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Center for Central American Empowerment Inc

To create, operate or support projects that benefit people in need, with a strong focus in the central american isthmus, comprised of guatemala, honduras, nicaragua, el salvador, costa rica, belize, and panama, with a particular emphasis on creating and/or supporting projects that benefit women, girls, and families to break the cycle of…

$755k
Granted FY2024still arriving
14
Grants FY2024still arriving
8
States reached
$120k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Religion$712kInternational$670kHousing & Shelter$491kEnvironment$384kEducation$270kYouth Development$122kHealth$50kPhilanthropy$20k
02FY2024 · 14 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • $10k–50k6 grants · $88k
  • $50k–250k8 grants · $668k
$55,000
Median grant
8
States reached
$533k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
EL PORVENIR$120,000
GOD'S CHILD PROJECT$104,000
ALDEA$100,000
HOPE FOR A HEALTHIER HUMANITY FNDN$95,000
PORCH DE SALOMON$83,770
COVENANT HOUSE$60,000
UNITED IN HOPE$55,000
L'ARCHE USA$50,000
CREAMOS NORTE$20,000
SAFE PASSAGE$20,000
LAZOS EDUCATION FUND$15,000
NINOS DEL LAGO$12,500
THE FRIENDS OF BATAHOLA$10,000
WINGS$10,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY17–24, $607k) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 81% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%UNITED IN HOPE: $55k → 8%COVENANT HOUSE: $91k → 17%UNITED IN HOPE: $10k → 8%COVENANT HOUSE: $80k → 17%UNITED IN HOPE: $8k → 8%COVENANT HOUSE: $60k → 17%UNITED IN HOPE: $8k → 8%COVENANT HOUSE: $60k → 17%UNITED IN HOPE: $8k → 8%COVENANT HOUSE: $60k → 17%UNITED IN HOPE: $8k → 8%COVENANT HOUSE: $60k → 17%COVENANT HOUSE: $55k → 17%CREAMOS NORTE: $20k → 7%COVENANT HOUSE: $25k → 17%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

ME
MN
NY
MA
OR
OH
CO
FL
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

97%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$2.6M · 13 repeat orgs$70k to everyone else

13 repeat relationships: 12 still active in FY2024, 1 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

13
2

Total granted

$2.6M
$70k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+34%
+185%

Still filing today

92%
100%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 91% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $70k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
InternationalHuman ServicesPhilanthropyReligionYouth DevelopmentEducationOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • CH
    COVENANT HOUSE
    8× · 2017–2024 · $491k · revenue +34%
  • EP
    EL PORVENIR
    7× · 2018–2024 · $384k · revenue +26%
  • PD
    PORCH DE SALOMON CORPORATION
    8× · 2017–2024 · $337k · revenue +81%

Funded once

  • LU
    LArche USAgraduated
    one grant, 2024 · $50k · revenue +185%
  • CN
    Creamos Norte
    one grant, 2024 · $20k · revenue 0%
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Casa de Angeles Foundation
Human Services
2
Honduras Child Alliance
Philanthropy
3
Project Village Guatemala Foundation
Health
4
Amar Es Ayudar Inc
Human Services
5
Luz Para El Futuro

Breaking the cycle of poverty in Guatemala through education of impoverished children through education.

International
6
Honduras Educational Development Assistance Corp Nfp

Schooling & educational experience

Human Services
7
Misiones Pax Inc

Medical relief and health education

International
8
The Humble Village

Serving Families in Guatemala living in extreme poverty with nutrition, education and self-reliance to help empower and lift them

International
9
Nueva Generacion

Nueva Generacin supports low-income families in Guatemala through scholarships education and family support

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10
Foundation for Argentinean Development
Philanthropy
11
Hogar De Los Ninos
Human Services
12
Un Mundo

Comprehensive development organization designed to promote dignity, community and self-sufficiency while facilitating access to health care, education and livable wages in marginalized Honduran communities.

International
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Hope for a Healthier Humanity Foundation Inc; the most unlike its peers is Hearts Touching Heartsfoundationinc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

14 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 14 of the 15 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

2
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
14/14
Grantees still filing
11/14
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

EL PORVENIR: $383,500 · InternationalEL PORVENIRSafe Passage: $187,500 · InternationalSafe PassageHOPE FOR A HEALTHIER HUMANITY FOUNDATION INC: $181,000 · InternationalHOPE FOR A HEALTHIER HUMANITY FOUNDATION IN…ALDEA ADVANCING LOCAL DEVELOPMENT THROUGH EMPOWERMENT AND ACTION INC: $167,000 · InternationalALDEA ADVANCING LOCAL DEVELOPMENT THROUGH E…WOMENS INTERNATIONAL NETWORK FOR GUATEMALAN SOLUTIONS INC: $135,000 · InternationalWOMENS INTERNATIONAL NETWORK FOR GUATEMALAN…COVENANT HOUSE: $490,500 · Human ServicesCOVENANT HOUSEUnidos Por La Esperanza-United In Hope Inc: $96,500 · Human ServicesUnidos Por La Esperanza-U…+1 more: $20,000 · Human ServicesGOD'S CHILD PROJECT: $375,000 · OtherGOD'S CHILD PROJE…LArche USA: $50,000 · OtherLArche USAPORCH DE SALOMON CORPORATION: $336,520 · ReligionPORCH DE SALOM…Ninos del Lago: $122,000 · Youth DevelopmentLazos Inc: $70,000 · PhilanthropyHEARTS TOUCHING HEARTSFOUNDATIONINC: $20,000 · PhilanthropyBatahola Friends of: $82,500 · Education
International$1,054,000Human Services$607,000Other$425,000Religion$336,520Youth Development$122,000Philanthropy$90,000Education$82,500

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetCOVENANT HOUSE: $490,500 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetEL PORVENIR: $383,500 over 7y, 5.6% of budgetPORCH DE SALOMON CORPORATION: $336,520 over 8y, 6.5% of budgetSafe Passage: $187,500 over 7y, 3.5% of budgetHOPE FOR A HEALTHIER HUMANITY FOUNDATION INC: $181,000 over 6y, 0.9% of budgetALDEA ADVANCING LOCAL DEVELOPMENT THROUGH EMPOWERMENT AND ACTION INC: $167,000 over 4y, 6.4% of budgetWOMENS INTERNATIONAL NETWORK FOR GUATEMALAN SOLUTIONS INC: $135,000 over 8y, 3.2% of budgetNinos del Lago: $122,000 over 8y, 78% of budgetUnidos Por La Esperanza-United In Hope Inc: $96,500 over 6y, 44% of budgetBatahola Friends of: $82,500 over 7y, 2.6% of budgetLazos Inc: $70,000 over 5y, 19% of budgetLArche USA: $50,000 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetHEARTS TOUCHING HEARTSFOUNDATIONINC: $20,000 over 2y, 5.3% of budgetCreamos Norte: $20,000 over 1y, 2.8% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

  • Who funds COVENANT HOUSE ↗
  • Who funds EL PORVENIR ↗
  • Who funds PORCH DE SALOMON CORPORATION ↗
  • Who funds Safe Passage ↗
  • Who funds HOPE FOR A HEALTHIER HUMANITY FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds ALDEA ADVANCING LOCAL DEVELOPMENT THROUGH EMPOWERMENT AND ACTION INC ↗
  • Who funds WOMENS INTERNATIONAL NETWORK FOR GUATEMALAN SOLUTIONS INC ↗
  • Who funds Ninos del Lago ↗
  • Who funds Unidos Por La Esperanza-United In Hope Inc ↗
  • Who funds Batahola Friends of ↗
  • Who funds Lazos Inc ↗
  • Who funds LArche USA ↗
  • Who funds HEARTS TOUCHING HEARTSFOUNDATIONINC ↗
  • Who funds Creamos Norte ↗

Co-funders

Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Luis Von Ahn Foundati…Vanguard Charitable E…Morgan Stanley Global…The Bank of America C…Donor Advised Charita…American Online Givin…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Luis Von Ahn FoundationPA13.6× affinity4 shared granteesties to 7 of 7Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Luis Von Ahn Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Center for Central American Empowerment Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Center for Central American Empowerment Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 40%6%23%51%90%funder's share of their income ↑0%1%3%4%5%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    4get no government money at all
    2report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–5%
    typical government reliance, FY20–25
    How this is measured
    Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.
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    How do I get to Center for Central American Empowerment Inc?

    Find your warmest path to Center for Central American Empowerment Inc through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

    Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

    On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 15 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

    How this is measured
    Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

    Generated from the IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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