Nonprofit · EIN 13-3999267
LATIN AMERICAN AND CARIBBEAN ECONOMIC ASSOCIATION
Also known as LACEA
Tax-exempt · WASHINGTON, DC 20433
Financials
| Year ended | Form | Revenue | Expenses | Net income | Total assets | Liabilities | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 31, 2025 | 990 | $360,082 | $383,858 | -$23,776 | $902,362 | $25,425 | $876,937 |
| December 31, 2024 | 990 | $243,028 | $260,376 | -$17,348 | $913,965 | $13,252 | $900,713 |
| December 31, 2023 | 990 | $282,400 | $276,691 | $5,709 | $919,561 | $1,500 | $918,061 |
Financial details: 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025
Revenue
- Contributions, gifts and grants
- $344,528
- Membership dues
- $344,528
- Program service revenue
- $0
- Investment income
- $15,554
- Other revenue
- $0
Expenses
- Grants and similar amounts paid
- $98,963
- Salaries, compensation and benefits (total)
- $0
- Professional fundraising fees
- $0
- Accounting fees
- $21,714
- Program services (functional)
- $323,955
- Management and general (functional)
- $59,903
Balance sheet and other
- Total assets, start of year
- $913,965
- Total assets, end of year
- $902,362
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $25,425
- Net assets, end of year
- $876,937
- Net assets without donor restrictions
- $876,937
- Gross receipts
- $360,082
- Employees
- 0
- Volunteers
- 40
- Year formed
- 1992
- State of legal domicile
- DC
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, 2025, highest compensation first.
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| MAIRA COLACCE | EXECUTIVE SE Officer | 24 | $10,000 |
| MARCELA ESLAVA | PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer | 5 | $0 |
| LAURA ALFARO | VICE PRESIDE Trustee or director | 3 | $0 |
| INES BERNIELL | EXECUTIVE ME Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| PATRICIA CORTES | EXECUTIVE ME Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| PABLO QUERUBIN | EXECUTIVE ME Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| RODRIGO SOARES | EXECUTIVE ME Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| NICOLAS AJZENMAN | EXECUTIVE ME Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| ANA BALSA | EXECUTIVE ME Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| CLAUDIO FERRAZ | EXECUTIVE ME Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| VERONICA FRISANCHO | EXECUTIVE ME Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| MARIA LOMBARDI | EXECUTIVE ME Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| RENATA NARITA | EXECUTIVE ME Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| CRISTINE PINTO | EXECUTIVE ME Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| MAURICIO ROMERO | EXECUTIVE ME Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
1 more people on this return
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| ARTURO GALINDO | TREASURER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
990 for the year ended December 31, 2024: 16 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| ANGELA FONSECA | EXECUTIVE SE Officer | 24 | $10,000 |
| MARCELA ESLAVA | PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer | 5 | $0 |
| LAURA ALFARO | VICE PRESIDE Trustee or director | 3 | $0 |
| INES BERNIELL | EXECUTIVE ME Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| PATRICIA CORTES | EXECUTIVE ME Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| PABLO QUERUBIN | EXECUTIVE ME Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| RODRIGO SOARES | EXECUTIVE ME Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| NICOLAS AJZENMAN | EXECUTIVE ME Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| ANA BALSA | EXECUTIVE ME Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| CLAUDIO FERRAZ | EXECUTIVE ME Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| VERONICA FRISANCHO | EXECUTIVE ME Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| MARIA LOMBARDI | EXECUTIVE ME Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| RENATA NARITA | EXECUTIVE ME Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| CRISTINE PINTO | EXECUTIVE ME Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| MAURICIO ROMERO | EXECUTIVE ME Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| ARTURO GALINDO | TREASURER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
990 for the year ended December 31, 2023: 17 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| FRANCISCO FERREIRA | PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer | 5 | $0 |
| MARCELA ESLAVA | VICE PRESIDE Trustee or director, Officer | 3 | $0 |
| SERGIO SCHMUKLER | TREASURER Officer | 1 | $0 |
| ANGELA FONSECA | EXECUTIVE SE Officer | 24 | $0 |
| LAURA ALFARO | EXECUTIVE ME Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| JUAN VARGAS | EXECUTIVE ME Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| FELIPE BARRERA | EXECUTIVE ME Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| INES BERNIELL | EXECUTIVE ME Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| ADRIANA CAMACHO | EXECUTIVE ME Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| ANGEL CALDERON | EXECUTIVE ME Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| PATRICIA CORTES | EXECUTIVE ME Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| ANA MARIA IBANEZ | EXECUTIVE ME Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| SUSAN PARKER | EXECUTIVE ME Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| PABLO QUERUBIN | EXECUTIVE ME Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| LAURA RIPANI | EXECUTIVE ME Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| JOANA SILVA | EXECUTIVE ME Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| RODRIGO SOARES | EXECUTIVE ME Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
Address and contacts
- Address (IRS master file)
- 1818 H STREET NW MSN MC3-301, WASHINGTON, DC 20433-0001
- In care of
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- Principal officer (990 for 2025)
- MARCELA ESLAVA
- Signed the 990
- LAURA ALFARO, VICE PRESIDENT
- Website
- HTTP://WWW.LACEA.ORG/PORTAL/
- Return prepared by
- RIVERA & MONTES PLLC
Mission
1) TO ENCOURAGE RESEARCH AND TEACHING RELATED TO THE ECONOMICS OF LATIN AMERICAN AND CARIBBEAN COUNTRIES AND TO FOSTER DIALOGUE AMONG RESEARCHERS AND PRACTITIONERS WHOSE WORK FOCUSES ON THE ECONOMIES OF THE REGION. AS A MATTER OF POLICY, LACEA WELCOMES ECONOMISTS OF ALL NATIONALITIES, THEORETICAL ORIENTATIONS AND POLICY PERSPECTIVES. 2) TO ENCOURAGE INTERACTION AMONG SCHOLARS, TEACHERS AND POLICY-MAKERS RESIDING AND WORKING IN LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN AND PROFESSIONALS RESIDING OUTSIDE THE REGION. 3) TO SPONSOR PROGRAMS, MEETINGS, CONFERENCES AND OTHER OPPORTUNITIES FOR SCHOLARLY EXCHANGE AMONG INDIVIDUALS AND ORGANIZATIONS CONCERNED WITH THE ECONOMIES OF LATIN AMERICAN AND CARIBBEAN NATIONS. IN THIS CAPACITY, LACEA CAN ACT BOTH INDEPENDENTLY AND AS A MEMBER OF OTHER PROFESSIONAL OR NONPROFIT ASSOCIATIONS.
Program accomplishments
- ANNUAL MEETING: A SPACE THAT AIMS TO ENCOURAGE GREATER PROFESSIONAL INTERACTION AND FOSTER INCREASED DIALOGUE AMONG RESEARCHERS AND PRACTITIONERS WHOSE WORK FOCUSES ON THE ECONOMIES OF LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN.Expenses $215,608
- RESEARCH GRANTS: TO HELP PROMOTE THE INTERACTION OF YOUNG AND SEASONED ECONOMISTS, AS WELL AS SOCIAL SCIENTISTS AND DEVELOPMENT PRACTITIONERS, LACEA SPONSORS TWELVE NETWORKS IN THE FIELD OF CAPACITY BUILDING. EACH NETWORK - INEQUALITY AND POVERTY (NIP), POLITICAL ECONOMY (PEG), TRADE, INTEGRATION AND GROWTH IN LATIN AMERICA (TIGN), IMPACT EVALUATION (IEN), FINANCE CAMPS (IE&F), AMERICA LATINA CRIME AND POLICY (AL CAPONE), LABOR NETWORK, HEALTH ECONOMICS NETWORK, BEHAVIORAL ECONOMICS NETWORK (BRAIN), URBAN ECONOMICS NETWORK (LAURBAN), HUMANS MIGRATION NETWORK AND ECONOMIC HISTORY NETWORK - HOLDS ANNUAL MEETINGS IN DIFFERENT REGIONS OF LATIN AMERICA.Expenses $98,963 · grants $98,963
- ECONOMIA LACEA JOURNAL IS THE JOURNAL OF THE LATIN AMERICAN AND CARIBBEAN ECONOMIC ASSOCIATION. LAUNCHED IN 2000 AND INITIALLY NAMED "ECONOMIA", IT WAS PUBLISHED BY BROOKINGS PRESS UNTIL 2022. CURRENTLY, THE JOURNAL IS PUBLISHED BY LSE PRESS IN OPEN ACCESS AND ON A CONTINUOUS PUBLISHING FORMAT. THE JOURNAL PUBLISHES PEER-REVIEWED GENERAL INTEREST RESEARCH PAPERS IN ALL AREAS OF ECONOMICS AND FINANCE.Expenses $9,384
What it must file and when
IRS records say it files Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N. 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 | 990 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
- 13-3999267
- Tax-exempt status
- 501(c)(3): Charitable, religious, educational or scientific organization
- Foundation status
- Publicly supported organization (170(b)(1)(A)(vi))
- Donations deductible (Pub 78)
- Public charity, 50% deduction limit
- Exempt since
- 1999
- Accounting year ends
- December
- Files
- Form 990 or 990-EZ
- Category (NTEE)
- International, foreign affairs and national security (Q320)
- Assets (IRS master file)
- $902,362
- Income (IRS master file)
- $360,082
Filing history
| Form | Year ended | Revenue | Expenses | Assets | Return |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 990 | December 2025 | $360,082 | $383,858 | $902,362 | XML |
| 990 | December 2024 | $243,028 | $260,376 | $913,965 | IRS |
| 990 | December 2023 | $282,400 | $276,691 | $919,561 | XML |
| 990 | December 2022 | $295,825 | $124,222 | $913,554 | 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 13-3999267).
Questions about LATIN AMERICAN AND CARIBBEAN ECONOMIC ASSOCIATION
- What is the EIN of LATIN AMERICAN AND CARIBBEAN ECONOMIC ASSOCIATION?
- The employer identification number (EIN) of LATIN AMERICAN AND CARIBBEAN ECONOMIC ASSOCIATION is 13-3999267.
- Is LATIN AMERICAN AND CARIBBEAN ECONOMIC ASSOCIATION tax-exempt?
- Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 1999.
- Are donations to LATIN AMERICAN AND CARIBBEAN ECONOMIC ASSOCIATION tax-deductible?
- Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).
- Which annual return does LATIN AMERICAN AND CARIBBEAN ECONOMIC ASSOCIATION file?
- Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N.
- When is the next return of LATIN AMERICAN AND CARIBBEAN ECONOMIC ASSOCIATION due?
- The return for tax year 2026 (the year ending December 31, 2026) is due May 17, 2027. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.
- When did LATIN AMERICAN AND CARIBBEAN ECONOMIC ASSOCIATION last file with the IRS?
- The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended December 2025.
- Who is the principal officer of LATIN AMERICAN AND CARIBBEAN ECONOMIC ASSOCIATION?
- The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025 names MARCELA ESLAVA.
- Who are the officers and directors of LATIN AMERICAN AND CARIBBEAN ECONOMIC ASSOCIATION?
- The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025 lists 16 people; 1 received compensation from the organization, the highest $10,000 (MAIRA COLACCE, EXECUTIVE SE).
- How much revenue does LATIN AMERICAN AND CARIBBEAN ECONOMIC ASSOCIATION have?
- On its 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025 it reported revenue of $360,082, expenses of $383,858 and total assets of $902,362 at year end.
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