North Carolina · Nonprofit
Despierta
Despierta (North Carolina) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $402,350 to it, the largest being UNITED WAY OF GREATER CHARLOTTE INC ($250,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $853k
- Funders on record
- 4
- Grants received
- $402k
- Net assets
- $426k
What Despierta does
Mission
Despierta supports emotional well-being healthy relationships and digital wellness helping individuals navigate school family life and todays digital world with confidence. From middle school through motherhood Despierta provides culturally responsive care and a strong sense of community where participants feel supported and equipped to thrive. Through culturally rooted programs and partnerships we are breaking cycles building confidence and transforming lives.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Bonita Rising | Youth Program | Bonita Rising is a 22 week trauma informed bilingual youth program for Latina students in grades 6-12 in Charlotte Mecklenburg Schools. During the year Despierta operated 11 cohorts at 9 school sites helping participants strengthen cultural identity build mental health awareness and develop leadership and coping skills. Program surveys showed that 100% of students reported a boost in confidence 96% reported learning a new skill that positively impacted their academics 91% reported stronger mental health awareness 83% reported an increase in self worth and 87% reported feeling more comfortable in school after Bonita Rising.
$207,073 spent$300,000 earned by the program62% of program spendingBonita Mam | Support for Young | Mothers Bonita Mam is a culturally grounded trauma informed program for young Latina mothers many of whom are still in high school. Hosted at Crittenton of North Carolina the program provides a safe judgment free space where participants receive biweekly emotional support parenting education and tools to strengthen their mental health stay engaged in school and build stable futures for themselves and their children. Services include peer support groups parenting and emotional wellness sessions and referrals to childcare and community resources helping reduce isolation and promote healthy family stability.
$3,340 spent$7,200 earned by the program1% of program spendingMujer Despierta | Womens Support Groups | Mujer Despierta is a 12 week Spanish language support group for Latina women who are navigating emotional challenges cultural adjustment and healing from trauma. Offered both as a community based group and an in school group for parents of Bonita Rising participants the program provides a safe supportive environment to build emotional wellness skills increase social support and reconnect with personal strengths. Sessions are delivered in a hybrid in person and virtual format and focus on trauma informed peer support cultural adjustment and empowerment so women can lead fuller more confident lives.
$123,576 spent$25,000 earned by the program37% of program spendingOther program services, not described on the e-filed return.
$0 spent0% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $333,989.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2023, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2023, 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 2024 to 2025, from $21k to $428k (+1903%).
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.
95% of Despierta’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (82% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 3 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
Juliana Lozano
Executive Director and Founder
Board chair
Lissette Velez
Chair Board of Directors
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
1 of 4 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 12% 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 Despierta’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
Despierta leans on a few funders — its largest provides 62% of grant income and the top three 90%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
100% 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 Despierta.
“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.
Where its funders are
88% of Despierta's grant income comes from North Carolina funders.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $50k arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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
Despierta runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 7,883 health nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 7,883 health nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like Despierta
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
75% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
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 Despierta: 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 Despierta?
- Despierta (North Carolina) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $402,350 to it, the largest being UNITED WAY OF GREATER CHARLOTTE INC ($250,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Despierta have?
- IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $402,350 in grants to Despierta, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Despierta?
- UNITED WAY OF GREATER CHARLOTTE INC is the largest funder on record, with $250,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Despierta 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.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2023–2025), and the filings of 4 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