Nonprofit · EIN 59-3646095
AMIGOS EN CRISTO INC
Also known as AMIGO EN CRITO LUTHERAN MISSION
Tax-exempt · FORT MYERS, FL 33907
Financials
| Year ended | Form | Revenue | Expenses | Net income | Total assets | Liabilities | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 31, 2024 | 990 | $305,295 | $397,031 | -$91,736 | $174,866 | $1,463 | $173,403 |
| December 31, 2023 | 990 | $316,983 | $318,949 | -$1,966 | $268,655 | $3,516 | $265,139 |
Financial details: 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024
Revenue
- Contributions, gifts and grants
- $31,700
- Program service revenue
- $267,408
- Investment income
- $6,187
- Other revenue
- $0
Expenses
- Grants and similar amounts paid
- $0
- Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
- $64,444
- Other salaries and wages
- $148,190
- Salaries, compensation and benefits (total)
- $306,050
- Professional fundraising fees
- $0
- Occupancy
- $25,641
- Program services (functional)
- $379,127
- Management and general (functional)
- $11,676
- Fundraising (functional)
- $6,228
Balance sheet and other
- Total assets, start of year
- $268,655
- Total assets, end of year
- $174,866
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $1,463
- Net assets, end of year
- $173,403
- Land, buildings and equipment
- $5,500
- Net assets without donor restrictions
- $173,403
- Gross receipts
- $305,295
- Employees
- 4
- Volunteers
- 9
- Year formed
- 2000
- State of legal domicile
- FL
From the e-filed returns the IRS publishes as XML (latest three processing years; amended returns replace the original). PDF copies at the IRS.
Officers, directors and key employees
As listed on the 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024, highest compensation first.
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation | Other / benefits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LINDSAY RAY ESQ | CEO Officer | 40 | $64,444 | $723 |
| VICTOR ARIAS | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 0.1 | $0 | $0 |
| LINDA CORVISON | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 0.25 | $0 | $0 |
| ASHBY DUVAL | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 0.04 | $0 | $0 |
| LEONARDO GARCIA | PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer | 0.5 | $0 | $0 |
| MARLENYN GARCIA | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 0.25 | $0 | $0 |
| DIEGO GIRSALES | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 0.25 | $0 | $0 |
| PABLO HURTADO | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 0.25 | $0 | $0 |
| YADIRIS PEREZ LUNA | SECRETARY Trustee or director, Officer | 0.25 | $0 | $0 |
| SUNELLY MUNOZ | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 0.25 | $0 | $0 |
| JOHN ZEHNDER | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 0.1 | $0 | $0 |
990 for the year ended December 31, 2023: 9 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation | Other / benefits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LINDSAY RAY ESQ | CEO Officer | 40 | $60,000 | $24,454 |
| VICTOR ARIAS | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 0.23 | $0 | $0 |
| ASHBY DUVAL | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 0.04 | $0 | $0 |
| LEONARDO GARCIA | PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer | 0.58 | $0 | $0 |
| MARLENYN GARCIA | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 0.08 | $0 | $0 |
| DIEGO GRIASALES | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 0.04 | $0 | $0 |
| YADIRIS PEREZ LUNA | SECRETARY Trustee or director, Officer | 0.12 | $0 | $0 |
| SUNELLY MUNOZ | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 0.08 | $0 | $0 |
| JOHN ZEHNDER | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 0.04 | $0 | $0 |
Address and contacts
- Address (IRS master file)
- 1560 MATTHEW DRIVE, FORT MYERS, FL 33907-1702
- Principal officer (990 for 2024)
- LEONARDO GARCIA, 1560 MATTHEW DRIVE SUITE A, FORT MYERS, FL 33907
- Signed the 990
- LEONARDO GARCIA, PRESIDENT
- Phone
- (239) 437-6727
- Website
- WWW.AMIGOSCENTER.ORG
- Return prepared by
- STROEMER & COMPANY
Mission
AMIGOS CENTER PROVIDES STABILITY TO FAMILIES AND THE COMMUNITY BY PROVIDING EXPERT IMMIGRATION LEGAL SERVICES AT A LOW COST OR PRO BONO RATE.
Program accomplishments
- IN 2023 WE SERVED 1,369 INDIVIDUAL, UNDUPLICATED CLIENTS. THAT TRANSLATES TO OVER 6,000 PEOPLE SERVED WHEN WE INCLUDE DERIVATIVE FAMILY MEMBERS. WE SERVED CLIENTS AND THEIR FAMILY MEMBERS FROM 44 COUNTRIES, SPANNING FIVE CONTINENTS. LAST YEAR WAS OUR FIRST YEAR AS A COMPLETELY INDEPENDENT AGENCY. WE TACKLED NEW ADMINISTRATIVE AND MANAGERIAL TASKS AND WERE STILL ABLE TO MEET OUR GOAL OF SERVING OVER 1,350 CLIENTS WITH JUST ONE FULL-TIME PRACTITIONER AND ONE PART-TIME PRACTITIONER. IT WAS QUITE A FEAT. WE ARE VERY EXCITED TO BE ABLE TO HIRE SOMEONE IN 2024, SO THAT NUMBER CAN CONTINUE TO GROW. SERVICES PROVIDED TO THE 1,369 CLIENTS WE SERVED IN 2023 INCLUDED A SIGNIFICANT FOCUS ON FAMILY-BASED CASES, WHERE A U.S. CITIZEN, LEGAL PERMANENT RESIDENT, ASYLEE PETITIONS THE GOVERNMENT TO BRING A CLOSE FAMILY MEMBER TO THE UNITED STATES. WE ALSO SERVE CLIENTS WHO APPLY FOR TEMPORARY STATUS- AND RENEW FREQUENTLY, SUCH AS TEMPORARY PROTECTED STATUS (TPS) AND DEFERRED ACTION FOR CHILDHOOD ARRIVALS (DACA OR DREAMERS). WE HELP CLIENTS TO APPLY FOR NATURALIZATION AND IN 2023, 79 OF OUR CLIENTS BECAME U.S. CITIZENS. IN ITS PRACTICE, AMIGOS CENTER SERVES HUNDREDS OF VICTIMS OF CRIME, ESPECIALLY THOSE WHO'VE SUFFERED FROM DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND HUMAN TRAFFICKING. CLIENTS WHO HAVE BEEN THE VICTIM OF A VIOLENT CRIME CAN BE ELIGIBLE TO APPLY FOR A U VISA. WE SERVE SPOUSES OF U.S. CITIZENS OR PERMANENT RESIDENTS WHO WERE SUBJECT TO CRUELTY IN THEIR MARRIAGE BY FILING FOR THEIR PERMANENT RESIDENCY UNDER THE VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN ACT. ADDITIONALLY, WE HELP VICTIMS OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING AND THEIR FAMILIES, APPLY FOR LEGAL PERMANENT RESIDENCY. IN 2023, WE FILED 52 VICTIM-BASED CASES, IN ADDITION TO PROVIDING FOLLOW-UP SERVICES TO THE OVER 175 PENDING U VISA CASES. AMIGOS CENTER IS ALSO PROUD TO PARTICIPATE IN NEW GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS FOR IMMIGRANTS WHEN THEY ARISE. IN THE SPRING OF 2022, USCIS INTRODUCED "UNITING FOR UKRAINE" IN ORDER TO "WELCOME UKRAINIANS FLEEING RUSSIA'S INVASION." AMIGOS CENTER FILED A HANDFUL OF THOSE APPLICATIONS IN 2022. AS AN EXTENSION OF THE "UNITING FOR UKRAINE PROGRAM," IN THE FALL OF 2022, USCIS INTRODUCED "THE PROCESS FOR VENEZUELANS." THIS IS A WAY FOR CITIZENS OF VENEZUELA TO LAWFULLY COME TO THE U.S. TEMPORARILY BASED ON "URGENT HUMANITARIAN OR SIGNIFICANT PUBLIC BENEFIT REASONS." IN 2023, USCIS ADDED CUBA, HAITI, AND NICARAGUA TO THE LIST OF COUNTRIES THAT QUALIFIED FOR "THE PROCESS." AMIGOS CENTER FILED OVER 100 APPLICATIONS FOR "THE PROCESS" IN 2023, SERVING CITIZENS AND THEIR FAMILIES OF ALL QUALIFYING COUNTRIES.Expenses $379,127 · revenue $267,408
What it must file and when
IRS records say it files Not required (church). Churches are not required to file. Its accounting year ends in December, so each return is due on the 15th day of the 5th month after that.
| Tax year | Year ended | Due | IRS public records |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | December 31, 2025 | May 15, 2026 | Not on file |
| 2024 | December 31, 2024 | May 15, 2025 | 990 on file |
| 2023 | December 31, 2023 | May 15, 2024 | 990 on file |
IRS record
- EIN
- 59-3646095
- Tax-exempt status
- 501(c)(3): Charitable, religious, educational or scientific organization
- Foundation status
- Church
- Exempt since
- 1941
- Accounting year ends
- December
- Files
- Not required (church)
- Category (NTEE)
- Community improvement and capacity building (S20)
- Group exemption
- 1709: LUTHERAN CHURCH MISSOURI SYNOD
- Assets (IRS master file)
- $174,866
- Income (IRS master file)
- $305,295
Filing history
| Form | Year ended | Revenue | Expenses | Assets | Return |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 990 | December 2024 | $305,295 | $397,031 | $174,866 | XML |
| 990 | December 2023 | $316,983 | $318,949 | $268,655 | XML |
| 990 | December 2022 | $408,506 | $492,745 | $446,993 | IRS |
| 990 | December 2021 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | December 2020 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | December 2018 | – | – | – | IRS |
990-N: the IRS bulk file holds only the latest e-Postcard per organization; earlier years come from archived copies of that file since 2020 and can have gaps (the IRS e-Postcard search lists every one). 990, 990-EZ, 990-PF, 990-T: every e-filed return in the IRS e-file index since 2019; XML for the latest three processing years, amounts from the IRS Statistics of Income extracts before that. PDF copies and determination letters at the IRS (search EIN 59-3646095).
Questions about AMIGOS EN CRISTO INC
- What is the EIN of AMIGOS EN CRISTO INC?
- The employer identification number (EIN) of AMIGOS EN CRISTO INC is 59-3646095.
- Is AMIGOS EN CRISTO INC tax-exempt?
- Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 1941.
- Which annual return does AMIGOS EN CRISTO INC file?
- Form Not required (church). Churches are not required to file.
- When is the next return of AMIGOS EN CRISTO INC due?
- The return for tax year 2025 (the year ending December 31, 2025) is due May 15, 2026. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.
- When did AMIGOS EN CRISTO INC last file with the IRS?
- The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended December 2024.
- Who is the principal officer of AMIGOS EN CRISTO INC?
- The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024 names LEONARDO GARCIA.
- Who are the officers and directors of AMIGOS EN CRISTO INC?
- The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024 lists 11 people; 1 received compensation from the organization, the highest $64,444 (LINDSAY RAY ESQ, CEO).
- How much revenue does AMIGOS EN CRISTO INC have?
- On its 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024 it reported revenue of $305,295, expenses of $397,031 and total assets of $174,866 at year end.
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