on programs
- 94%
- Reserves
- 0.8 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- fees for its services, 81%
- Employees
- 21
- Volunteers
- 62
- Highest pay
- $92,306, president/ceo
Source: Form 990 for the year ending September 30, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Financial health
Fair: 57 out of 100. Higher than 30% of charities in its peer group (community improvement, $1m to $10m).
Reserves
4 of 35Spendable reserves would cover 0.8 months of spending.
Debt
20 of 20It owes 15% of what it owns.
Living within its means
8 of 15Spending exceeded income by 1% of income.
Income trend
10 of 15Income fell 3% on the year before.
Spending floor
15 of 1594% of spending went to programs and raising each dollar of donations cost 12 cents.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending September 30, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Governance
Strong: 100 out of 100. Higher than 68% of charities in its peer group (community improvement, $1m to $10m).
Independent board
25 of 2512 of 12 voting board members are independent.
Conflict of interest policy
15 of 15Has a written conflict of interest policy.
Whistleblower policy
8 of 8Has a written whistleblower policy.
Record keeping policy
7 of 7Has a 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
5 of 5Sets its chief executive's pay through independent review and comparison.
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 September 30, 2025, 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 (1)
- $1.4 million spent. Chartered in 1979, Avenida Guadalupe Association AGA began a process of transforming slum and blighted conditions in the Avenida Guadalupe neighborhood, first acquiring and demolishing a concentration of 40 blighted corrals including relocation for the construction of the UDAG funded Plaza Guadalupe complex educational, medical, and civic center in 1984 in partnership with the San Antonio Development Agency SADA. In cooperation with AGA, SADA facilitated property acquisition and new construction of early commercial building environments. Thus far, within a forty-plus year duration of the AGA a primary program service is 1 ongoing maintenance and management of public amenities consistent with public purpose which includes 2 serving as a hub for community organizations and primarily community service businesses i.e. doctors, dentists, government agencies, and adult education services, etc. and 3 promoting and celebrating Mexican-American culture to generate and maintain vitality and development in the neighborhood in which the premises developments are located Alazan-Apache/Avenida Guadalupe Neighborhood - historically, a distressed community serving residents almost exclusively residing at 0-30 50 AMI. AGA continues into 2025 to manage and support age-in place housing for senior citizens residing in the Avenida Guadalupe neighborhood and the near Westside of San Antonio. In partnership with Avenida Guadalupe Associations financial partners, AGA continues to provide healthy food choices through its Healthy Foods Initiative to the 160 collective households of the Ernest Olivares Senior Apartments, the Charles Gonzalez Senior Apartment and the San Jacinto Senior Apartments including residents of the Alazan-Apache Courts curating culturally sensitive fruit and vegetable packages. AGA is central to the distsributon of quality of life acrivities for the communities children particularly focusing on safe Halloween Barrio Boo, Thanksgiving Day Dia de Los Turkeys meal giveaways, and the Winter Holiday Plaza Guadalupe - Pictures with Santa serving over 1,000 economically stressed families.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending September 30, 2025, 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 October 13, 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 September 2025.
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 May 1986.
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 October 21, 2026.
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