2025-11-14T14:20:27-08:00 2024-12-31 273473554 SCHRIVER CARMONA & COMPANY PLLC 7550 IH-10 STE 504 SAN ANTONIO TX 78229 990 2024-01-01 841940407 CULTURINGUA CULT 9728322986 10401 W INTERSTATE 10 SAN ANTONIO TX 78230 NADIA MAVRAKIS Co-Exec. 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Documented oral histories of 2 Silk Road businesses for San Antonio Legacy Business Program. Gave Silk Road tours, lectures, and talks, including panel hosted by Texas Public Radio and City of San Antonio World Heritage Office to highlight Silk Road culinary contributions. Hosted poetry night attended by 50 people with local poets celebrating civic engagement. In Cultural Exchange, increased cross-cultural collaboration and cultural competencies of 343 high school students in San Antonio and Libya. Taught Arab culture and Arabic language to 209 students during a youth summer camp. Led culturally-responsive peer support including expressive art activities to support integration and wellbeing of 300 refugee youth. 173668 Art-Based Small Business: Support art-based entrepreneurs and small business owners in and around the Silk Road Cultural Heritage District. Supported 168 individuals to either start art-based businesses or improve employment skills at art-based businesses in the cultural textile and culinary industries. 4 individuals legally incorporated their business. Culturingua provided 1:1 technical assistance to 2 established culinary cultural businesses in the Silk Road for access to capital, tailored training programs, and access to other resources to support small business growth. As a result, Culturingua enabled these businesses to obtain $35,000 in combined grants to grow their small businesses. 58335 Silk Road Community Land Trust (CLT): Worked with community to develop strategy for the CLT to enable artists and low-income residents to achieve affordable homeownership in and around the Silk Road Cultural Heritage District. Visited and learned from existing, mature CLTs nationally. Provided input to City of San Antonio for development of CLT Designation Policy, which was approved by San Antonio City Council in Oct. 2024. Served 43 individuals in financial education courses. Impact: 6 individuals checked their credit score, 2 achieving an increase in their credit score by an average of 20 points. 1 individual who previously had no credit established credit. 11 individuals created a savings plan. 6 individuals created full budget. 6 individuals increased savings. 1 individual established and maintained a savings habit for at least 3 consecutive months. 593809 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 false false false false false false false false false false false true 18 0 true 6 true false false false false false false false 0 false false false false false false false X 3 3 true false false false false false false true true false false true true true false true true true true false X NADIA MAVRAKIS 9728322986 10401 W INTERSTATE 10 SAN ANTONIO TX 78230 NADER MEHDAWI Co-Ex. 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Beneficial interest in donor-restricted endowment, which provides supplemental income to support program operations. true MIDDLE EAST & NORTH AFRICA 0 0 GRANT MAKING VIRTUAL EDUC LIBYAN STUDENTS 14081 14081 14081 MIDEAST/N AFRIC VIRTUAL EXHANGE 14081 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. Form 990, Part VI, Section A, Line 2 NADIA MAVRAKIS AND NADER MEHDAWI, WHO ARE CO-EXECUTORS, 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 Werling Associates was engaged to conduct a salary and benefits analysis for the top executives. It is titled "Market Analysis for Culturingua Co-CEOs and published on July 22, 2024. The Board used this analysis which included comparable data as part of their decision-making process. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 15b The Board used comparable data from the 2024 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, and 990, which includes financial statements, are on our website homepage at www.culturingua.com/support/donate.