Nebraska · Nonprofit
CHICANO AWARENESS CENTER INC
CHICANO AWARENESS CENTER INC (Nebraska) receives grants from 33 organizations whose IRS filings report $12,879,248 to it, the largest being THE SHERWOOD FOUNDATION ($8,389,220). 20 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $6.5M
- Funders on record
- 33
- Grants received
- $13M
- Net assets
- $7.0M
What Chicano Awareness Center Inc does
Mission
Cultivating generations of engaged, thriving latinos through educational support, workforce development, and leadership opportunities.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Pathways to success - cultivates leadership potential in students by improving school attendance, fostering pro-social interactions, and re-establishing family engagement.
$1,304,035 spent$757 earned by the program44% of program spendingWorkforce, education and innovation - strengthens omaha's bilingual and latino workforce through educational initiatives and on the job training.
$1,064,670 spent$43,375 earned by the program36% of program spendingFamily & community well-being- provide clients the tools necessary to live a health, self-sufficient, and fulfilling life by directly interacting with the community, partnering with the other organizations, and advocating on our community's behalf.
$572,420 spent$18,264 earned by the program19% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $2,941,125.
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 2023 to 2024, from $4.5M to $8.2M (+81%).
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: 2020 22% · 2021 15% · 2022 17% · 2023 34% · 2024 9%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
98% of CHICANO AWARENESS CENTER INC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (51% 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
Albert Varas
CEO
Board chair
Cesar Godinez
Chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 4 funders to 17 funders, grant income rose $401k → $1.7M.
6 of 33 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 3% 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 CHICANO AWARENESS CENTER INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 33 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
CHICANO AWARENESS CENTER INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 65% of grant income and the top three 84%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 69% · 2018 56% · 2019 56% · 2020 70% · 2021 67% · 2022 57% · 2023 52% — 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 CHICANO AWARENESS CENTER INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 61% 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
96% of CHICANO AWARENESS CENTER INC's grant income comes from Nebraska funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $344k arriving through sponsors registered in 5 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
CHICANO AWARENESS CENTER INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 8,126 health nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 8,126 health nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like CHICANO AWARENESS CENTER 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 Nebraska
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
78% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
98%
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 CHICANO AWARENESS CENTER 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 CHICANO AWARENESS CENTER INC?
- CHICANO AWARENESS CENTER INC (Nebraska) receives grants from 33 organizations whose IRS filings report $12,879,248 to it, the largest being THE SHERWOOD FOUNDATION ($8,389,220). 20 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does CHICANO AWARENESS CENTER INC have?
- IRS filings report 33 organizations giving $12,879,248 in grants to CHICANO AWARENESS CENTER INC, 20 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of CHICANO AWARENESS CENTER INC?
- THE SHERWOOD FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $8,389,220 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like CHICANO AWARENESS CENTER INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Nebraska. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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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 33 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