Public Charity

ROMERO INSTITUTE

ROMERO INSTITUTE is a nonprofit organization categorized as Public Charity based in SANTA CRUZ, CA. Its most recent IRS filing (2024) reports revenue of $2.0M, expenses of $2.9M, total assets of $549K. Imperigo tracks 52 reported grant relationships connected to this organization totaling approximately $2.8M.

EIN: 953527131 SANTA CRUZ, CA Latest filing: 2024
Total Revenue$2.0M
Total Expenses$2.9M
Total Assets$549K
Grant Records52
Funding Total$2.8M
Filing Years2019–2024

Mission

EXPOSE SYSTEMIC INJUSTICE AND IMPLEMENT STRATEGIC SOLUTIONS FOR GLOBAL WARMING, ECONOMIC INEQUALITY, HUMAN AND INDIGENOUS RIGHTS. INTERFAITH LAW AND POLICY CENTER USING IMPACT LITIGATION, INVESTIGATION, GRASSROOTS ORGANIZING, AND PUBLIC EDUCATION TO ACHIEVE SUSTAINABLE GOALS.

Where $100 goes at Romero Institute

How Romero Institute divides every $100 it spends, from its own Form 990 filings, averaged across 6 years.

$80 Programs the work itself
$11 Management running the organization
$9 Fundraising raising the next dollar

Inside the $80 for programs

$36
The new paradigm institute was launched in 2023 after three whistleblowers publicly testified to congress that our government has captured nonhuman spacecraft and nonhuman bodies in crash retrievals…
45% of program spending · Reported in the filing: 1,000 volunteers; 73,000 members; 1,000 members
$29
The lakota people's law project continued to advocate throughout 2024 for the rights and sovereignty of the lakota sioux people, but the major project for the year was…
36% of program spending
$12
Special media project
15% of program spending

Plus 1 more program. Cost per person served and the full program breakdown are on the full profile.

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Source: Form 990 filings with the IRS, latest fiscal year 2024. Shares are from the organization's reported expenses. Data by Imperigo; not affiliated with the IRS.

Officers & Directors

BOARD MEMBER Chase Iron Eyes
PRESIDENT Daniel Sheehan
BOARD CHAIR Eric Thiermann
AUDIT COMMITTEE CHAIR Gwendolyn Grace
EMPLOYEE James Garrison
EMPLOYEE Karen K Juarez

Officer compensation and complete director data available with membership.

Top Grant Purposes

General Support
$2,329,461 40 grants
Health & Medicine
$395,673 8 grants
Civil Rights & Social Justice
$30,000 3 grants
Unspecified
$7,500 1 grant

Financial Trends

Year Revenue Expenses Assets
2024 $2.0M $2.9M $549K
2023 $2.3M $2.6M $1.5M
2022 $1.9M $3.2M $1.7M
2020 $3.0M $2.0M $1.8M
2019 $1.7M $1.7M $526K

Between 2019 and 2024, reported annual revenue grew from $1.7M to $2.0M (+21%), with total assets most recently reported at $549K.

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

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