Public Charity

MAYA EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION

MAYA EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION is a Public Charity headquartered in CAMBRIDGE, MA. Financial data from the 2025 filing: $1.3M revenue, $768K expenses, $7.2M total assets. 44 publicly reported grants to this organization, totaling roughly $5.1M, appear in IRS filings.

EIN: 030335159 CAMBRIDGE, MA Latest filing: 2025
Total Revenue$1.3M
Total Expenses$768K
Total Assets$7.2M
Grant Records44
Funding Total$5.1M
Filing Years2021–2025

Mission

THE MAYA EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION (MEF) SUPPORTS PROGRAMS DEDICATED TO THE EDUCATIONAL AND PROFESSIONAL ADVANCEMENT OF MAYA PEOPLE. HOW WE ACHIEVE THIS MISSION:WITH OUR FOCUS ON HIGHER EDUCATION, WE PARTNER WITH PROVEN NONPROFITS IN GUATEMALA, MEXICO, AND BELIZE IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE UNIVERSITY-LEVEL SCHOLARSHIPS TO PROMISING AND DETERMINED MAYA STUDENTS FROM POOR ECONOMIC BACKGROUNDS.WE MAKE SURE THAT ALL OUR SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAMS SHOW A HIGH REPRESENTATION OF WOMEN AND GIRLS AND RESPECT FOR MAYA CULTURE AND TRADITIONS.IN ORDER TO INCREASE EDUCATIONAL ACCESS FOR MAYA STUDENTS IN REMOTE AREAS, WE WORK WITH NONPROFITS WHO ENCOURAGE STUDENTS TO ADVANCE TOWARDS VOCATIONAL HIGH-SCHOOL OR UNIVERSITY.WE ALSO SUPPORT THE EFFORTS OF TWO IMPORTANT GUARDIANS OF HISTORICAL AND CULTURAL HERITAGE OF THE MESOAMERICAN REGION: CIRMA IN ANTIGUA, GUATEMALA AND SNA JTZ'IBAJOM (HOUSE OF THE WRITER) IN SAN CRISTOBAL DE LAS CASAS, MEXICO.

Where $100 goes at Maya Educational Foundation

How Maya Educational Foundation divides every $100 it spends, from its own Form 990 filings, averaged across 9 years.

$93 Programs the work itself
$5 Management running the organization
$2 Fundraising raising the next dollar

Inside the $93 for programs

$48
The foundation primarily provides grants that support and promote educational and scholarship programs in the maya region of mexico and central america
52% of program spending · Reported in the filing: 20 grants
$45
The foundation annually provides grants to cirma in guatemala and sna jtz'ibajom, in support of their missions to foster study and preservation of mayan languages and cultures of…
48% of program spending · Reported in the filing: 56 students; 35 students
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Source: Form 990 filings with the IRS, latest fiscal year 2025. Shares are from the organization's reported expenses. Data by Imperigo; not affiliated with the IRS.

Officers & Directors

BOARD MEMBER Abner Cruz
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Amy Holly
BOARD MEMBER Diane Carazas
TREASURER Edward Fischer
BOARD MEMBER Hector Concoha
SECRETARY Ian Lutz

Officer compensation and complete director data available with membership.

Top Grant Purposes

General Support
$5,030,438 42 grants
Economic Development
$82,000 1 grant

Financial Trends

Year Revenue Expenses Assets
2025 $1.3M $768K $7.2M
2024 $2.2M $758K $6.2M
2023 $1.0M $749K $5.2M
2022 $1.2M $686K $4.4M
2021 $1.0M $695K $4.5M

Between 2021 and 2025, reported annual revenue grew from $1.0M to $1.3M (+26%), with total assets most recently reported at $7.2M.

Interactive year-over-year charts and full filing details available with membership.

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