Wisconsin · Nonprofit
CENTRO HISPANO INC
CENTRO HISPANO INC (Wisconsin) receives grants from 59 organizations whose IRS filings report $16,497,512 to it, the largest being UNITED WAY OF DANE COUNTY INC ($3,789,252). 30 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $6.6M
- Funders on record
- 59
- Grants received
- $16M
- Net assets
- $20M
What Centro Hispano Inc does
Mission
Empowering youth, strengthening families, engaging community.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Family support - peer case managers at centro are at the center of collaboration across dane county service providers when it comes to basic needs for the latinx community. Family stabilization services include housing navigation, legal assistance, food access, and more. Our unique peer case manager staff are not only knowledgeable in resource and systems navigation but also certified peer specialists leveraging their lived experience to nurture and uplift the well-being and mental health of the community.
$915,568 spentof which $11,760 as grants$2,100 earned by the program27% of program spendingYouth - youth programs provide culturally congruent academic support, parent engagement, and leadership development to latinx youth and their families. Currently youth programs operate in nine madison metropolitan (mmsd) schools serving over 300 young people and their families in a high-intensity partnership with mmsd. Youth programs provide quality, consistent, intensive support across key transition points in youth development from middle school to high school and post-secondary life to ensure a strong sense of belonging and to ensure latinx families thrive in wisconsin.
$892,117 spentof which $72,794 as grants26% of program spendingWorkforce - workforce programming advances the business climate locally by empowering and supporting a latinx and bilingual workforce in collaboration with madison college and a diverse group of employment partners. Programming at centro (caminos) addresses workforce inequities in key industry sectors, by addressing employment, upskilling, retention, and advancement for the latinx community. Caminos began with an industry-specific track through our certified nursing assistant program and has now expanded to other pathways. These include the health care sector/emergency response, including certified peer support, and the finance industry, and growing technology sector. The work also addresses how to best cultivate wealth for trainees and community, ensuring strategies that are inclusive of immigrant families and their needs.
$646,861 spentof which $44,066 as grants19% of program spendingImmigration - as one of the only bilingual/bicultural doj accredited agencies in wisconsin, the immigration program at centro screens the needs of thousands of individuals year around. The team of attorneys, paralegals, and doj accredited rep provide support, coordination, and case management around a variety of legal issues, including daca, naturalization and citizenship, family petitions and other needs of asylum seekers and wisconsin residents.
$487,828 spentof which $81,398 as grants14% of program spendingEvaluation - centro's vision of a latinx community empowered to reach their goals and dreams because they have the tools for success, is defined by how we measure program impact in the community. At centro we believe in capacity-building that uplifts the already existing assets in our staff, clients and community partners with the necessary tools to navigate systems and feel a sense of belonging and true empowerment. Through our evaluation program, we engage in conversation around public health practice, data collection and evaluation, and focus on leadership and voice, so staff and community can all have the shared knowledge and tools to shape the future of wisconsin; one reflecting an active, engaged and thriving latinx community.
$278,890 spent8% of program spendingCommunity engagement - central to community engagement work at centro is our weekly mercadito or community market, providing a space for local immigrant vendors to vend, pilot new ideas and network as they grow their businesses. Mercadito offers business development, placed-based arts programming for youth and families and a social support space for latinx adults of all generations. Centro's trust in the community is gained through community engagement ensuring centro programs fulfill the mission and potential to make an impact in the community.
$151,444 spent4% of program spending
The 6 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $3,372,708.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2022 to 2023, from $9.0M to $20M (+117%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Government-grant reliance: 2017 18% · 2018 24% · 2019 38% · 2020 24% · 2021 24% · 2022 10% · 2023 62% · 2024 21%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
99% of CENTRO HISPANO INC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (81% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Chief executive
Karen Menendez Coller
Executive director
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 7 funders to 26 funders, grant income rose $890k → $2.5M.
10 of 59 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 21% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of CENTRO HISPANO INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 59 funders by total. Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
CENTRO HISPANO INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 23% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left
70% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund CENTRO HISPANO INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 90% · 2018 83% · 2019 48% · 2020 38% · 2021 38% · 2022 57% · 2023 20% — diversifying over time.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How long its funders stay
54% of CENTRO HISPANO INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 51% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
86% of CENTRO HISPANO INC's grant income comes from Wisconsin funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $3.4M arriving through sponsors registered in 7 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
CENTRO HISPANO INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 11,274 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,274 human services nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Government funding CENTRO HISPANO INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $200k on record.
- Department of Housing and Urban Development$200k
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like CENTRO HISPANO INC
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Wisconsin
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
76% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
90%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for CENTRO HISPANO INC: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds CENTRO HISPANO INC?
- CENTRO HISPANO INC (Wisconsin) receives grants from 59 organizations whose IRS filings report $16,497,512 to it, the largest being UNITED WAY OF DANE COUNTY INC ($3,789,252). 30 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does CENTRO HISPANO INC have?
- IRS filings report 59 organizations giving $16,497,512 in grants to CENTRO HISPANO INC, 30 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of CENTRO HISPANO INC?
- UNITED WAY OF DANE COUNTY INC is the largest funder on record, with $3,789,252 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like CENTRO HISPANO INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Wisconsin. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 59 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing