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Mijente Support Committee

Website:

www.mijentesupportcommittee.com/
Location:

Phoenix, AZ
Tax ID:

82-1711382
Tax-Exempt Status:

501(c)(3)

Budget (2021):

Revenue: $5,386,402
Expenses: $2,955,337
Assets: $11,714,923
Type:

Get-out-the-vote (GOTV) Activist Group
Formation:

2017
Executive Director:

Marisa Franco
Budget (2022):

Revenue: $4,858,153

Expenses: $5,547,450

Assets: $11,329,496 22

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Mijente Support Committee is a left-of-center activist organization that claims to represent the interests of individuals who self-identify as Latino and Chicano. 1

Mijente Support Committee is the 501(c)(3) organization associated with the 501(c)(4) activist organization Mijente. 2 In 2022, Mijente Support Committee received $600,000 from the left-of-center Tides Foundation, $325,000 from the Foundation for a Just Society, and $300,000 from the Ford Foundation. 3

History and Leadership

Mijente Support Committee was founded in 2017, two years after its sister organization, Mijente. 4

Marisa Franco is the co-founder and executive director of the Mijente Support Committee and its sister organization Mijente. Prior to founding Mijente, Franco was a national campaign advisor for the National Day Laborer Organizing Network and an organizer for the Right to the City Alliance. 5 She is on the board of the left-of-center Marguerite Casey Foundation. 6

She also held roles in the Right To the City Alliance, Domestic Workers United, and People Organized to Win Employment Rights (POWER). 7 8

Activities and Funding

Mijente Support Committee is a left-of-center activist organization that claims to represent the interests of individuals who self-identify as Latino and Chicano. 1 Mijente Support Committee is the 501(c)(3) organization associated with the 501(c)(4) activist organization Mijente. 2

The organization uses the far-left terms “Latinx” and “Chicanx” to refer to Latino and Chicano individuals in attempt to remove gendered language. It also claims that these individuals are “criminalized” as their population numbers grow in the United States. 1

Mijente Support Committee claimed that immigrants were a “primary target of the Trump administration” and that the Biden administration’s approach to policymaking should include immigrants. The group has criticized Biden administration Department of Homeland Security (DHS) for enforcing immigration law. 5

In conjunction with the AFL-CIO labor union, Mijente Support Committee published a toolkit for activists and employers to resist raids and audits from Immigration and Customs Enforcement to enforce immigration-related employment laws. 9

In 2022, the organization spent $3,944,202 on its program activities. It opposes what it considers the erosion of true democracy and promotes transformative change. 10 The organization also runs a blog and several left-of-center activist campaigns. 11

Activist Campaigns

Mijente Support Committee runs several left-of-center activist campaigns. Its No Tech for ICE campaign opposes the use of technology by Department of Homeland Security agency Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Bureau to identify and deport illegal immigrants. 12 The “Chinga la Migra” campaign (Spanish for “F**k ICE”) opposes immigration raids and deportations. 13 Las Vidas Negras Importan  campaign supports the far-left Black Lives Matter Movement; 14 Sin El Estado runs activist campaigns; 15 and La Vida Local supports various Hispanic entrepreneurs. 16

Previously, Mijente Support Committee ran activist campaigns encouraging get-out-the-vote efforts, 17 18 expansion of sanctuary cities that protect illegal immigrants from deportation, 19 and other projects that opposed Trump administration-era immigration policies. 20

Funding

Mijente Support Committee receives its funding from individual contributions and donations. 21 In 2022, Mijente Support Committee reported revenue of $4,858,153 and expenses of $5,547,450. The organization reported revenue of $5,384,439 and expenses of $2,955,337 in 2021. 22

In 2022, Mijente Support Committee received $600,000 from the left-of-center Tides Foundation, $325,000 from the Foundation for a Just Society, and $300,000 from the left-of-center Ford Foundation. 3 In 2021, the organization received $330,000 from the Amalgamated Charitable Foundation in 2021. 23

In 2020, Mijente Support Committee received $170,000 from the left-of-center Sixteen Thirty Fund, 24 and $125,000 from the Tides Foundation. 25 In 2019, the organization received $190,000 from Amalgamated Charitable Foundation, 26 $24,009 from New Venture Fund, 27 and $15,000 from the Tides Foundation. 28

References

  1. “About.” Mijente Support Committee. Accessed July 10, 2024. https://www.mijentesupportcommittee.com/about-us.
  2. “Mijente Support Committee.” Return of Organization Exempt From Income Tax. (Form 990). 2022. Schedule R. https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/organizations/821711382/202313179349309976/full.
  3. “Mijente Support Committee.” CauseIQ Organization Page. Accessed July 10, 2024. https://www.causeiq.com/organizations/mijente-support-committee,821711382/.
  4. “Mijente Support Committee.” CauseIQ. Accessed July 15, 2024. https://www.causeiq.com/organizations/mijente-support-committee,821711382/.
  5. Uchida, Kyoko. “Marisa Franco, Co-Founder/Executive Director, Mijente.” Philanthropy News Digest. June 23, 2021. Accessed July 11, 0224. https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/features/newsmakers/marisa-franco-co-founder-executive-director-mijente.
  6. “Our Board.” Marguerite Casey Foundation. Accessed July 11, 2024. https://www.caseygrants.org/who-we-are#Our-Staff.
  7. “Marisa Franco.” LinkedIn Profile. Accessed July 11, 2024. https://www.linkedin.com/in/marisa-franco-768b27101/.
  8. “Mijente Support Committee.” Return of Organization Exempt From Income Tax. (Form 990). 2022. Part VII. https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/organizations/821711382/202313179349309976/full.
  9. “We Will Defend and Resist: Toolkit for Organizers and Advocates on Workplace Raids and Audits.” AFL-CIO and Mijente Support Committee. May 2017. Accessed July 11, 2024. https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/5e5f2e17e96a34dcf9b586b4/5e8f93d7807003e94f7b374a_FINAL%20TOOLKIT%20ON%20RAIDS%20AND%20AUDITS.pdf
  10. “Mijente Support Corporation.” Return of Organization Exempt From Income Tax. (Form 990). 2022. Part III. https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/organizations/821711382/202313179349309976/full.
  11.  “Blog.” Mijente Support Committee. Accessed July 11, 2024. https://www.mijentesupportcommittee.com/all-posts.
  12. “#NoTechForICE.” Mijente Support Committee. Accessed July 11, 2024. https://www.mijentesupportcommittee.com/tag/notechforice.
  13. “Chinga La Migra.” Mijente Support Committee. Accessed July 11, 2024. https://www.mijentesupportcommittee.com/tag/chingalamigra.
  14. “Las Vidas Negras Importan.” Mijente Support Committee. Accessed July 11, 2024. https://www.mijentesupportcommittee.com/tag/las-vidas-negras-importan.
  15. “Sin El Estado.” Mijente Support Committee. Accessed July 11, 2024. https://www.mijentesupportcommittee.com/tag/sin-el-estado.
  16. “La Vida Local.” Mijente Support Committee. Accessed July 11, 2024 https://www.mijentesupportcommittee.com/tag/lavidalocal.
  17. “Boricuavote.” Mijente Support Committee. Accessed July 11, 2024. https://www.mijentesupportcommittee.com/tag/boricuavote.
  18. “Somos Mas, Let’s Vote Like It.” Mijente Support Committee. Accessed July 11, 2024. https://www.mijentesupportcommittee.com/tag/somos-mas-lets-vote-like-it.
  19. “Expand Sanctuary.” Mijente Support Committee. Accessed July 11, 2024. https://www.mijentesupportcommittee.com/tag/expand-sanctuary.
  20. “Free Our Future.” Mijente Support Committee. Accessed July 11, 2024. https://www.mijentesupportcommittee.com/tag/freeourfuture.
  21. “Donate.” Mijente Support Committee. Accessed July 10, 2024. https://www.mijentesupportcommittee.com/donate.
  22. “Mijente Support Committee.” Return of Organization Exempt From Income Tax. (Form 990). 2022. Part I. https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/organizations/821711382/202313179349309976/full.
  23. “Amalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc.” Return of Organization Exempt From Income Tax. (Form 990). 2021. Schedule I. https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/organizations/821517696/202212099349301211/IRS990ScheduleI.
  24. “Sixteen Thirty Fund.” Return of Organization Exempt From Income Tax. (Form 990). 2020.Schedule I. https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/organizations/264486735/202103169349311225/full.
  25. “Tides Foundation.” Return of Organization Exempt From Income Tax. (Form 990). 2020. Schedule I. https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/organizations/510198509/202133149349300708/full.
  26. “Amalgamated Charitable Foundation.” Return of Organization Exempt From Income Tax. (Form 990). 2019. Schedule I. https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/organizations/821517696/202102749349300410/full
  27.  “New Venture Fund.” Return of Organization Exempt From Income Tax. (Form 990). 2019. Schedule I. https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/organizations/205806345/202043389349300039/full.
  28. “Tides Foundation.” Return of Organization Exempt From Income Tax. (From 990). 2019. Schedule I. https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/organizations/510198509/202043149349304239/IRS990ScheduleI.
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Nonprofit Information

  • Accounting Period: December - November
  • Tax Exemption Received: December 1, 2017

    • Available Filings

    Period Form Type Total revenue Total functional expenses Total assets (EOY) Total liabilities (EOY) Unrelated business income? Total contributions Program service revenue Investment income Comp. of current officers, directors, etc. Form 990
    2021 Dec Form 990 $5,386,402 $2,955,337 $11,714,923 $378,369 N $5,384,439 $0 $0 $0 PDF
    2020 Dec Form 990 $7,625,287 $2,328,593 $9,049,908 $144,419 N $7,616,354 $6,490 $0 $60,300
    2019 Dec Form 990 $2,280,896 $1,642,553 $3,698,452 $89,657 N $2,265,896 $15,000 $0 $43,307 PDF
    2018 Dec Form 990 $3,343,521 $1,003,069 $2,525,200 $184,748 N $3,331,521 $12,000 $0 $0 PDF

    Mijente Support Committee

    734 West Polk Street
    Phoenix, AZ