2024-11-15T13:54:10-08:00 2023-12-31 273473554 SCHRIVER CARMONA & COMPANY PLLC 7550 IH-10 Ste 504 SAN ANTONIO TX 78229 990 2023-01-01 841940407 CULTURINGUA CULT 9728322986 8920 JOHN BARRETT DRIVE SAN ANTONIO TX 78240 NADIA MAVRAKIS CEO 2024-11-15 true true DEREK SCHRIVER CPA P00958022 2106800350 X 2023 2024-10-15 13:58:12Z NADIA MAVRAKIS 8920 JOHN BARRETT DRIVE SAN ANTONIO TX 78240 933869 false X www.culturingua.com X 2019 TX Culturingua's mission is to cultivate, promote, and preserve Middle Eastern, North African, and South Asian (MENASA) cultural, linguistic, and artistic heritage to invest in human, community, and economic development. 5 5 19 130 0 724923 898697 6748 34637 0 939 535 732610 933869 25143 11770 0 251277 589630 0 10217 112114 215913 388534 817313 344076 116556 542155 662046 79007 81150 463148 580896 Culturingua's mission is to cultivate, promote, and preserve Middle Eastern, North African, and South Asian (MENASA) cultural, linguistic, and artistic heritage to invest in human, community, and economic development. false false 374383 31637 Community & Economic Development: Focus on increasing wealthbuilding for low-income residents and creating a vibrant, connected community in the greater Medical Center in Northwest San Antonio. Culturingua supported 49 Afghan women to build sewing and financial literacy skills whilst reducing social isolation and supported 12 immigrants to learn animal husbandry and financial literacy skills to increase access to employment & entrepreneurship. Culturingua spread awareness to 1,200 small businesses for grants, supported 134 small businesses to apply for grants, & enabled 1 business to obtain an $11,000 loan through Kiva. Culturingua's annual arts & culture festival attracted 400 residents who learned about Middle Eastern, North African, and South Asian culinary culture through a play featuring a 12-foot puppet of a Syrian refugee girl. 249568 11770 3000 Youth Development: In the Virtual Exchange, Culturingua brought together high school students from its partner schools around the globe to work together to develop a solution for global issues. 230 students participated in 2023: 130 at various San Antonio ISD schools and 100 in Libya. Students in both geographies showed meaningful improvements in: Knowledge of the other geography, ability to take the perspective of people from the other geography, cross-cultural collaboration skills, and warm feelings towards people in the other geography. Culturingua served 111 students during its 4th Annual Arabic Summer Camp in partnership with SAISD. The camp focused on teaching youth the language, culture, and arts of the Arab world as well as Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Math concepts. 38952 Policy, Advocacy, and Civic Engagement: Culturingua launched a grassroots advocacy effort to support the creation of a Middle Eastern/North African (MENA) race and ethnicity category. Culturingua enabled 351 individuals and 6 institutions in Bexar County to submit public comment to the Federal Office of Management and Budget in support of the proposed separate MENA race & ethnicity category for Federal Government's proposed changes to Statistical Policy Directive No. 15 (Standards for Race and Ethnicity). Culturingua worked various City of San Antonio departments and private institutions who began to add a separate Middle Eastern/North African category to their data collection forms. Culturingua rasied awareness of the health equity needs for the MENA community and the access to capital needs for MENA small business owners. 662903 true true false true false false false false false true true false false false false false false false false false true true false false false false false false false false false false false false false false true false false false false false false false false false false true 17 0 true 19 true false false false false false false false 0 false false false false false false false X 5 5 true false false false false false false true true false false true true true false true true true true false X NADIA MAVRAKIS 9728322986 8920 JOHN BARRETT DR SAN ANTONIO TX 78240 NADIA MAVRAKIS CEO 40.00 0.00 X X 105720 0 0 NADER MEHDAWI COO 40.00 0.00 X X 80028 0 0 OLADAO OLALEYE BOARD CHAIR 1.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 PATRICIA PONTON Treasurer 1.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 DANIEL RAY Secretary 1.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 KERRY HAUPERT BOARD MEMBER 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 ALI HAKEEM BOARD MEMBER 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 JOSE IGNACIO SORDO GALARZA BOARD MEMBER 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 185748 1 false false false 0 243891 654806 4000 898697 LANGUAGE CLASSES 611630 3000 3000 NOURISH TO FLOURISH FOOD 722330 2886 2886 OTHER 900099 1606 1606 RESEARCH ON REFUGEES 541720 5000 5000 SMALL BUSINESS DEV. 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PROVIDE SUPPLEMENTAL INCOME TO SUPPORT PROGRAM OPERATIONS. true MIDDLE EAST & NORTH AFRICA 0 0 GRANT MAKING VIRTUAL EDUC LIBYAN STUDENTS 11770 11770 11770 MIDEAST/N AFRIC VIRTUAL EXHANGE 11770 WIRE TRANSFE N/A FMV 1 false false false false false true Part I, Line 2 - Grantmakers Explanation For Monitoring Use of Funds Outside US ORGANIZATION HAS WRITTEN POLICIES FOR SUBRECIPIENT MONITORING OF GRANTS. Part I, Line 3f - Method of Accounting Organization uses the accrual method for reporting expenses. COO'S FATHER FATHER 11500 VEHICLE PURCHASE false Schedule L, Part V Supplemental Information The Organization purchased a vehicle in the amount of $11,500 from the COOs father on February 16, 2023. This purchase price was below the vehicle's fair market value at the time of the transaction. The vehicle was reported as Property and Equipment on the Statement of Financial Position at December 31, 2023. Form 990, Part VI, Section A, Line 2 ceo and coo are married. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 11b FORM 990 reviewed initially with Culturingua Finance, Investment, and Audit Committee and then with entire Board of Directors before filing. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 15a The Board used comparable data from the 2022 San Antonio Not-for-Profit Wage and Benefit Survey published by Werling Associates. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 15b The Board used comparable data from the 2022 San Antonio Not-for-Profit Wage and Benefit Survey published by Werling Associates. Form 990, Part VI, Section C, Line 19 Bylaws which includes conflict of interest policy are on our website homepage at www.culturingua.com. Financial statements are available on our Guidestar.org profile at https://www.guidestar.org/profile/84-1940407. SCHEDULE F, PART IV, QUESTION 6 FORM 5713 ATTACHED AS PART OF THE ELECTRONIC FILING AS REQUIRED BY SCHEDULE F, PART IV, QUESTION 6.