FOUNDATION FOR LAKE CHAPALA CHARITIES INC: Form 990, tax year 2024

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Organization: FOUNDATION FOR LAKE CHAPALA CHARITIES INC (EIN 30-0470692)
Tax period: 2024-01-01 to 2024-12-31
Filed: 2025-05-01
IRS object ID: 202501219349301670
Schema version: 2024v5.0
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Every field in the e-filed return. Faint text is the IRS element name, for citing.

Return header
Form 990
Schedule A
Schedule B
Schedule D
Schedule F
Schedule O

Return header ReturnHeader

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return	2025-05-01T10:35:27-07:00	ReturnTs
Tax Period End	2024-12-31	TaxPeriodEndDt
Return Type	990	ReturnTypeCd
Tax Period Begin	2024-01-01	TaxPeriodBeginDt

Filer Filer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	300470692	EIN

Business Name BusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	FOUNDATION FOR LAKE CHAPALA CHARITIES INC	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Control	FOUN	BusinessNameControlTxt
Phone	8159093884	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	5802 Bob Bullock Loop Ste 328C 4A	AddressLine1Txt
City	Laredo	CityNm
State Abbreviation	TX	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	78041	ZIPCd

Business Officer BusinessOfficerGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	Brian Dalziel	PersonNm
Person Title	Treasurer	PersonTitleTxt
Phone	8705715178	PhoneNum
Signature	2025-05-15	SignatureDt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
IRS Responsible Prty Info Curr	Yes (1)	IRSResponsiblePrtyInfoCurrInd
Tax	2024	TaxYr
Build TS	2025-03-06 01:10:19Z	BuildTS

Form 990 IRS990

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Principal Officer	Sandra Feldmann	PrincipalOfficerNm

Foreign Address ForeignAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	The Moon Villa Nbr 2	AddressLine1Txt
Address Line2	Ajijic Centro	AddressLine2Txt
City	Chapala	CityNm
Province Or State	Jalisco	ProvinceOrStateNm
Country	MX	CountryCd
Foreign Postal	45920	ForeignPostalCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Receipts	$380,121	GrossReceiptsAmt
Group Return For Affiliates	0	GroupReturnForAffiliatesInd
Organization501c3	Yes (X)	Organization501c3Ind
Website Address	www.lakechapalacharities.org	WebsiteAddressTxt
Type Of Organization Corp	Yes (X)	TypeOfOrganizationCorpInd
Formation	2009	FormationYr
Legal Domicile State	TX	LegalDomicileStateCd
Activity Or Mission	The Foundation for Lake Chapala Charities is a 501(c)(3) public charity that receives donations and distributes those funds to various, qualified nonprofit charitable organizations located around the area of Lake Chapala in Jalisco state, Mexico.	ActivityOrMissionDesc
Voting Members Governing Body	7	VotingMembersGoverningBodyCnt
Voting Members Independent	7	VotingMembersIndependentCnt
Total Employee	0	TotalEmployeeCnt
Total Volunteers	7	TotalVolunteersCnt
Total Gross UBI	$0	TotalGrossUBIAmt
Net Unrelated Bus Txbl Incm	$0	NetUnrelatedBusTxblIncmAmt
PY Contributions Grants	$607,359	PYContributionsGrantsAmt
CY Contributions Grants	$380,121	CYContributionsGrantsAmt
PY Program Service Revenue	$0	PYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
CY Program Service Revenue	$0	CYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
PY Investment Income	$874	PYInvestmentIncomeAmt
CY Investment Income	$0	CYInvestmentIncomeAmt
PY Other Revenue	$1,020	PYOtherRevenueAmt
CY Other Revenue	$0	CYOtherRevenueAmt
PY Total Revenue	$609,253	PYTotalRevenueAmt
CY Total Revenue	$380,121	CYTotalRevenueAmt
PY Grants And Similar Paid	$604,434	PYGrantsAndSimilarPaidAmt
CY Grants And Similar Paid	$361,537	CYGrantsAndSimilarPaidAmt
PY Benefits Paid To Members	$0	PYBenefitsPaidToMembersAmt
CY Benefits Paid To Members	$0	CYBenefitsPaidToMembersAmt
PY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$0	PYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
CY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$0	CYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
PY Total Prof Fndrsng Expns	$0	PYTotalProfFndrsngExpnsAmt
CY Total Prof Fndrsng Expns	$0	CYTotalProfFndrsngExpnsAmt
CY Total Fundraising Expense	$0	CYTotalFundraisingExpenseAmt
PY Other Expenses	$5,540	PYOtherExpensesAmt
CY Other Expenses	$8,007	CYOtherExpensesAmt
PY Total Expenses	$609,974	PYTotalExpensesAmt
CY Total Expenses	$369,544	CYTotalExpensesAmt
PY Revenues Less Expenses	-$721	PYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
CY Revenues Less Expenses	$10,577	CYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
Total Assets BOY	$4,953	TotalAssetsBOYAmt
Total Assets EOY	$70,897	TotalAssetsEOYAmt
Total Liabilities BOY	$0	TotalLiabilitiesBOYAmt
Total Liabilities EOY	$55,525	TotalLiabilitiesEOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY	$4,953	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	$15,372	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOYAmt
Mission	The Foundation for Lake Chapala Charities is a 501(c)(3) public charity that receives donations and distributes those funds to various, qualified nonprofit organizations located around the area of Lake Chapala in Jalisco state, Mexico.	MissionDesc
Significant New Program Srvc	0	SignificantNewProgramSrvcInd
Significant Change	0	SignificantChangeInd
Expense	$361,537	ExpenseAmt
Grant	$361,537	GrantAmt
Revenue	$0	RevenueAmt
Desc	The organization operates a single program service only: receiving and processing donations and using those donations to make grants to charities and nonprofit service institutions in Mexico. The types of program services operated by these funded institutions include: educational assistance for the poor, feeding programs for the poor, medical assistance for the poor, housing for abandoned children, animal care and adoption services.	Desc
Total Other Prog Srvc Expense	$0	TotalOtherProgSrvcExpenseAmt
Total Other Prog Srvc Grant	$0	TotalOtherProgSrvcGrantAmt
Total Other Prog Srvc Revenue	$0	TotalOtherProgSrvcRevenueAmt
Total Program Service Expenses	$361,537	TotalProgramServiceExpensesAmt
Described In Section501c3	Yes (1)	DescribedInSection501c3Ind
Schedule B Required	Yes (1)	ScheduleBRequiredInd
Political Campaign Acty	0	PoliticalCampaignActyInd
Lobbying Activities	0	LobbyingActivitiesInd
Subject To Proxy Tax	0	SubjectToProxyTaxInd
Donor Advised Fund	Yes (1)	DonorAdvisedFundInd
Conservation Easements	0	ConservationEasementsInd
Collections Of Art	0	CollectionsOfArtInd
Credit Counseling	0	CreditCounselingInd
Donor Rstr Or Quasi Endowments	0	DonorRstrOrQuasiEndowmentsInd
Report Land Building Equipment	0	ReportLandBuildingEquipmentInd
Report Investments Other Sec	0	ReportInvestmentsOtherSecInd
Report Program Related Invst	0	ReportProgramRelatedInvstInd
Report Other Assets	0	ReportOtherAssetsInd
Report Other Liabilities	0	ReportOtherLiabilitiesInd
Include FIN48 Footnote	0	IncludeFIN48FootnoteInd
Independent Audit Fincl Stmt	0	IndependentAuditFinclStmtInd
Consolidated Audit Fincl Stmt	0	ConsolidatedAuditFinclStmtInd
School Operating	0	SchoolOperatingInd
Foreign Office	Yes (1)	ForeignOfficeInd
Foreign Activities	Yes (1)	ForeignActivitiesInd
More Than5000 K To Org	Yes (1)	MoreThan5000KToOrgInd
More Than5000 K To Individuals	0	MoreThan5000KToIndividualsInd
Professional Fundraising	0	ProfessionalFundraisingInd
Fundraising Activities	0	FundraisingActivitiesInd
Gaming Activities	0	GamingActivitiesInd
Operate Hospital	0	OperateHospitalInd
Grants To Organizations	0	GrantsToOrganizationsInd
Grants To Individuals	0	GrantsToIndividualsInd
Schedule J Required	0	ScheduleJRequiredInd
Tax Exempt Bonds	0	TaxExemptBondsInd
Engaged In Excess Benefit Trans	0	EngagedInExcessBenefitTransInd
PY Excess Benefit Trans	0	PYExcessBenefitTransInd
Loan Outstanding	0	LoanOutstandingInd
Grant To Related Person	0	GrantToRelatedPersonInd
Business Rln With Org Mem	0	BusinessRlnWithOrgMemInd
Business Rln With Fam Mem	0	BusinessRlnWithFamMemInd
Business Rln With35 Ctrl Ent	0	BusinessRlnWith35CtrlEntInd
Deductible Non Cash Contri	0	DeductibleNonCashContriInd
Deductible Art Contribution	0	DeductibleArtContributionInd
Terminate Operations	0	TerminateOperationsInd
Partial Liquidation	0	PartialLiquidationInd
Disregarded Entity	0	DisregardedEntityInd
Related Entity	0	RelatedEntityInd
Related Organization Ctrl Ent	0	RelatedOrganizationCtrlEntInd
Trnsfr Exmpt Non Chrtbl Rltd Org	0	TrnsfrExmptNonChrtblRltdOrgInd
Activities Conducted Prtshp	0	ActivitiesConductedPrtshpInd
Schedule O Required	Yes (1)	ScheduleORequiredInd
IRP Document	0	IRPDocumentCnt
IRP Document W2 G	0	IRPDocumentW2GCnt
Employee	0	EmployeeCnt
Unrelated Bus Incm Over Limit	0	UnrelatedBusIncmOverLimitInd
Foreign Financial Account	Yes (1)	ForeignFinancialAccountInd
Foreign Country	MX	ForeignCountryCd
Prohibited Tax Shelter Trans	0	ProhibitedTaxShelterTransInd
Taxable Party Notification	0	TaxablePartyNotificationInd
Nondeductible Contributions	0	NondeductibleContributionsInd
Indoor Tanning Services	0	IndoorTanningServicesInd
Subj To Tax Rmnrtn Ex Prcht Pymt	0	SubjToTaxRmnrtnExPrchtPymtInd
Subject To Excs Tax Net Invst Inc	0	SubjectToExcsTaxNetInvstIncInd
Info In Schedule O Part VI	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartVIInd
Governing Body Voting Members	7	GoverningBodyVotingMembersCnt
Independent Voting Member	7	IndependentVotingMemberCnt
Family Or Business Rln	0	FamilyOrBusinessRlnInd
Delegation Of Mgmt Duties	0	DelegationOfMgmtDutiesInd
Change To Org Documents	0	ChangeToOrgDocumentsInd
Material Diversion Or Misuse	0	MaterialDiversionOrMisuseInd
Members Or Stockholders	0	MembersOrStockholdersInd
Election Of Board Members	0	ElectionOfBoardMembersInd
Decisions Subject To Approva	0	DecisionsSubjectToApprovaInd
Minutes Of Governing Body	Yes (1)	MinutesOfGoverningBodyInd
Minutes Of Committees	Yes (1)	MinutesOfCommitteesInd
Officer Mailing Address	0	OfficerMailingAddressInd
Local Chapters	0	LocalChaptersInd
Form990 Provided To Gvrn Body	Yes (1)	Form990ProvidedToGvrnBodyInd
Conflict Of Interest Policy	0	ConflictOfInterestPolicyInd
Whistleblower Policy	0	WhistleblowerPolicyInd
Document Retention Policy	0	DocumentRetentionPolicyInd
Compensation Process CEO	0	CompensationProcessCEOInd
Compensation Process Other	0	CompensationProcessOtherInd
Investment In Joint Venture	0	InvestmentInJointVentureInd
Upon Request	Yes (X)	UponRequestInd

Books In Care Of Detail BooksInCareOfDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	Sandra Feldman	PersonNm
Phone	8159093884	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	5802 Bob Bullock Loop Ste 328C 4A	AddressLine1Txt
City	Laredo	CityNm
State Abbreviation	TX	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	78041	ZIPCd

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionAGrp (7 entries)

TitleTitleTxt	Average Hours Per WeekAverageHoursPerWeekRt	Average Hours Per Week Rltd OrgAverageHoursPerWeekRltdOrgRt	Individual Trustee Or DirectorIndividualTrusteeOrDirectorInd	OfficerOfficerInd	Reportable Comp From OrgReportableCompFromOrgAmt	Reportable Comp From Rltd OrgReportableCompFromRltdOrgAmt	Other CompensationOtherCompensationAmt
Sandra Feldman
President	4	0	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Laura Rodrigez Garcia
Vice President	2	0	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Cheryl Vickers
Secretary	2	0	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Brian Dalziel
Treasurer	6	0	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Mark Rochon
Director at Large	4	0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Karen Schirack
Director at Large	2	0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Nancy Creevan
Director at Large	2	0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Reportable Comp From Org	$0	TotalReportableCompFromOrgAmt
Tot Reportable Comp Rltd Org	$0	TotReportableCompRltdOrgAmt
Total Other Compensation	$0	TotalOtherCompensationAmt
Indiv Rcvd Greater Than100 K	0	IndivRcvdGreaterThan100KCnt
Former Ofcr Employees Listed	0	FormerOfcrEmployeesListedInd
Total Comp Greater Than150 K	0	TotalCompGreaterThan150KInd
Compensation From Other Srcs	0	CompensationFromOtherSrcsInd
Cntrct Rcvd Greater Than100 K	0	CntrctRcvdGreaterThan100KCnt
Federated Campaigns	$0	FederatedCampaignsAmt
Membership Dues	$0	MembershipDuesAmt
Fundraising	$0	FundraisingAmt
Related Organizations	$0	RelatedOrganizationsAmt
Government Grants	$0	GovernmentGrantsAmt
All Other Contributions	$380,121	AllOtherContributionsAmt
Noncash Contributions	$0	NoncashContributionsAmt
Total Contributions	$380,121	TotalContributionsAmt
Total Program Service Revenue	$0	TotalProgramServiceRevenueAmt

Investment Income InvestmentIncomeGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$0	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$0	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt
Unrelated Business Revenue	$0	UnrelatedBusinessRevenueAmt
Exclusion	$0	ExclusionAmt

Incm From Invest Bond Proceeds IncmFromInvestBondProceedsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$0	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$0	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt
Unrelated Business Revenue	$0	UnrelatedBusinessRevenueAmt
Exclusion	$0	ExclusionAmt

Royalties Revenue RoyaltiesRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$0	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$0	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt
Unrelated Business Revenue	$0	UnrelatedBusinessRevenueAmt
Exclusion	$0	ExclusionAmt

Gross Rents GrossRentsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Real	$0	RealAmt
Personal	$0	PersonalAmt

Less Rental Expenses LessRentalExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Real	$0	RealAmt
Personal	$0	PersonalAmt

Rental Income Or Loss RentalIncomeOrLossGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Real	$0	RealAmt
Personal	$0	PersonalAmt

Net Rental Income Or Loss NetRentalIncomeOrLossGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$0	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$0	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt
Unrelated Business Revenue	$0	UnrelatedBusinessRevenueAmt
Exclusion	$0	ExclusionAmt

Gross Amount Sales Assets GrossAmountSalesAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Securities	$0	SecuritiesAmt
Other	$0	OtherAmt

Less Cost Oth Basis Sales Expnss LessCostOthBasisSalesExpnssGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Securities	$0	SecuritiesAmt
Other	$0	OtherAmt

Gain Or Loss GainOrLossGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Securities	$0	SecuritiesAmt
Other	$0	OtherAmt

Net Gain Or Loss Investments NetGainOrLossInvestmentsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$0	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$0	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt
Unrelated Business Revenue	$0	UnrelatedBusinessRevenueAmt
Exclusion	$0	ExclusionAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Fundraising Gross Income	$0	FundraisingGrossIncomeAmt
Contri Rpt Fundraising Event	$0	ContriRptFundraisingEventAmt
Fundraising Direct Expenses	$0	FundraisingDirectExpensesAmt

Net Incm From Fundraising Evt NetIncmFromFundraisingEvtGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$0	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Unrelated Business Revenue	$0	UnrelatedBusinessRevenueAmt
Exclusion	$0	ExclusionAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gaming Gross Income	$0	GamingGrossIncomeAmt
Gaming Direct Expenses	$0	GamingDirectExpensesAmt

Net Income From Gaming NetIncomeFromGamingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$0	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$0	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt
Unrelated Business Revenue	$0	UnrelatedBusinessRevenueAmt
Exclusion	$0	ExclusionAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Sales Of Inventory	$0	GrossSalesOfInventoryAmt
Cost Of Goods Sold	$0	CostOfGoodsSoldAmt

Net Income Or Loss NetIncomeOrLossGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$0	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$0	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt
Unrelated Business Revenue	$0	UnrelatedBusinessRevenueAmt
Exclusion	$0	ExclusionAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Revenue Total	$0	OtherRevenueTotalAmt

Total Revenue TotalRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$380,121	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$0	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt
Unrelated Business Revenue	$0	UnrelatedBusinessRevenueAmt
Exclusion	$0	ExclusionAmt

Foreign Grants ForeignGrantsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$361,537	TotalAmt
Program Services	$361,537	ProgramServicesAmt

Fees For Services Management FeesForServicesManagementGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$1,652	TotalAmt
Management And General	$1,652	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Fees For Services Accounting FeesForServicesAccountingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$6,355	TotalAmt
Management And General	$6,355	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$369,544	TotalAmt
Program Services	$361,537	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$8,007	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$0	FundraisingAmt

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$4,953	BOYAmt
EOY	$70,897	EOYAmt

Total Assets TotalAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$4,953	BOYAmt
EOY	$70,897	EOYAmt

Grants Payable GrantsPayableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$55,525	EOYAmt

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilitiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$55,525	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Organization Follows FASB117	Yes (X)	OrganizationFollowsFASB117Ind

No Donor Restriction Net Assets NoDonorRestrictionNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$4,953	BOYAmt
EOY	$15,372	EOYAmt

Donor Restriction Net Assets DonorRestrictionNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Total Net Assets Fund Balance TotalNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$4,953	BOYAmt
EOY	$15,372	EOYAmt

Tot Liab Net Assets Fund Balance TotLiabNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$4,953	BOYAmt
EOY	$70,897	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Info In Schedule O Part XI	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartXIInd
Reconcilation Revenue Expnss	$10,577	ReconcilationRevenueExpnssAmt
Net Unrlzd Gains Losses Invst	$0	NetUnrlzdGainsLossesInvstAmt
Donated Services And Use Fclts	$0	DonatedServicesAndUseFcltsAmt
Investment Expense	$0	InvestmentExpenseAmt
Prior Period Adjustments	$0	PriorPeriodAdjustmentsAmt
Other Changes In Net Assets	-$158	OtherChangesInNetAssetsAmt
Info In Schedule O Part XII	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartXIIInd
Method Of Accounting Cash	Yes (X)	MethodOfAccountingCashInd
Accountant Compile Or Review	0	AccountantCompileOrReviewInd
FS Audited	0	FSAuditedInd
Federal Grant Audit Required	0	FederalGrantAuditRequiredInd

Schedule A IRS990ScheduleA

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Public Organization170	Yes (X)	PublicOrganization170Ind

Gifts Grants Contri Rcvd170 GiftsGrantsContriRcvd170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$337,953	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$698,204	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$637,825	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$607,359	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$380,121	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$2,661,462	TotalAmt

Total Calendar Year170 TotalCalendarYear170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$337,953	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$698,204	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$637,825	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$607,359	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$380,121	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$2,661,462	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Public Support Total170	$2,661,462	PublicSupportTotal170Amt

Gross Investment Income170 GrossInvestmentIncome170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$874	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Total	$874	TotalAmt

Other Income170 OtherIncome170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$1,020	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Total	$1,020	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Support	$2,663,356	TotalSupportAmt
Gross Receipts Rltd Activities	$0	GrossReceiptsRltdActivitiesAmt
Public Support CY170	0.99929	PublicSupportCY170Pct
Public Support PY170	0.9992	PublicSupportPY170Pct
Thirty Thr Pct Suprt Tests PY170	Yes (X)	ThirtyThrPctSuprtTestsPY170Ind

Form990 Schedule A Part VI Form990ScheduleAPartVIGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Form And Line Reference	Schedule A, Part II, Line 10	FormAndLineReferenceDesc
Explanation	Adjustment due to an over-payment of grants payable -- the over-payment was returned by the beneficiary organization and booked as other income for the year.	ExplanationTxt

Schedule B IRS990ScheduleB

Contributor Information ContributorInformationGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Contributor	RESTRICTED	ContributorNum

Contributor Business Name ContributorBusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	RESTRICTED	BusinessNameLine1

Contributor US Address ContributorUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	RESTRICTED	AddressLine1
Address Line2	RESTRICTED	AddressLine2
City	RESTRICTED	City
State	RESTRICTED	State
ZIP Code	RESTRICTED	ZIPCode

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Contributions	RESTRICTED	TotalContributionsAmt

Schedule D IRS990ScheduleD

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Donor Advised Funds Held	0	DonorAdvisedFundsHeldCnt
Funds And Other Accounts Held	1	FundsAndOtherAccountsHeldCnt
Donor Advised Funds Contri	$0	DonorAdvisedFundsContriAmt
Funds And Other Accounts Contri	$380,121	FundsAndOtherAccountsContriAmt
Donor Advised Funds Grants	$0	DonorAdvisedFundsGrantsAmt
Funds And Other Accounts Grants	$361,537	FundsAndOtherAccountsGrantsAmt
Donor Advised Funds Vl EOY	$0	DonorAdvisedFundsVlEOYAmt
Funds And Other Accounts Vl EOY	$0	FundsAndOtherAccountsVlEOYAmt
Disclosed Org Leg Ctrl	Yes (1)	DisclosedOrgLegCtrlInd
Disclosed For Charitable Prps	Yes (1)	DisclosedForCharitablePrpsInd

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Form And Line Reference	Schedule D, Part I, Line 1	FormAndLineReferenceDesc
Explanation	The organization does not maintain donor advised funds. However, donors may indicate a preference concerning which types of charitable institutions they wish to support with their contributions. The organization makes the final determinations concerning how funds are distributed.	ExplanationTxt

Schedule F IRS990ScheduleF

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Grant Records Maintained	Yes (1)	GrantRecordsMaintainedInd

Account Activities Outside US AccountActivitiesOutsideUSGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Region	North America (including Canada and Mexico, but not the United States)	RegionTxt
Offices	1	OfficesCnt
Employee	0	EmployeeCnt
Type Of Activities Conducted	Grantmaking	TypeOfActivitiesConductedTxt
Region Total Expenditures	$361,537	RegionTotalExpendituresAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Office	1	TotalOfficeCnt
Total Employee	0	TotalEmployeeCnt
Total Spent	$361,537	TotalSpentAmt

Grants To Org Outside US GrantsToOrgOutsideUSGrp (13 entries)

RegionRegionTxt	Purpose Of GrantPurposeOfGrantTxt	Cash GrantCashGrantAmt	Manner Of Cash DisbursementMannerOfCashDisbursementTxt
North America (including Canada and Mexico, but not the United States)	Social welfare	$99,477	Electronic funds transfer
North America (including Canada and Mexico, but not the United States)	Social welfare	$42,584	Electronic funds transfer
North America (including Canada and Mexico, but not the United States)	Social welfare	$29,150	Electronic funds transfer
North America (including Canada and Mexico, but not the United States)	Educational assistance	$26,133	Electronic funds transfer
North America (including Canada and Mexico, but not the United States)	Animal welfare	$20,206	Electronic funds transfer
North America (including Canada and Mexico, but not the United States)	Animal welfare	$18,217	Electronic funds transfer
North America (including Canada and Mexico, but not the United States)	Community services	$19,231	Electronic funds transfer
North America (including Canada and Mexico, but not the United States)	Social welfare	$27,485	Electronic funds transfer
North America (including Canada and Mexico, but not the United States)	Social welfare	$16,260	Electronic funds transfer
North America (including Canada and Mexico, but not the United States)	Educational assistance	$12,152	Electronic funds transfer
North America (including Canada and Mexico, but not the United States)	Animal welfare	$11,037	Electronic funds transfer
North America (including Canada and Mexico, but not the United States)	Social welfare	$8,868	Electronic funds transfer
North America (including Canada and Mexico, but not the United States)	Animal welfare	$7,107	Electronic funds transfer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total501c3 Org	13	Total501c3OrgCnt
Total Other Org	0	TotalOtherOrgCnt
Transfer To Foreign Corp	0	TransferToForeignCorpInd
Interest In Foreign Trust	0	InterestInForeignTrustInd
Foreign Corp Ownership	0	ForeignCorpOwnershipInd
Passive Foreign Investmest Co	0	PassiveForeignInvestmestCoInd
Foreign Partnership	0	ForeignPartnershipInd
Boycott Countries	0	BoycottCountriesInd

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (2 entries)

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Schedule F, Part I, Line 2

Monitoring. The organization manages and tracks all grants made to Mexican institutions and operates controls to ensure funds are properly distributed. All institutions funded through The Foundation for Lake Chapala Charities are organized and operated exclusively for charitable purposes in Mexico. Many are qualified as not-for-profit Asociación Civil (A.C.) institutions under regulations administered by the state of Jalisco. All recipients are monitored to ensure their operations remain consistent with principles for tax-exempt public charities. Institutions funded by the organization fulfill the following types of program services: educational assistance for the poor; feeding programs for the poor; medical assistance for the poor; housing for abandoned children; animal care and animal adoption services.

Schedule F, Part II, Line 1

Accounting. The Foundation for Lake Chapala Charities operates on a cash accounting basis. The organization does not prepare financial statements. Financial transactions and accounts are reviewed by an external accountant to ensure that operations comply with provisions enforced by SAT Servicio de Administración Tributaria, the federal Tax Administration Service in Mexico.

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (5 entries)

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Form 990, Part IV, Line 6	The organization does not maintain donor advised funds. However, donors may indicate a preference concerning which types of charitable institutions they wish to support with their contributions. The organization makes the final determinations concerning how funds are distributed.
Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 11b	The processes used to review this form 990 were: (1) Prepare all accounting spreadsheets for years 2015 - 2019 and test them for their accuracy. (2) Print form 990 analyzing all instructions. (3) Review all schedules for Form 990 to Understand their purposes and if they apply to our charity. (4) Check all cross-references between the schedules we need to report and Form 990.
Form 990, Part VI, Section C, Line 19	Some governance and policy information is included within the organization's web site. Other documentation is made available by request.
Form 990, Part XI, Line 9	Loss due the change in foreign currency exchange rates between Mexican pesos and US dollars year end 2023 vs. year end 2024.
Form 990, Part XII, Line 2b	The Foundation for Lake Chapala Charities operates on a cash accounting basis. The organization does not prepare financial statements. Financial transactions and accounts are reviewed by an external accountant to ensure that operations comply with provisions enforced by SAT Servicio de Administración Tributaria, the federal Tax Administration Service in Mexico.