El Batey Inc
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
El Batey is a non-profit organization committed to creating safe and engaging spaces for our youth. Our services center family education culture and traditions as the cornerstones for a thriving and healthy Puerto Rican community. Our vision is to build a community of possibilities. Where we have all the capacity expertise programs leaders and wealth required to end unnecessary suffering and create an alternative future.
- Income
- $146,420
- Spending
- $140,249
- Reserves
- 0.7 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- fees for its services, 62%
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 (4)
- $20,000 spent. Folkloric dance instruction percussion classes for both kids and adults. Participants learn the rich history and connections of their African and Indigenous heritage through the native cultural musical expressions called Bomba and Plena.
- $2,200 spent. Sport and self defense class three a week based on Brazilian Jiu Jitsu with a focus on self control anger management and anti-bullying practices.
- El Batey also offers: Cultural Art shows and exhibits. Folkloric and live music events. Annual heritage festivals. Annual summer camp in partnership with Say Yes Buffalo. Free books on our on site library read aloud events local Authors visits to foster love for literacy.
- Embedded social emotional lessons and restorative justice practices that focus on teaching kids and their parents nonviolent communication. Together the family learns the skills to express themselves honestly and to empathically receive difficult messages increasing their vocabulary with conflict resolution strategies. Skills that are necessary for long term healthy relationships within a nuclear family structure that extend to their daily lives and their immediate community. In addition civic engagement workshops volunteer opportunities legal and financial literacy clinics in partnership with other organizations. Quarterly marketplace for small businesses to encourage and support entrepreneurial ventures.
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 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 December 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 February 2020.
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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