Nonprofit · EIN 27-0115624
MARINA ORTH FOUNDATION
Tax-exempt · WASHINGTON, DC 20016
Financials
| Year ended | Form | Revenue | Expenses | Net income | Total assets | Liabilities | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 31, 2025 | 990 | $497,100 | $367,641 | $129,459 | $2,024,224 | $130 | $2,024,094 |
| December 31, 2024 | 990 | $234,548 | $324,245 | -$89,697 | $1,695,179 | $0 | $1,695,179 |
| December 31, 2023 | 990 | $215,704 | $304,435 | -$88,731 | $1,675,234 | $4,222 | $1,671,012 |
Financial details: 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025
Revenue
- Contributions, gifts and grants
- $456,119
- Program service revenue
- $0
- Investment income
- $40,981
- Net gain from sales of assets
- -$3,594
- Other revenue
- $0
Expenses
- Grants and similar amounts paid
- $332,782
- Salaries, compensation and benefits (total)
- $0
- Professional fundraising fees
- $0
- Accounting fees
- $4,211
- Travel
- $13,499
- Program services (functional)
- $357,320
- Management and general (functional)
- $10,321
Balance sheet and other
- Total assets, start of year
- $1,695,179
- Total assets, end of year
- $2,024,224
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $130
- Net assets, end of year
- $2,024,094
- Publicly traded securities
- $1,820,650
- Net assets without donor restrictions
- $2,024,094
- Gross receipts
- $629,721
- Employees
- 0
- Volunteers
- 3
- Year formed
- 2005
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MAUREEN ORTH | PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| ALDEN KAMIKAWA | TREASURER Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| LUKE RUSSERT | SECRETARY Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
990 for the year ended December 31, 2024: 3 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| MAUREEN ORTH | PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| ALDEN KAMIKAWA | TREASURER Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| MARY RAY | SECRETARY Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
990 for the year ended December 31, 2023: 3 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| MAUREEN ORTH | PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| ALDEN KAMIKAWA | TREASURER Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| MARY RAY | SECRETARY Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
Address and contacts
- Address (IRS master file)
- CO M ORTH 4907 ROCKWOOD PKY NW, WASHINGTON, DC 20016-0000
- Principal officer (990 for 2025)
- MAUREEN ORTH, C/O M ORTH 4907 ROCKWOOD PKY NW, WASHINGTON, DC 20016
- Signed the 990
- MAUREEN ORTH, PRESIDENT
- Phone
- (202) 363-5557
- Website
- WWW.FUNDAORTH.ORG
- Return prepared by
- LUTZ AND CARR CPAS LLP
Mission
THE MARINA ORTH FOUNDATION, A TAX EXEMPT 501(C)(3) NON-PROFIT PUBLIC CHARITY, STRIVES TO IMPROVE THE EDUCATION OF CHILDREN AND YOUTH FROM DISADVANTAGED SOCIOECONOMIC AREAS IN MEDELLIN, COLOMBIA. (CONTINUED ON SCHEDULE O)OUR MISSION IS TO DEVELOP STEM SKILLS WITH A FOCUS ON TECHNOLOGY AND ROBOTICS, BILINGUALISM, SOCIAL/EMOTIONAL LEARNING, AND LEADERSHIP TO EMPOWER OUR STUDENTS. WE ARE CONVINCED THAT THEIR SUCCESS NOT ONLY DEPENDS ON CLASSROOM LEARNING BUT ALSO SELF-CONFIDENCE, TEAMWORK, AND PERSEVERANCE. A KNOWLEDGE OF TECHNOLOGY AND ENGLISH COMBINED WITH STRONG INTERPERSONAL SKILLS WILL ENABLE THEM TO COMPETE IN THE 21ST CENTURY AND TO HELP ACHIEVE THEIR DREAMS AND GOALS.
Program accomplishments
- AT THE MARINA ORTH FOUNDATION, A TAX-EXEMPT 501(C)3 NON-PROFIT PUBLIC CHARITY, WE ARE CONVINCED THAT AN EDUCATION IS A KEY ENGINE OF CHANGE AND CLOSES THE GAPS IN SOCIAL INEQUALITY THROUGH OUR CURRICULUM AND CLUBS. FOR 20 YEARS WE HAVE SERVED A TOTAL 132,000 STUDENTS IN 80 SCHOOLS IN MEDELLIN AND 8 OTHER MUNICIPALITIES. WE BREAK BARRIERS AND BUILD BRIDGES TO A BRIGHT FUTURE BY PROVIDING OUR STUDENTS THE OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN ENGLISH, ROBOTICS, TECHNOLOGY, EXPLORE THEIR VOCATIONS, AND ACCESS UNIVERSITY SCHOLARSHIPS. BEYOND ACQUIRING NEW SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE OUR STUDENTS ALSO DEVELOP ESSENTIAL SKILLS, RESILIENCE, CREATIVITY, INNOVATION, AND CRITICAL THINKING. OUR SUCCESS MEANS STRESSING TEAMWORK AND PROJECT BASED LEARNING TO ADDRESS COMMUNITY NEEDS. (CON'T ON SCHEDULE O)THEIR KNOWLEDGE OF TECHNOLOGY AND ENGLISH COMBINED WITH STRONG INTERPERSONAL SKILLS ENABLES THEM TO ACHIEVE THEIR DREAMS AND GOALS. IN 2025, WITH THANKS TO OUR PRIVATE/PUBLIC PARTNERS, SOME OF OUR ACHIEVEMENTS INCLUDE:ROBOTICS: OUR ROBOTICS CLUBS COMPETE AGAINST THE BEST STUDENTS FROM PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SCHOOLS IN MEDELLIN AND THROUGHOUT COLOMBIA. AT THE INTERNATIONAL YOUTH ROBOT COMPETITION IN SOUTH KOREA WE WON A GOLD, THREE SILVER AND TWO HONORABLE MENTION MEDALS. IN 2025, WE WON 14 MEDALS IN TOTAL AT COMPETITIONS AT BOTH THE NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL LEVEL.EXPANSION CONTINUES:THE MARINA ORTH FOUNDATION EXPANDED INTO TWO ADDITIONAL AREAS, THE MUNICIPALITIES OF BARBOSA AND EL BARGE. NEW TECHNOLOGIES BOOTCAMP PROGRAM:UNDER THE SPONSORSHIP OF THE MAYOR'S OFFICE AND THE MEDELLIN SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION DISTRICT, WE TRAINED OVER 700 STUDENTS AND 33 TEACHERS IN EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES USING STEM METHODOLOGIES AND PROJECT-BASED LEARNING TO BRIDGE DIGITAL LITERACY GAPS IN THE CITY'S MOST UNDERSERVED DISTRICTS.SCHOLARSHIPS:WE CURRENTLY HAVE 26 SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENTS PURSUING THEIR DREAMS THROUGH UNIVERSITY EDUCATION AND INTENSIVE ENGLISH PROGRAMS. OUR SCHOLARS ARE GRADUATING AS LAWYERS, ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHERS, AND COMPUTER SYSTEMS ENGINEERS.TEACHLABS:WE CREATED BOTH VIRTUAL AND IN-PERSON TRAINING FOR ALMOST 300 TEACHERS TO HELP REFINE THEIR SKILLS AND IMPROVE CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT. THROUGH STEM INTEGRATION WORKSHOPS, TEACHERS DESIGNED INTERDISCIPLINARY PROJECTS TO MAKE AN IMPACT IN THE CLASSROOM.Expenses $357,320 · grants $332,782
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
- 27-0115624
- 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
- 2019
- Accounting year ends
- December
- Files
- Form 990 or 990-EZ
- Category (NTEE)
- Education (B99)
- Assets (IRS master file)
- $2,024,224
- Income (IRS master file)
- $629,721
Filing history
| Form | Year ended | Revenue | Expenses | Assets | Return |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 990 | December 2025 | $497,100 | $367,641 | $2,024,224 | XML |
| 990 | December 2024 | $234,548 | $324,245 | $1,695,179 | XML |
| 990 | December 2023 | $215,704 | $304,435 | $1,675,234 | XML |
| 990 | December 2022 | $254,705 | $257,036 | $1,594,426 | IRS |
| 990 | December 2021 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | December 2020 | – | – | – | 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 27-0115624).
Questions about MARINA ORTH FOUNDATION
- What is the EIN of MARINA ORTH FOUNDATION?
- The employer identification number (EIN) of MARINA ORTH FOUNDATION is 27-0115624.
- Is MARINA ORTH FOUNDATION tax-exempt?
- Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 2019.
- Are donations to MARINA ORTH FOUNDATION tax-deductible?
- Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).
- Which annual return does MARINA ORTH FOUNDATION 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 MARINA ORTH FOUNDATION 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 MARINA ORTH FOUNDATION 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 MARINA ORTH FOUNDATION?
- The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025 names MAUREEN ORTH.
- Who are the officers and directors of MARINA ORTH FOUNDATION?
- The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025 lists 3 people; 0 received compensation from the organization.
- How much revenue does MARINA ORTH FOUNDATION have?
- On its 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025 it reported revenue of $497,100, expenses of $367,641 and total assets of $2,024,224 at year end.
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