2025-08-26T17:36:53-05:00 2024-12-31 760269860 Blazek & Vetterling 2900 Weslayan Suite 200 Houston TX 77027 990EZ 2024-09-16 995013536 Downtown Deck Plaza Foundation DOWN 9155447636 221 N Kansas Street 1900 El Paso TX 79901 Tracy Yellen Chair 9155447636 2025-08-26 1 0 Kurt Coburn P01638285 7134395739 2025-08-26 2024 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z X X downtowndeckplaza.org X X 105607 X 105607 105607 8397 113 4452 12962 92645 0 0 92645 X 0 95307 0 1569 0 96876 0 4231 0 92645 X The Downtown Deck Plaza Foundation (DDPF) was formed on September 16, 2024, as a Texas nonprofit corporation. It is a Type I supporting organization to the Paso del Norte Community Foundation that will develop, operate, maintain, and program a 8.5 acre park and plaza (Deck Plaza) over interstate 10 in the downtown corridor of El Paso, Texas, in partnership with the Texas Department of Transportation, El Paso Metropolitan Planning Organization, County of El Paso, and City of El Paso. It will offer educational programs, green spaces, and recreational opportunities like biking and walking trails, along with other activities that support its exempt purposes. The organization will develop, operate, maintain, and program a 8.5 acre park and plaza (Deck Plaza) over Interstate 10 in the downtown corridor of El Paso, Texas. During this initial year, the organization worked towards completing a feasibility study to develop the 8.5 acre deck park. 0 12962 12962 Tracy J Yellen Chair 0.50 0 0 0 Joseph Gudenrath Vice Chair 0.50 0 0 0 Matthew Guzman Secretary 0.50 0 0 0 Laura Uribarri Director 0.50 0 0 0 Joseph Soto Director 0.50 0 0 0 Gina Martinez Hirsh Director 0.50 0 0 0 X 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Marcela Garcia 221 N Kansas Street Ste 1900 El Paso TX 79901 9155447636 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 NONE NONE 1 X X X 1 Paso del Norte Community Foundation 461997449 7 1 12962 0 1 12962 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED Form 990-EZ, Part I, Line 16 - Other Expenses Description: IT & Service support agreement. Amount: 4,452. Form 990-EZ, Part II, Line 24 - Other Assets Description: Account Receivable. Beg. of Year Amount: 0. End of Year Amount: 1,569. Form 990-EZ, Part II, Line 26 - Other Liabilities Description: Accounts payable, accrued expenses. Beg. of Year Amount: 0. End of Year Amount: 4,231. The organization was formed in September of 2024 and did not receive its Determination Letter from the IRS until May of 2025. The paid tax preparer was not aware of this new organization's 2024 990-EZ filing requirement, for the initial short tax year ending 12/31/2024, until after the May 15, 2025 extension deadline, so a timely extension for Form 990-EZ was not filed. The organization exercised ordinary business care and prudence and was nevertheless unable to file the return within the prescribed time. The organization has not previously filed late and has had discussions with its paid preparer about steps it can take to ensure that subsequent returns are timely filed. The organization respectfully requests abatement from late filing penalties due to the reasonable causes explained above. The organization did not, during the year, receive any funds, directly,or indirectly, to pay premiums on a personal benefit contract.The organization, did not, during the year, pay any premiums, directly,or indirectly, on a personal benefit contract.