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Hola Carolina

The mission of Hola Carolina is to build bridges between cultures, embrace diversity, and create more economically vibrant communities.

$66k
Granted FY2023
2
Grants FY2023
1
States reached
$32k
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, FY2021 to 2023.

Arts & Culture$178kCommunity Improvement$112kCrime & Legal$80kHuman Services$70kHealth$25kFood & Nutrition$25kHousing & Shelter$20k
02FY2023 · 2 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 2 grants below total $62,000, the rows itemized in this filing. The $65,878 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $3,878 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.
$32,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$745k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Centro Unido Latino Americano$32,000
UNIDEX WNC$30,000
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY21–22, $70k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%Hispanic Liaison of Chatham County: $15k → 9%UNETE Inc: $25k → 12%UNETE Inc: $20k → 12%UNIDOS Western North Carolina: $10k → 14%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.
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.

73%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$370k · 4 repeat orgs$140k to everyone else

4 repeat relationships: 2 still active in FY2023, 2 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

4
9

Total granted

$370k
$140k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+122%
+136%

Still filing today

75%
100%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’21’22’23
Human ServicesCrime & LegalHealthArts & CultureHousing & ShelterFood & NutritionOther
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

  • CU
    Centro Unido Latino Americano
    3× · 2021–2023 · $148k · revenue +609%
  • PL
    PISGAH LEGAL SERVICES
    2× · 2021–2022 · $50k · revenue +122%
  • UI
    UNETE INC
    2× · 2021–2022 · $45k · revenue +24%

Funded once

  • BS
    Bounty & Soulgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $25k · revenue +136%
  • BA
    BELOVED ASHEVILLEgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $20k · revenue +906%
  • NORTH CAROLINA JUSTICE CENTERgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $15k · revenue +79%
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
Latino Advocacy Coalition of Henderson County Inc

The purpose of the latino advocacy coalition is to advocate for the well-being of the latino community in henderson county, north carolina see part iii, ln 1 statement

Human Services
2
Charleston Hispanic Association
Community Improvement
3
Enlace Latino Nc Inc

Enlace latino nc is north carolina's first nonprofit digital news organization in spanish. our mission is to empower the diverse community of latinx immigrants in north carolina to become more involved in the political and social changes…

Arts & Culture
4
Carolina Migrant Network Inc
Crime & Legal
5
Carolina Immigration Law

Provides immigration legal services to persons who are otherwise financially incapable of obtaining such services.

Crime & Legal
6
North Carolina Latino Power

The mission of NC Latino Power is to build and expand political and civic participation among Latino citizens of North Carolina through leadership training, voter education, and organizing within faith and community institutions.

Education
7
North Carolina Community Health Center Assoc Inc

To promote community based primary health care systems in medically underserved areas.

Health
8
Wnc Health Network Inc

WNC Health Network, Inc supports people and organizations to improve community health and wellbeing across Western North Carolina.

Health
9
North Carolina Community Action Association

To encourage, promote, and stimulate the community development of human resources, principally to eliminate poverty through the operation of community action programs.

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10
North Carolina Empowerment Organization
Civil Rights
11
Community Industry Value Interactionist League

NC CIVIL is a nonprofit community impact organization that develops grassroots approaches to structural disparities. Our mission is to increase resident involvement, improve organization of resources, and help institutions partner…

Youth Development
12
Charleston Legal Access

To expand access to legal representation and rights in South Carolina.

Crime & Legal
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Hispanic Liaison of Chatham County; the most unlike its peers is Charlotte Center for Legal Advocacy Inc. 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

12 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. 12 of the 13 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
12/12
Grantees still filing
10/12
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Centro Unido Latino Americano: $147,840 · Arts & CultureCentro Unido Latino AmericanoUNIDX WNC: $126,840 · OtherUNIDX WNCUNETE INC: $45,000 · Human ServicesUNETE INCNORTH CAROLINA JUSTICE CENTER: $15,000 · Human ServicesNORTH CAROLINA JUS…HISPANIC LIAISON OF CHATHAM COUNTY: $15,000 · Human ServicesHISPANIC LIAISON O…Unidxs Western North Carolina: $10,000 · Human ServicesUnidxs Western Nor…PISGAH LEGAL SERVICES: $50,000 · Crime & LegalPISGAH LEGAL S…Charlotte Center for Legal Advocacy Inc: $15,000 · Crime & LegalCharlotte Cent…Bounty & Soul: $25,000 · Food & NutritionVECINOS INC: $15,000 · HealthHIGH COUNTRY COMMUNITY HEALTH INC: $10,000 · HealthBELOVED ASHEVILLE: $20,000 · Housing & ShelterEL PUENTE HISPANO: $15,000 · Community Improvement
Arts & Culture$147,840Other$126,840Human Services$85,000Crime & Legal$65,000Food & Nutrition$25,000Health$25,000Housing & Shelter$20,000Community Improvement$15,000

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetCentro Unido Latino Americano: $147,840 over 3y, 14% of budgetPISGAH LEGAL SERVICES: $50,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetBounty & Soul: $25,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetBELOVED ASHEVILLE: $20,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetNORTH CAROLINA JUSTICE CENTER: $15,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetEL PUENTE HISPANO: $15,000 over 1y, 22% of budgetHISPANIC LIAISON OF CHATHAM COUNTY: $15,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetCharlotte Center for Legal Advocacy Inc: $15,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetHIGH COUNTRY COMMUNITY HEALTH INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% 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.

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.

Hispanic Federation I…Dogwood Health TrustThe Community Foundat…Nc Counts CoalitionWnc Bridge FoundationHispanics in Philanth…Z Smith Reynolds Foun…Americares Foundation…Foundation for the Ca…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Hispanic Federation IncNY21.6× affinity8 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Hispanic Federation Inc · Dogwood Health Trust · The Community Foundation of Western North Carolina Inc · Nc Counts Coalition · Wnc Bridge Foundation · Hispanics in Philanthropy · Z Smith Reynolds Foundation Inc · Americares Foundation Inc · Foundation for the Carolinas · Donor Advised Charitable Giving 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 Hola Carolina funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Hola Carolina. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%2%6%14%25%funder's share of their income ↑0%13%25%38%50%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    6report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–50%
    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.
    05Through Plinth

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    How do I get to Hola Carolina?

    Find your warmest path to Hola Carolina 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 13 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 2023, released 2023. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

    Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2024) is on record and reports $7k of grant expense, but none of it to a named recipient. On a Form 990 that can mean grants abroad, filed by region only (Schedule F), grants under $5,000, which are not itemized, or a schedule referenced as an attachment the e-file does not carry. The figures above are therefore from FY2023, the most recent year this funder named its grantees.

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