North Carolina · Nonprofit
Centro Unido Latino Americano
Centro Unido Latino Americano (North Carolina) receives grants from 24 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,383,732 to it, the largest being DOGWOOD HEALTH TRUST ($412,200). 14 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $2.2M
- Funders on record
- 24
- Grants received
- $2.4M
- Net assets
- $2.4M
What Centro Unido Latino Americano does
Mission
Centro Unido offers culturally responsive programs that promote health equity, educational opportunity, workforce development, civic engagement, and access to essential resources.The organization provides bilingual mental health support, youth leadership initiatives, education opportunities for adults and children, access to food, and financial assistance to families facing urgent needs. Centro Unido also advances language justice, supports immigrant rights, and advocates for systems change to eliminate barriers and uplift the voices of historically marginalized communities.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Our team of 11 Community Health Workers provides more than 2,500 services each month through Centro Unidos holistic 360 approach, grounded in five strategic focus areas: Art & Culture, Career & Learning, Advocacy, Leadership, and Health. Through these interconnected sectors, we connect community members to essential resources while strengthening long-term wellbeing and opportunity. . Centro Unidos Health focus area expands access to healthcare, mental health services, nutrition support, and crisis response for families across our region. Following Hurricane Helene, we activated the Jireh Project, designed to provide immediate financial assistance to individuals and families facing unforeseen emergencies. . Impact Highlights -6,276 food boxes distributed through drive-thru and walk-in food pantries -1,344 free virtual therapy sessions provided with bilingual mental health professionals -$417,536 in direct financial assistance delivered to disaster-impacted households
$1,485,827 spentof which $589,489 as grants$91,969 earned by the program100% of program spendingThrough our Career & Learning and Leadership initiatives, Centro Unido strengthens academic achievement, workforce readiness, and community engagement opportunities. Bilingual after-school tutoring, computer literacy classes, and entrepreneurship training equip children and adults with essential skills for long-term success. Leadership programs such as Vida Activa and our Volunteer initiatives promote empowerment, wellness, and civic participation. . Impact Highlights -48 children received bilingual tutoring and 90 adults benefited from educational classes -173 participants engaged in Vida Activa events and activities -538 volunteers contributed their time and talents to support our mission
Our Advocacy focus area expands access to legal navigation and language justice resources, including interpretation services, notary support, immigration attorney consultations, and assistance obtaining vital identification documents. A significant milestone this year was the approval of Marions first Language Access Plan, developed through collaboration between Centro Unido and local government partners. . Impact Highlights -421 interpretation and translation services provided -More than 400 individuals obtained identification documents -Approval of City of Marions first Language Access Plan Centro Unidos Art and Culture programs celebrate and preserve community heritage through festivals, workshops, traditional celebrations, and cultural events that foster belonging and cross-cultural understanding. Impact Highlights -More than 6,000 attendees participated in the Culturas Unidas Festival
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,485,827.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2018, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2018, 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 2023 to 2024, from $686k to $2.1M (+206%).
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: 2022 89% · 2025 5%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
96% of Centro Unido Latino Americano’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (63% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 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
Margarita Ramirez
Executive Director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2019 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 13 funders, grant income rose $13k → $650k.
6 of 24 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 29% 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 Unido Latino Americano’s funders (the co-funder graph). 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 Unido Latino Americano has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 17% of grant income, and it takes 4 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 4 funders to its left
79% 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 Unido Latino Americano.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2019 100% · 2020 45% · 2021 28% · 2022 19% · 2023 25% — 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
40% of Centro Unido Latino Americano's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 58% 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
71% of Centro Unido Latino Americano's grant income comes from North Carolina funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $688k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 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 Unido Latino Americano has grown faster than three-quarters of the 3,230 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,230 arts & culture nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like Centro Unido Latino Americano
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 North Carolina
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
84% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
59%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Centro Unido Latino Americano: 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 Unido Latino Americano?
- Centro Unido Latino Americano (North Carolina) receives grants from 24 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,383,732 to it, the largest being DOGWOOD HEALTH TRUST ($412,200). 14 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Centro Unido Latino Americano have?
- IRS filings report 24 organizations giving $2,383,732 in grants to Centro Unido Latino Americano, 14 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Centro Unido Latino Americano?
- DOGWOOD HEALTH TRUST is the largest funder on record, with $412,200 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Centro Unido Latino Americano find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in North Carolina. 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 FY2025 (financials across 2018–2025), and the filings of 24 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 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing