Nonprofit · EIN 27-0586882
INLANDIA INSTITUTE
Also known as LITERARY AND EDUCATIONAL CENTER
Tax-exempt · RIVERSIDE, CA 92501
Financials
| Year ended | Form | Revenue | Expenses | Net income | Total assets | Liabilities | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 30, 2025 | 990 | $243,371 | $219,655 | $23,716 | $169,474 | $1,970 | $167,504 |
| June 30, 2024 | 990 | $213,419 | $236,060 | -$22,641 | $137,341 | $940 | $136,401 |
| June 30, 2023 | 990 | $189,467 | $258,352 | -$68,885 | $163,876 | $10,388 | $153,488 |
Financial details: 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025
Revenue
- Contributions, gifts and grants
- $153,414
- of which government grants
- $83,293
- Program service revenue
- $84,720
- Investment income
- $4,837
- Net gain from sales of assets
- $611
- Other revenue
- $400
Expenses
- Grants and similar amounts paid
- $0
- Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
- $66,473
- Other salaries and wages
- $46,833
- Salaries, compensation and benefits (total)
- $113,306
- Professional fundraising fees
- $0
- Accounting fees
- $8,324
- Program services (functional)
- $141,231
- Management and general (functional)
- $68,332
- Fundraising (functional)
- $10,092
Balance sheet and other
- Total assets, start of year
- $137,341
- Total assets, end of year
- $169,474
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $1,970
- Net assets, end of year
- $167,504
- Gross unrelated business income
- $4,226
- Gross receipts
- $271,442
- Employees
- 11
- Volunteers
- 40
- Year formed
- 2009
- State of legal domicile
- CA
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 June 30, 2025, highest compensation first.
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| CATI PORTER | EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Key employee | 40 | $66,473 |
| MINERVA CANTO | PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 |
| PATRICIA SMITH-HUNT | VICE PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer | 2.5 | $0 |
| KRISTIE CAMACHO | SECRETARY Trustee or director, Officer | 2.5 | $0 |
| HONG-MY BASRAI | TREASURER Trustee or director, Officer | 2.5 | $0 |
| TIFFANY ELLIOTT | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| LISA HENRY | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| JONAR ISIP | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| TANYA HUMPHREY | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| RICHARD T RODRIGUEZ | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
990 for the year ended June 30, 2024: 9 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| CATI PORTER | EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Key employee | 40 | $64,220 |
| LISA HENRY | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| LIZ GONZALEZ | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 0.5 | $0 |
| PATRICIA SMITH-HUNT | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 2.5 | $0 |
| KRISTIE CAMACHO | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| MINERVA CANTO | PRESIDENT/CEO Officer | 2 | $0 |
| JONAR ISIP | TREASURER Officer | 2.5 | $0 |
| HONG-MY BASRAI | SECRETARY Officer | 2.5 | $0 |
| NANCY MELENDEZ | PAST-PRESIDENT Officer | 1 | $0 |
990 for the year ended June 30, 2023: 9 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| CATI PORTER | EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Key employee | 40 | $51,068 |
| LISA HENRY | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| LIZ GONZALEZ | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 0.5 | $0 |
| PATRICIA SMITH-HUNT | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 2.5 | $0 |
| JOHN WELSH | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| NANCY MELENDEZ | PRESIDENT/CEO Officer | 2 | $0 |
| JUANITA E MANTZ | VICE PRESIDENT Officer | 2.5 | $0 |
| MINERVA CANTO | TREASURER Officer | 2.5 | $0 |
| HONG-MY BASRAI | SECRETARY Officer | 2.5 | $0 |
Address and contacts
- Address (IRS master file)
- 4076 BROCKTON AVE, RIVERSIDE, CA 92501-3441
- In care of
- % MARION MITCHELL-WILSON
- Principal officer (990 for 2024)
- MINERVA CANTO, 4076 BROCKTON AVE, RIVERSIDE, CA 92501
- Signed the 990
- MINERVA CANTO, PRESIDENT
- Phone
- (951) 218-4464
- Website
- INLANDIAINSTITUTE.ORG
- Return prepared by
- SINGERLEWAK LLP
California records
California keeps its own records of charities and corporations. Search them by EIN 27-0586882 or by the name INLANDIA INSTITUTE.
- Attorney General, Registry of Charities and Fundraisers
- Registration status and filed reports (CT-TR-1, RRF-1)
- Secretary of State, bizfile Online
- Corporation status, entity number, agent for service
- Franchise Tax Board
- Entity status letter (state tax exemption, good standing)
Mission
THE MISSION OF THE INLANDIA INSTITUTE IS TO RECOGNIZE, SUPPORT AND EXPAND LITERARY ACTIVITY IN ALL OF ITS FORMS IN THE INLAND EMPIRE BY PUBLISHING BOOKS AND SPONSORING PROGRAMS THAT DEEPEN PEOPLE'S AWARENESS, UNDERSTANDING AND APPRECIATION OF THIS UNIQUE, COMPLEX AND CREATIVELY VIBRANT REGION.
Program accomplishments
- THREE OF INLANDIA'S CORE PROGRAMS ARE YOUTH CREATIVE LITERACY AND ADULT CREATIVE LITERACY AND LITERARY PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS AS WELL AS THE LITERARY LAUREATE, CURRENTLY FOCUSED ON TEENS. THESE PROGRAMS SUPPORT WRITERS OF ALL LEVELS AND AGES. THIS IS ACCOMPLISHED THROUGH CREATIVE WRITING WORKSHOPS THAT RANGE FROM FREE TO MINIMAL COST. HIGHLIGHTS THIS YEAR INCLUDE INLANDIA'S JOURNALING JOURNEY FROM A TO ZINE WAS A SIX-WEEK SUMMER CAMP FOCUSED ON CREATIVITY AND NATURE FOR PRIMARY GRADES AT THE SSGT. SALVADOR J. LARA LIBRARY, LED BY YOUNG ADULT LEADERS FROM A VARIETY OF BACKGROUNDS WHO LED THE CHILDREN THROUGH A WEEKLY PROGRAM THAT COMBINED NATURE WITH CREATIVE LITERACY. THE WEEKEND WRITING PROGRAM FOR TEENS AT THE RIVERSIDE PUBLIC LIBRARY, SO YOU WANT TO BE A WRITER? BROUGHT IN DIVERSE GUEST WRITERS FROM MANY GENRES INCLUDING JOURNALISM TO MANGA TO POETRY TO PUBLISHING, SO THAT ASPIRING YOUNG WRITERS COULD GET FIRST-HAND PROFESSIONAL LEVEL EXPERIENCE FROM WRITERS WHO LOOK LIKE THEM. OUR TEEN POET LAUREATE PROJECT, IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE RIVERSIDE COUNTY OFFICE OF EDUCATION, THE CITY OF RIVERSIDE, AND THE RIVERSIDE COUNTY LIBRARY SYSTEM, SPOTLIGHTS DOZENS OF TEEN POETS WHO EACH ARE HONORED DURING AN AWARDS CEREMONY AT RIVERSIDE CITY HALL, WITH ONE NAMED THAT YEAR'S TEEN POET LAUREATE BY A PANEL OF ESTEEMED POET JURORS. ADULT WRITING WORKSHOPS INCLUDED OPPORTUNITIES FOR MARGINALIZED COMMUNITIES, INCLUDING WRITING WARRIORS, A MEMOIR WRITING WORKSHOP FOR SENIORS, AND CARTLESS, FOR THE REGION'S UNHOUSED RESIDENTS, LED BY A FORMERLY UNHOUSED INDIVIDUAL. ADDITIONALLY WE OFFERED SPOKEN WORD, FLASH FICTION, AND POETRY WORKSHOPS, AS WELL AS THE BILINGUAL TESOROS DE CUENTOS AND ASL POETRY WORKSHOPS, AND DOES IT MAKE CENTS?, ON THE BUSINESS OF BEING A WRITER. IN FY 2024-25, WE DELIVERED A TOTAL OF 152 SESSIONS ACROSS 17 WORKSHOPS AND 31 SESSIONS ACROSS 14 CHILDREN AND YOUTH CREATIVE LITERACY PROGRAMS.Expenses $3,550 · revenue $12,345
- ANOTHER OF INLANDIA'S CORE PROGRAMS IS OUR PUBLICATIONS PROGRAM WHICH AMPLIFIES THE VOICES OF THOSE WHO CALL THIS REGION HOME AS WELL AS UNDER-HEARD AND MARGINALIZED VOICES EVERYWHERE. IN THE FY 2024-25, INLANDIA BOOKS LAUNCHED MULTIPLE NEW PUBLICATIONS. IN TOTAL, WE RELEASED 8 BRAND NEW PUBLICATIONS, SEVERAL OF WHICH HAVE BEEN REPUBLISHED AS EBOOKS FOR ACCESSIBILITY. AS USUAL, WE PUBLISHED OUR YEARLY ANTHOLOGY OF READERS FROM ALL OVER THE INLAND EMPIRE. WE ALSO PUBLISHED OUR LITERARY AWARD WINNERS FOR OUR ELIUD MARTINEZ PRIZE AND HILLARY GRAVENDYK PRIZE: SEARCH PARTY, PAIN SURVEY, AND LAW OF THE LETTER. IN ADDITION, WE PUBLISHED A BOOK OF ALL RIVERSIDE, CA BASED WOMEN OVER 50 YEARS OF AGE CALLED RIVERSIDE WOMEN CREATING CHANGE. WE HAD A FEW OTHER TITLES INCLUDING RAZED AND KEEP SWEET, BOTH FICTION TITLES, THE FORMER DEALING WITH LGBTQ LOVE DURING A TUMULTUOUS TIME IN US HISTORY, AND FINALLY MEMOIR APARTNESS.Expenses $116,140 · revenue $61,545
- OUR FIFTH AND FINAL CORE PROGRAM, FREE PUBLIC LITERARY AND CULTURAL EVENTS, ENCOMPASSES EVERYTHING ELSE THAT INLANDIA DOES. WE PARTNER WITH OTHER CULTURAL INSTITUTIONS TO DEVELOP OUR OVERLAPPING AUDIENCES. NOTABLE RECENT PUBLIC LITERARY AND CULTURAL EVENTS HAVE BEEN COLLABORATIONS BETWEEN SEVERAL LOCAL MUSEUMS AND CULTURAL ARTS INSTITUTIONS, INCLUDING THE CENTER FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE AND CIVIL LIBERTIES, THE CIVIL RIGHTS INSTITUTE OF INLAND SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, AND THE MUSEUM OF RIVERSIDE, PRESENTING PROGRAMS LIKE THE POWER OF THE LETTER, WHICH EXAMINED THE INCARCERATION OF OUR REGION'S JAPANESE AMERICAN CITIZENS DURING WWII, AND THE BANNED BOOKS TOUR WHICH SHOWCASED FAVORITE BANNED BOOKS. WE ALSO BEGAN A NEW SERIES OF AUTHOR CONVERSATIONS AT THE SAM AND ALFREDA MALOOF MUSEUM AND GARDENS. TOTAL NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS SERVED FROM ALL PROGRAMS FOR THE YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 2025 WERE 15K+ PEOPLE, ABOUT 6.25% OF WHICH WERE CHILDREN AND YOUTH. WE DELIVERED 152 WORKSHOP SESSIONS, 27 CULTURAL EVENTS, AND 31 CHILDREN AND YOUTH CREATIVE LITERACY PROGRAMSExpenses $21,541 · revenue $11,230
- INLANDIA INSTITUTE'S PROGRAMS HAVE MOVED BACK TO AN IN-PERSON FORMAT, BUT WITH THE ADDED BENEFIT OF LIVESTREAMING THANKS TO CARES-ACT FUNDING WHICH ALLOWED FOR THE PURCHASE OF AND TRAINING WITH NEW TECHNOLOGIES.
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 June, so each return is due on the 15th day of the 5th month after that.
| Tax year | Year ended | Due | IRS public records |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | June 30, 2026 | November 16, 2026 | Not due yet |
| 2024 | June 30, 2025 | November 17, 2025 | 990 on file |
| 2023 | June 30, 2024 | November 15, 2024 | 990 on file |
IRS record
- EIN
- 27-0586882
- 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
- 2012
- Accounting year ends
- June
- Files
- Form 990 or 990-EZ
- Category (NTEE)
- Arts, culture and humanities (A33)
- Assets (IRS master file)
- $169,474
- Income (IRS master file)
- $271,442
Filing history
| Form | Year ended | Revenue | Expenses | Assets | Return |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 990 | June 2025 | $243,371 | $219,655 | $169,474 | IRS |
| 990 | June 2024 | $213,419 | $236,060 | $137,341 | XML |
| 990 | June 2023 | $189,467 | $258,352 | $163,876 | XML |
| 990 | June 2022 | $231,133 | $216,628 | $207,995 | IRS |
| 990 | June 2021 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990-EZ | June 2020 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990-EZ | June 2019 | – | – | – | 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 27-0586882).
Questions about INLANDIA INSTITUTE
- What is the EIN of INLANDIA INSTITUTE?
- The employer identification number (EIN) of INLANDIA INSTITUTE is 27-0586882.
- Is INLANDIA INSTITUTE tax-exempt?
- Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 2012.
- Are donations to INLANDIA INSTITUTE tax-deductible?
- Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).
- Which annual return does INLANDIA INSTITUTE 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 INLANDIA INSTITUTE due?
- The return for tax year 2025 (the year ending June 30, 2026) is due November 16, 2026. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.
- When did INLANDIA INSTITUTE last file with the IRS?
- The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended June 2025.
- Who is the principal officer of INLANDIA INSTITUTE?
- The 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025 names MINERVA CANTO.
- Who are the officers and directors of INLANDIA INSTITUTE?
- The 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025 lists 10 people; 1 received compensation from the organization, the highest $66,473 (CATI PORTER, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR).
- How much revenue does INLANDIA INSTITUTE have?
- On its 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025 it reported revenue of $243,371, expenses of $219,655 and total assets of $169,474 at year end.
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