Mariachi Craze
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
TO PRESERVE, PROMOTE, AND TEACH THE FOLK MUSIC AND DANCE THAT MAKES OUR BORDER CULTURE UNIQUE.
- Income
- $90,621
- Spending
- $87,580
- Reserves
- 1.7 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- fees for its services, 66%
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Financial health
We do not score finances when yearly spending is very small or the return has too little detail. The ratios stop meaning much at that size.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Governance
This organization files the short tax form, which does not ask about boards, policies or audits. That is normal for a small charity and is not a mark against it.
Source: Form 990EZ 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 (1)
- $87,580 spent. MARIACHI CRAZE HOSTS TWO EVENTS A YEAR: THE EL PASO BORDER FOLK FESTIVAL (BFF) MUSIC & DANCE CONFERENCE AND CONCERT SERIES AND THE CINCO DE MAYO MARIACHI & FOLKLORICO NIGHT. MARIACHI CRAZE FULFILS ITS MISSION OF PRESERVING AND TEACHING BY HIRING QUALITY CLINICIANS, PRESENTERS AND PERFORMERS. SINCE INCEPTION, THE CONFERENCE HAS EXPOSED STUDENTS AND THE EL PASO COMMUNITY TO GRAMMY AWARD-WINNING & NOMINATED MUSICIANS, WALT DISNEY WORLD CAST MUSICIANS, AND PROFESSIONAL MUSICIANS WHO HAVE DEMONSTRATED PROFICIENCY IN THEIR CRAFT. THE MUSIC CONFERENCE CREATES A FOLK FESTIVAL ATMOSPHERE, AND OPENS ITS DOORS TO STUDENTS INVOLVED IN SCHOOL AND COMMUNITY MUSIC PROGRAMS. WHILE THE CONFERENCE IS MARIACHI MUSIC BASED, IT IS THROUGH A VARIETY OF MUSIC GENRES THAT THE OBJECTIVE OF EXPOSING STUDENTS AND TEACHERS TO A BROADER UNDERSTANDING OF MUSIC THEORY, PROFICIENCY OF TECHNIQUE, STAGE PERFORMANCE, AND FURTHER CULTIVATION OF MUSIC APPRECIATION. IN 2024, THE CONFERENCE WELCOMED GRAMMY-NOMINATED MARIACHI SOL DE MEXICO DE JOSE HERNANDEZ. JOSE HERNANDEZ IS A MASTER OF MARIACHI MUSIC AND IS INTERNATIONALLY RECOGNIZED. THE GROUP HAS RECORDED WITH THE MOST RESPECTED AND RECOGNIZED NAMES IN THE INDUSTRY, INCLUDING, SELENA, VICENTE FERNANDEZ, LUIS MIGUEL, BRYAN ADAMS AND THE BEACH BOYS. MARIACHI SOL DE MEXICO LED A SERIES OF CLINICS AND PRESENTATIONS WHERE STUDENTS ENGAGED WITH THE COMPLEX STYLISTIC ELEMENTS AND TRADITIONAL PERFORMANCE PRACTICES OF MARIACHI MUSIC. THE MUSIC CONFERENCE ATTRACTED 300 STUDENTS FROM THE BORDERPLEX REGION TO INCLUDE EL PASO, CIUDAD JUAREZ, LAS CRUCES, MIDLAND AND BOULDER, CO. THE CONCERT SERIES IS OUR COMMUNITY OUTREACH, AND THE WAY WE PROMOTE THE MUSIC AND DANCE THAT MAKES OUR BORDER CULTURE UNIQUE. FROM BLUEGRASS TO MARIACHI, TO THE SWEET, VOCAL HARMONIES OF THE MEXICAN TRIOS ROMANTICOS, MARIACHI CRAZE CONTINUES TO SERENADE THE EL PASO COMMUNITY WITH A RICH VARIETY OF STYLES OF FOLK MUSIC. IN 2024, THE CONCERT SERIES CONTINUED THE CINCO DE MAYO MARIACHI & FOLKLORICO NIGHT AT THE FOUNTAINS AT FARAH. LOCAL MARIACHIS AND BALLET FOLKLORICOS ARE OFFERED A PAID, STAGE OPPORTUNITY WHERE THEY GET TO PERFORM BEFORE EL PASO COMMUNITY. THE OUTDOOR CONCERT ATTRACTED APPROXIMATELY 625 CONCERTGOERS FROM OUR COMMUNITY. ALSO IN 2024, THE 9TH ANNUAL EL PASO BORDER FOLK FESTIVAL CONCERT HEADLINED THE ICONIC TRIO LOS PANCHOS AND MARIACHI SOL DE MEXICO. THE EL PASO BFF CONCERT ATTRACTED 1130 CONCERTGOERS HELD AT THE BEAUTIFUL PLAZA THEATRE IN DOWNTOWN EL PASO.
Source: Form 990EZ 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 September 7, 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 September 30, 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 September 10, 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 September 7, 2026.
How long has it been tax-exempt? Passed.
Recognized by the IRS since May 2005.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 7, 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 7, 2026.
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