2025-11-17T14:44:07-08:00 2024-12-31 202571677 CORLISS & SOLOMON PLLC 242 CHARLOTTE ST SUITE 1 ASHEVILLE NC 28801 990 2024-01-01 208303608 Colaborativa La Milpa COLA 8285151230 528 Emma Road Asheville NC 28806 Angelica Reza-Wind Board President 8285151230 2025-11-14 true true Todd Oldenburg P02281691 8282360206 2025-11-17 2024 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z Angelica Reza-Wind 528 Emma Road Asheville NC 28806 5123894 false X colaborativalamilpa.org X 2009 NC To activate, build capacity, and support community-based organizations to to ensure their impact and sustainability. 4 4 18 550 0 0 2681594 5070914 20761 43510 1033 1155 5174 8315 2708562 5123894 448357 915480 0 409144 573178 29907 76241 1065825 1163190 1923326 2681755 785236 2442139 2927645 5841165 94036 565417 2833609 5275748 X To activate, build capacity, and support community-based organizations to to ensure their impact and sustainability. true false 2394865 915480 43510 Pre-tropical storm Helene, Colaborativa La Milpa staff provided organizational development coaching, grant writing, and fiscal oversight and management to our members. After Helene, our large program and office space became a receiving and distribution hub, where all collective members collaborated with community organizations and coordinated over 800 volunteers to provide food, supplies, water, and medicine to low income areas around Buncombe County. We opened an outdoor free mercadito(market) three afternoons per week in the center of the Emma community, moving it indoors as temperatures dropped. We reached over 40,000 people with disaster relief. CLMs program, Consulta Tu Compa provided case management, resource referral and accompaniment in Spanish and English. They assisted with 380 FEMA applications post-Helene. El Telar supported a network of 47 community educators and home-based childcare providers with professional training and educational resources. PODER facilitated community-led development and advocacy to prevent gentrification and displacement and provided technical assistance and lending to affordable housing, worker and real estate cooperatives. In 2024, they launched a workforce development initiative for long-term economic resiliency. Raices Emma Erwin provided Latine cultural arts afterschool and summer camp programs for children and youth, hosted 3 community events, and a dance performance program for ages 14-20, Ballet Folklorico Raices. These dancers performed twice in 2024 with the internationally renowned Folkmoot Festival. Ma hnakihu Language Preservation Project leads community workshops and classes for children, youth and adults in the Indigenous hnahnu language and culture. They convened traditional dance and musical rehearsals monthly and coordinated performances. In 2024, their 4th annual Celebrating our Cultures festival hosted 400 attendees. CIMA: supported community members to become informed, exercise civic engagement, to further develop their political analysis. They engaged with children, families, high school and college students, led a non-partisan voter registration campaign, provided education workshops, and transportation to Raleigh for citizen lobby day. 2394865 true true false true false false false false false false true false false true true true true false false false false false false true false false false true true false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false true 67 0 true 18 true false false false false false false false false false false false false X 4 4 false false false false false false false true true false false true true true true true true true false false NC X Becky Brown 8285151230 528 Emma Road Asheville NC 28806 Angeli Sosa Executive Director 40.00 X 51960 0 0 Angelica Reza-Wind Chair 1.00 X X 0 0 0 Greg Walker Wilson Treasurer 1.00 X X 0 0 0 Hector Salgado Member 1.00 X 0 0 0 Sarah Cecilia Nunez PhD Member 1.00 X 0 0 0 51960 0 0 false false false Chispas LLC 17 West Side Dr Asheville NC 28806 Construction Home/Infrasture Repair 410902 1 21964 303719 4745231 5070914 Educational Support Serivces 611710 25097 0 0 Child Care Services 624410 8507 0 0 Fiscal Sponsorship/Coop Fees 561000 9906 0 0 43510 1155 0 1155 2420 2420 2420 5895 5895 5895 5123894 49405 0 3575 362465 362465 553015 553015 51960 42088 6755 3117 477869 387962 58886 31021 43349 34246 6069 3034 9000 9000 0 0 61878 6520 55358 0 29907 29907 609200 587108 20252 1840 66750 59008 2984 4758 24943 6482 17512 949 163622 141851 20260 1511 23424 21854 1570 0 8396 6717 1679 0 8792 4748 4044 0 Program Exp-Food and meals 45445 41230 4215 0 Interpretation & Translation 32841 28243 4598 0 Program Supplies 56050 50449 5601 0 Staff Training and Development 25464 25464 0 0 27385 26415 866 104 2681755 2394865 210649 76241 1615530 3397131 490982 511664 762025 1372268 16108 38500 232298 4500 9506 83963 8396 75567 242731 2927645 5841165 94036 329379 236038 94036 565417 X 1639125 2394827 1194484 2880921 2833609 5275748 2927645 5841165 2442139 X false true X true false X 0 1127794 2080039 1989167 2681594 5070914 12949508 0 0 1127794 2080039 1989167 2681594 5070914 12949508 2353130 10596378 1019 1207 1081 1033 1155 5495 0 0 5551 6686 12237 12967240 79260 0.81720 0.74950 X 0 0 0 Pt II Ln 10 Other Income Part II, Line 10 Description: Fiscal Sponsorship Fees 2020: 0. 2021: 1765. 2022: 1955. Description: Other Income 2021: 3786. 2022: 4731. RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 5625 2250 7875 2386990 2394865 269743 67436 0 0 235485 246166 269743 751394 1127091 3900 7300 7875 19075 58871 61542 67436 187849 281774 2400 2300 5625 10325 0 0 83963 8396 75567 75567 Right-of-Use Lease Asset 235606 Security Deposit 7125 242731 Operating Lease Liability - ST 85927 Operating Lease Liability - LT 150111 236038 X 5126894 3000 3000 5123894 5123894 2684755 3000 3000 2681755 2681755 Pt X, Line 2 The organization is exempt from federal income taxes under 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. Under the Code, however, income from certain activities not related to the organizations tax-exempt purpose may be subject to taxation as unrelated business income. The organization had no income from unrelated business activities in 2024 and was, therefore, not required to file Federal Form 990-T (Exempt Organization Business Income Tax Return). The organization believes that it has appropriate support for all tax positions taken, and as such, does not have any uncertain tax positions that are material to the financial statements. X X true Janet Hurley Grant Writing false 717714 29907 687807 717714 29907 687807 NC true Chispas 17 Westside Dr Asheville NC 28806 850674396 81888 Construction & Relief Efforts Cezontle LLC 17 Westside Dr Asheville NC 28806 822691952 26666 Stipends & Relief Efforts Preescolar La Bugambilia LLC 17 Gatewood Rd Asheville NC 28806 842708382 24263 Stipends & Relief Efforts Power in Numbers LLC 4 Redfern St Asheville NC 28806 831729321 16981 Stipends & Relief Efforts Swannanoa Communities Together 2121 US 70 Highway Swannanoa NC 28778 332493078 501c3 75000 5800 FMV Rent Relief Efforts La Esperanza Real Estate LLC 17 Westside Dr Asheville NC 28806 833999148 100000 Community Center Improvements El Ejido LLC 17 Westside Dr Asheville NC 28806 854357768 8544 Affordable Housing 1 6 Community Infrastructure Repairs 6 120723 FMV Hurricane Helene Damage Repairs Stipends 96 57151 Legal Assistance to Families 10 13251 FMV Legal Assistance to Families Student Sponsorships 6 6137 Emergency Grants to Families 4 2000 Other Direct Assistance 18 7188 3061 FMV Medications, Rent, Supplies Home Repair Support 20 338268 FMV Home repair support Rent Support - Hurricane Helene 7 5236 FMV Rent support - Helene Relief Pt VI, Line 11b The 990 is prepared by a CPA firm, reviewed by management, presented to the Board for review, proposed revisions and final approval. Pt VI, Line 12c Enforced as necessary. Any Board Member with a conflict of interest on any specific issue informs the Board and abstains from voting on the issue. Pt VI, Line 18 The form 1023 is available upon request and the Forms 990 are available on the websites of many charity watch organizations and upon request. Pt VI, Line 19 Governing documents are available upon request. Pt VI, Line 15a The organization implemented a new compensation scale in 2024 based on a compensation study of numerous organizations similar in mission and size. Pt III, Line 2 Following Hurricane Helene, the organization expanded its role by participating in relief efforts across WNC. Other In October 2025, the organization sent a letter to the IRS requesting an NTEE code change to accurately reflect the organizations mission and programming. The organizations current NTE code is P84 - Ethnic & Immigrant Centers. This was because the organization previously fiscally sponsored a project that focused on services for the immigrant community. However, they no longer fiscally sponsor that project and their services are not limited to any particular ethnic group. They have requested to change to NTEE code P28 - Neighborhood Centers, which is a better reflection of the organizations mission and programming. The organization is a neighborhood-based multipurpose center offering a wide variety of services, which are structed to meet the needs of the entire Emma community through different programs for different age and interest groups. Form 990, Part IX, Line 11g Coordinators 193983. 193983. Form 990, Part IX, Line 11g Organizers 258880. 258880. Form 990, Part IX, Line 11g Contract Labor 154200. 132108. 20252. 1840. Form 990, Part IX, Line 11g Other Professional Services 2137. 2137.