Washington · Nonprofit
EL CENTRO DE LA RAZA
EL CENTRO DE LA RAZA (Washington) receives grants from 109 organizations whose IRS filings report $17,777,720 to it, the largest being UNITED WAY OF KING COUNTY ($4,833,570). 62 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $21M
- Funders on record
- 109
- Grants received
- $18M
- Net assets
- $37M
What El Centro de la Raza does
Mission
As an organization grounded in the latino community of washington state, our mission is to build the beloved community through unifying all racial and economic sectors; to organize, empower, and defend the basic human rights of our most vulnerable and marginalized populations; and to bring critical consciousness, justice, dignity, and equity to all the peoples of the world.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Child and youth services - empowering youth in our community to realize their full potential. El centro provides services to youth that incorporate social change and community activism into the curriculum. Programs include after school mentoring and tutoring, summer programming, stem programs, and workshops for parents. El centro works within the seattle public schools and the federal way school district. Investing in our children and their future, el centro provides an array of bilingual, multicultural child and youth services to the local community.
$8,998,795 spentof which $54,910 as grants$4,814,122 earned by the program55% of program spendingHuman services - seeking to address immediate aspects of human suffering such as hunger, healthcare, and homelessness, our frances martinez community service center provides diverse, bilingual human services.
$2,943,736 spentof which $871,316 as grants$66,473 earned by the program18% of program spendingCommunity building and development - el centro believes that only through civic involvement, grassroots organizing, and political and social activism will our community be able to effectively address the profound contradictions facing our world. We unite communities of all races, genders, ages, and classes to fight for civil and human rights both locally and globally.
$2,775,150 spentof which $30,151 as grants$1,584,413 earned by the program17% of program spendingEducation and skill building programs - el centro seeks to promote self-sufficiency and empowerment through bilingual education and skill-building initiatives.
$1,519,500 spentof which $83,022 as grants9% of program spendingFree tax preparation service assisted 640 low to moderate income individuals with their tax returns to increase their returns and receive eitc tax credits. Volunteer program was supported by 767 community volunteers, providing 7,641 hours in support of El Centro de la Raza's programs in 2024.
The 5 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $16,237,181.
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 2021 to 2022, from $29M to $43M (+53%).
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 48% · 2018 40% · 2019 47% · 2020 42% · 2021 53% · 2022 45% · 2023 41% · 2024 40%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
65% of EL CENTRO DE LA RAZA’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (21% 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
Estela Ortega
Executive director
Board chair
Roxana Amaral
Board president
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 21 funders to 43 funders, grant income rose $1.0M → $4.2M.
13 of 109 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 18% 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 EL CENTRO DE LA RAZA’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 109 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
EL CENTRO DE LA RAZA has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 27% 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
80% 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 EL CENTRO DE LA RAZA.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 53% · 2018 60% · 2019 54% · 2020 31% · 2021 25% · 2022 46% · 2023 18% — 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
33% of EL CENTRO DE LA RAZA's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 57% 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
70% of EL CENTRO DE LA RAZA's grant income comes from Washington funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $3.2M arriving through sponsors registered in 8 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
EL CENTRO DE LA RAZA holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 3,289 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,289 human services nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2024
Government funding EL CENTRO DE LA RAZA receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $4.0M on record.
- Department of Housing and Urban Development$4.0M
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 EL CENTRO DE LA RAZA
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 Washington
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
81% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
94%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Part of a family of 10 related entities
- Prm Manager LLC · disregarded
- Ecdlr Community Development LLC · disregarded
- Ecdlr Federal Way LLC · disregarded
- Ecdlr Beacon Hill Mgp LLC · disregarded
- Ecr · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for EL CENTRO DE LA RAZA: 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 EL CENTRO DE LA RAZA?
- EL CENTRO DE LA RAZA (Washington) receives grants from 109 organizations whose IRS filings report $17,777,720 to it, the largest being UNITED WAY OF KING COUNTY ($4,833,570). 62 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does EL CENTRO DE LA RAZA have?
- IRS filings report 109 organizations giving $17,777,720 in grants to EL CENTRO DE LA RAZA, 62 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of EL CENTRO DE LA RAZA?
- UNITED WAY OF KING COUNTY is the largest funder on record, with $4,833,570 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like EL CENTRO DE LA RAZA find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Washington. 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 109 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